Work Greater Moncton & Area Award (WGMAA) Sponsored by the Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Award given for confirmation of having established Two Way Simplex Radio Contact with the 25 stations in the Greater Moncton Area.
To qualify for WGMAA:
Simplex contacts only on 2 metres. No Repeaters to be used.
Suggest 146.520 as the preferred frequency.
In order to qualify for the award, 25 unique 2m contacts are required.
Contacts can be made in any mode, but only one contact will count regardless of mode.
Contacts starting 1 May 20 will count for the award.
The honour system will be used. No QSL cards are required.
Any 2m mobile stations passing through the Moncton Area will count for the award.
Net contacts DO NOT count. (ie Sunday VHF Simplex Net).
To obtain your Award, send a list of your 25 contacts to JP, VE9BK via email. A blank submission form is available on this webpage.
The certificate is a high quality pdf file suitable for printing by the recipient.
Additional Endorsements
The Work Greater Moncton and Area Award also has a number of endorsements as follows:
50 Contacts – The additional 25 contacts must be different that the first 24 contacts.
QRP – Contacts must be made using 5 watts or less
Grid Square – A total of 25 Grid Squares must be worked.
For those who do not know their GridSquare, it can be found here by simply putting in your callsign.
Printable Rules and Log Sheet
Worked Atlantic Provinces Award (WAPA)
Sponsored by the Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Award given for confirmation of on-air contacts with Radio Amateurs located in a prescribed number of Counties in each of the four Atlantic Provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island & Newfoundland and Labrador.
To qualify:
Radio Amateurs stations located in NS, NB, PEI and NL are required to submit confirmation of contacts with stations in 8 counties in NS, 8 in NB, 2 in PEI, plus contacts with 5 VO1 or VO2 stations. (A counties system does not exist in NL.)
Canadian and USA stations outside the four Atlantic Provinces require confirmation of contacts with 4 NS, 4 NB, 1 PEI county plus 3 VO1 or VO2 stations.
Stations outside Canada and Continental USA require confirmation of contact with 2 NS, 2 NB and 1 PEI county plus 2 VO1 or VO2 stations.
What is a GCR list?
GCR stands for General Certification Rule. It provides a convenient way to apply for an award without the cost and risk associated with mailing QSL cards. Instead, the applicant need merely provide a list of contact information signed by two other Amateur Radio operators. Those signing the application testify that the QSL cards (or some other form of confirmation) for the contacts listed are in the possession of the award applicant.
Each of the contact/QSL entries supplied in a GCR application should contain all of the information one normally would gather from a physical QSL card. This at a minimum includes:
Callsign
Date and time (in UTC of course)
Mode
Band or Frequency
Other Award Resources
Send GCR list and $2. Cdn or 5 IRCs to:
Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
PO Box 73 Moncton, NB E1C 8R9 Canada