Awards
For the top USA (non-New
England) single operator winner:
The Framingham Amateur Radio Association will award a Lobster dinner for two to the USA single op (non-New England) winner. Dinner will be live lobsters shipped overnight from Legal Seafood of Boston. Includes two fresh, live Legal® lobsters, two pints of award-winning, New England clam chowder with oyster crackers, bibs, claw-crackers, wetnaps and cooking instructions.
For
other top USA (non-New England) scorers:
(based on the total number of QSOs)
Adobe PDF certificates will be awarded to the top scorers (25 QSO minimum) in each New England county, U.S. state, Canadian province, and DXCC country. Paper certificates available upon request.
A number of special plaques will also be awarded to top scorers:
| Category | Donor |
| USA - single operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club new sponsor |
| USA - single operator low power | Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, in memory of Laci Radnay, W1PL |
| USA - single operator QRP | Vern Brownell, W1VB |
| USA - single opr(W5-W6-W7-W0) | Huckleberry Mountain Contest Club |
| USA - single opr (W2-W3-W8-W9) | Jim Monahan, K1PX |
| USA - single opr low power (W2-W3-W8-W9) | Whit Carter, K1EO |
| USA - any category (California/Nevada) | Calif QSO Party - Northern California Contest Club |
| USA - multi operator - single transmitter | Will and Pam
Angenent, K6ND/K6NDV |
| USA - single operator - CW only | K1EL Keyers |
| USA - single operator - QRP (Delta Division: AR-LA-MS-TN) | Steve Kercel, AA4AK new for 2013 |
| Canada - single operator - high power | Chris Terkla, N1XS |
| Canada - single operator - low power | Gerry Hull, W1VE/VE1RM |
| Canada - single operator - CW only | Bud Hippisley, W2RU |
| DX - single operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| DX - single operator - low power | Pete Chamalian, W1RM, in memory of John Thompson, W1BIH/PJ9JT |
| DX - Russia - any category (min. 50 mult/200 QSOs) | Dmitri Y Jikharev, N2OW/RA9USU |
| Clean Sweep - Not First, but Farthest* | Dennis Egan, W1UE |
| Golden Log (non-W1 top score with no errors) | Jim Spears, N1NK |
| Top Club (outside New England) | Florida Contest Group |
| New England - single operator | Yankee Clipper Contest Club |
| New England - single operator - low power | Dave Hoaglin, K1HT |
| New England - single operator - QRP | Blackstone Valley Amateur Radio Club |
| New England - mobile | Boston Amateur Radio Club |
| New England - mobile - single operator rookie new (min of 100 QSO/3 counties) | Bob Raymond, WA1Z |
| New England - County Expedition Award | Tom Frenaye, K1KI |
| New England - multi operator - mobile | Brian Szewczyk, NJ1F, in memory of James Szewczyk, WB1EYM |
| New England - multi operator - single transmitter | Wellesley Amateur Radio Society |
| New England - school club | Chris Terkla, N1XS |
| New England - single operator - CW only | Andy Bodony, K2LE |
| New England - single operator - SSB only | Fred Reed, KK1KW and Woody Beckford, WW1WW |
| Connecticut - single operator | Candlewood ARA |
| Connecticut - single operator - low power | Mikey Mavor, W1MKM, memorial sponsored by the Barnstormers (NZ1U) |
| Maine - single operator | Merrymeeting ARA, Androscoggin ARC, Yankee ARC,
Portland Amateur Wireless Assn |
| Maine - single operator low power | Augusta Amateur Radio Association |
| Massachusetts - single operator | Framingham Amateur Radio Association |
| Massachusetts - single operator - low power | Chuck Counselman, W1HIS |
| Massachusetts - single operator - Hampden County | Hampden County Radio Association |
| New Hampshire - single operator | Mark Pride, K1RX |
| Rhode Island - single operator | CTRI Contest Group |
| Vermont - single operator | Bob Raymond, WA1Z |
| Vermont - single operator - low power | West River Radio Club |
|
New England Club |
If you'd like to sponsor a plaque, please contact us at info@neqp.org