[IRCA] New ULR Graveyard DX Award Certificates Now Available

["John H. Bryant" <bjohnorcas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends,

After due deliberation, the Ultralight MW DXing Awards Committee has 
established a new award category for Ultralight DXers: Stations Heard 
on the Graveyard Channels. Awards are given for each ten stations 
heard, beginning with 30 stations heard, on the six Graveyard 
Channels of 1230, 1240, 1340, 1400, 1450 and 1490. Applications for 
these awards are made in the usual way, directly to Rob Ross. The new 
certificate is a special design by John Bryant to commemorate the 
unusual character of the Graveyard Channels and the difficulty of 
DXing these, the most crowded channels of the MW band. A sample 
certificate, reduced in both size and resolution is attached for your 
consideration.

I spent last winter DXing the Graveyard Channels from Oklahoma. I 
started out GY DXing primarily to test the Wellbrook Phased Array 
antenna that I have written about extensively; I surprised myself by 
really enjoying the GY experience and plan more time this winter in 
GY land, now with an ULR. By far the most useful reference to the 
unique world of GYing that I found last season was a compendium of 
tips from the experts that was put together by long-time DX maven, 
Lee Freshwater. This document, highly recommended for GY veterans and 
neophytes alike, is found 
at:   http://www.nrcdxas.org/articles/DXingtheGraveyardChannelsRev1.pdf

And, of course, if you haven't been using the Topaz site to search a 
single frequency by format, you really ought to try it out. Use the 
right-hand side of the Website, select the Frequency, select the 
Format and then hit the search button just to the right of the format 
selector.... The whole Topaz site is a joy to use and very 
helpful:   http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/

So, it may be time for the Final Frontier..... add up the GY stations 
in your ULR log book and contact Rob when you cross the 30-station barrier.

John Bryant
for the
Ultralight Awards Committee

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