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From: Arasu, VU2UR
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:29 PM
Subject: Special Award Program in 2008 from ARSI
Please find attached two items, carrying information on the Special award of ARSI, India, in 2008.
This is a time bound Diploma and dead line is January 31, 2009
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28th December 2007
The Sesquicentennial i.e., the 150th Birth Anniversary of the greatest Indian Scientist Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, falls
on the 30th November 2008. Acharya J C Bose, was the first one to demonstrate that a pistol at a distance can be activated
using Wireless Communication, much before G.Marconi communicated across the Atlantic. Marconi used equipment
designed by Acharya JC Bose, for his experiments. Acharya never claimed any patent for his inventions. He did pioneering
work in Botany, to demonstrate that plants too feel pleasure and pain like human beings.
A spearheading movement has been initiated by OM Datta VU2DSI, to bring awareness about the life, work and inventions
of Acharya JC Bose. For this he had obtained special call sign AT0JCB and celebrated the birth anniversary in the past few
years. He had demonstrations in various schools and colleges in his native district of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Special
event stations using a common suffix "JCB", but with different prefixes like AT0, AU1, AU2, AU4, AU5, AU7 and AU9 were
on the air from 25th November 2007 to 02 December 2007, and gave DXers and VUs, QSOs with these new prefixes. In
November 2008, special event stations with prefixes AT1 to AT0, AU1 to AU0, etc., are planned for the occasion with
common suffix "JCB".
Amateur Radio Society of India, the National Society and a Member of IARU Region 3, is issuing a "time-bound Special
Achievement Award" on this occasion. The rules and regulations, as approved, are produced for your reference and record.
We request and wish all the VUs and the DX fraternity take part and claim the award, before the Dead Line.
Good luck, 73, all the best.
B.L.Manohar gArasuh VU2UR
Awards and Contests Manager,
Amateur Radio Society of India.
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Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Sesquicentennial Special Award 2008.
1. Period of activity: 01 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. UTC timings.
2. Whom to work : All interested in the award must work Indian amateur radio stations with prefixes like VU2, VU3 etc., from
the Mainland or the islands like Andaman, Nicobar, Lakshadweep, and Coastal Groups.. QSO with calls like VU/DL7AB is
not acceptable. Contacts with the Special event stations with AT,AU, etc prefixes with common suffix "JCB", should be
your aim to achieve the award.
3. Modes: All modes CW, AM, FM, SSB, RTTY, PSK-31 etc may be used.
4. Single or Mixed mode entries are accepted and duly endorsed.
5. Bands: all bands from 1.8 to 29.7 MHz including WARC bands, accepted.
6. Conditions:
6.1 For VU and 4S7 amateurs: From the VU QSOs, you have to form the name "JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE", by taking
the first alphabet from the suffixes of the stations worked.
6.2 Example: If you have worked, say, VU2ACS, VU3ITI, VU3JHM, VU2EN, VU2QNY, AT0U, etc, then, only the underlined
way of picking the alphabets is correct. The last two calls worked, do not give any useful alphabet.
6.3 In all, you need a minimum of 19 QSOs with VUs with a break up of first alphabets of suffix, like A-4, B-1, C-1, D-2, E-1, G-
1, H-2, I-1, J-1, N-1, O-1, R-1 and S-2 .
7. For DX amateurs: You have to form the name gJ C BOSEh from the last alphabets of the suffixes.
7.1 Example: If you have worked stations like VU2ACS, VU2ELJ, VU2OO etc.,, the underlined alphabets are useful.
7.2 You need a minimum of 6 QSOs with a break up listing of the last alphabets in the suffixs like B-1, C-1,E-1, J-1, O-1, S-1.
8 All (VU, 4S7 and DX) MUST have at least one QSO with a Special event station with "JCB" suffix, from among the many Special event stations with "JCB" in their suffix planned, in November 2008.
8. 1 This QSO can be used as a JOKER for any missing alphabet in 19 or 6 required as per clauses 6.3 and 7.2
9 For all (VU, 4S7 and DX), if they have worked five special event stations, during the year 2008 with suffix "JCB" then the
condition of forming the name is not required.
10 General Certification Rules (GCR) apply. Two amateurs or a club official has to countersign your application for the
Special award.
11 Fees are 5 new IRCs (expiring in Dec 2009 or 2012) for DX operators and INR 75 for the Indian amateurs
12 All the applications should be sent to the Awards Manager of ARSI,
B.L.Manohar Arasu VU2UR, MIG-6, 80 Feet Road, Kengeri Upanagara, Bangalore 560060, INDIA.
13 Dead line is 31.January 2009
Good luck, 73
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Best 73
de arasu VU2UR
Awards and Contest Manager
Amateur Radio Society of India
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