Awards Home
The Collins Collectors Association, as part of our charter and mission in life, want to promote and reward the operation and preservation of our Collins equipment. To this end, we have decided to start an awards program that we hope you all will find exciting and challenging. Some of the rewards will come fairly easily after some attention to the details. Others are not so easy to obtain and are meant to challenge, motivate, and then reward extraordinary activities by our membership.
Below is a description of the rewards currently offered, what the requirements are, and how you can apply for them after meeting the requirements stated. There are 11 different awards available so there should be something for everyone to shoot at. Enjoy! Only active CCA members are eligible for these awards, however, past activity will count towards the awards.
CCA Awards:
CCA – Tall Ship Award
Beautiful Framed Certificate w/ Bowdoin Ship Photo Motiff
Custom Grade Hat w/ CCA Award Patch and Call Sign
Station must apply and be approved after anchoring a region 5 times on AM night or being Net Control 5 times on the 20 meter CCA Sunday Afternoon 20M Net. Award is to be approved by Net Manager after application and proof of operating Collins equipment during the Net Control function and having qualifying antenna.
Notes: Apply to WA9VRH, Larry, for the AM award, and W6TMU, Jim, for the 20M award. For more contact information, please go to the Net Information page of this website.
CCA – Ship of the Line Award (Worked ALL Eras – CCAWAE) – GOLD
Beautiful Framed Certificate w/ appropriate ship motif and equipment
Custom Grade Embroidered Jacket with Call Sign and Patch
Awarded for working the 4 Minimum Eras
Approved by a standing CCA Board of Directors Member
Requires QSL proof and operating photos for both ends of:
Contacts between applying station and matching era station for:
1) Prewar Era (1932 through 1939) or war Era (ART-13 or TCS)
2) A-Line/KWS-1 Era
3) S-Line Era
4) KWM/HF-380 or HF-80 Era
5) Broadcast\Commercial Equipment on AM or Aircraft Equipment on 2 M AM
Note: Both ends of the qualifying QSOs must be using the same era (not exact equipment) of equipment – See the categories above. For instance, Broadcast to Commercial Shortwave AM qualifies. Adding Prewar and War and KWM/HF-380 and HF-80 and Broadcast qualifies the applicant for Free Lifetime CCA Membership upon approval. The AWARD is also upgraded to Platinum Level and awarded for working 6 Eras.
CCA – Worked ALL Eras (WAE)
Beautiful Framed Certificate w/ appropriate ship motif and equipment
Custom Grade Embroidered Hat with Call Sign & WAE Award
Awarded for working any 4 of the Eras listed below
Applying station must be using one of the Eras
Approved by a standing CCA Board of Directors Member
Requires QSL proof and operating photos for both ends of contacts between applying station and four of the qualifying era Collins equipped stations:
1) Prewar Era (1932 through 1939) or war Era (ART-13 or TCS)
2) A-Line/KWS-1 Era
3) S-Line Era
4) KWM/HF-380 or HF-80 Era
5) Broadcast\Commercial Equipment on AM or Aircraft Equipment on 2 M AM
CCA Worked All States (CCA WAS) Award
Beautiful framed certificate of achievement
Quality Jacket with custom award patch and call sign and or name
This award requires that the station applying for the award has worked all 50 states in the USA using only Collins equipment for the exciter, amplifier and receiver(s) involved. Both sides of the QSO must be using only Collins. A 32S-3 driving an Alpha does NOT qualify.
Notes: Application by Postal letter is required along with the actual certifiable physical QSL cards showing the details of each contact. Each QSL card must contain active contact information for the station in QSO, so that these contacts can be sample audited. QSL cards will be safely maintained and then returned. Application should be made to the current President for processing. This is a hard one but the reward is going to be very nice indeed. Note: For now, save your QSL cards, but we are trying to integrate auto-tracking of this challenge into the website. We hope this will be available by Dayton 2013.
NET AWARDS
CCA – NET 10 Award
Requires 10 Check-Ins in a 4 month period on the Sunday Afternoon CCA 20 Meter Net. The clock starts running on November 1, 2012.
Beautiful Certificate Awarded
Must be approved by the Net Director* after application to same
CCA – NET 20 Award
Requires 20 Check-Ins in a 6 month period on the Sunday Afternoon CCA 20 Meter Net. The clock starts running on November 1, 2012.
Same as above only nicer
Certificate comes framed
*The Net Director is a board level function currently covered by the Board President
MEMBERSHIP AWARDS
CCA – 5 year Membership Award
Awarded after 5 years of consecutive membership in the CCA
Member must apply and give Membership Number and be a member.
Silver Certificate and recognition at Dayton and Dallas
CCA – 10 Year Membership Award
Awarded after 10 years of consecutive membership in the CCA
Member must apply and give Membership Number and be a member.
Gold Framed Certificate and recognition at Dayton and Dallas
CCA – 20 Year Membership Award
Awarded after 20 years of consecutive membership in the CCA
Member must apply and give Membership Number and be a member.
Platinum Framed Certificate and Free Dinner at Dayton or Dallas the year of award w/ recognition and presentation.
Signal AWARDS
CCA – Signal Shack of the Quarter Award
Member must apply to Signal Assistant Editor and supply the following:
1. Minimum 4 good photos of the shack and collection
2. Supplied Bio Questions filled out and returned