The Abegweit Award is a Prince Edward Island (PEI) amateur radio award that requires specific radio contacts after January 1, 1960, depending on your location. For licensed amateurs in PEI and other Atlantic provinces this involves contacting stations in all three PEI counties (Prince, Queens, and Kings). The rest of Canada and the USA must contact any 3 different PEI stations all other stations need to contact any 2 PEI stations.
Requirements for the Abegweit Award:
PEI Stations must contact stations in all 3 PEI counties (Prince, Queens, and Kings) after January 1, 1960.
Canadian and USA Stations (outside of the Atlantic Provinces) must contact any 3 different PEI stations.
Stations outside of Canada and USA must contact any 2 PEI stations.
How to apply:
Submit a copy of your log with the list of the contacts to Rodney Mann, VY2CGA either via Email: secretary@summersidearc.com or mail to Abegweit Award, c/o Summerside Amateur Radio Club Inc., 99 Harvard Street, Summerside, PEI, C1N 1P8, Canada
After your contacts are checked your Abegweit Award will be emailed to you so remember to include your email address.