CQIR - Ireland Calling
Prize Draw Winners
Draw for entrants operating Outside Ireland
There were 53 entries in the draw, representing 20 countries - all the way from GW to ZL - and the winner is Ian "Wilf" Prater M0WLF of Bristol, England. He had over 300 QSOs and qualified for 4 entries. He can now look forward to a week in Kinnitty Castle, County Offaly.
Draw for entrants operating in Ireland
EI/GI entrants had a separate draw for a trip to New York City for two people, to include a visit to the ARRL HQ in
Newington, Connecticut. The winner is Declan Horan EI9FVB of Ballincollig, County Cork. Declan had 175 QSOs and 2 entries in the draw.
About CQIR
In 2007 the IRTS celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1932. As part of its jubilee celebrations the Society organised an International Radio Contest, “CQIR - Ireland Calling”.
CQIR was a once-off event with a difference - overseas entrants with 75 or more QSOs had the opportunity to win a trip to Ireland.
CQIR was a 24-hour, single-operator HF CW/SSB contest on the weekend of 29th/30th September 2007.
CQIR was a celebration of both the IRTS Jubilee and the “Irish” amateur-radio community worldwide. It's where the Irish, at home and abroad, worked the World - and where those of Irish descent identified themselves by including their ancestral county in the exchange, for example: County Limerick, County Antrim etc.
Here are the CQIR Contest Rules
All enquiries to the CQIR Contest Organisers
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