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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 1:00:30 PM
CQ NEWS RELEASE. Richard Moseson, W2VU, Editor of CQ Amateur Radio, sent
out the following on August 1st:
STEVE BOLIA, N8BJQ, NAMED CQ WPX AWARD MANAGER
(Hicksville, New York - August 1, 2006) - Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, has been
named the new manager of the CQ WPX Award program, following the retirement
of Norm Koch, WN5N (ex-K6ZDL), CQ Publisher and President Dick Ross, K2MGA,
announced today. The WPX Awards are issued for confirmed contacts with
stations having different callsign prefixes. Norm held the reins of the
WPX Award program for 25 years, taking over the job late in 1981. "We
thank Norm for his many years of devoted service to the WPX program, to
CQ and to amateur radio," said Ross, "We wish him all the best in the
future." Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, served as CQ WPX Contest Director from 1982
to 2003, is a member of the CQ Contest Committee and of the CQ Contesting
Hall of Fame. His DXing credentials are even more impressive, as he holds
CW, SSB and Mixed Worked All Zones (WAZ) awards, is on the DXCC Honor Roll
for Mixed and CW, and holds 5-Band DXCC, RTTY DXCC and 160-Meter DXCC. He
has also made several DXpeditions, to KH9 (Wake Is.), J6 (St. Lucia) and
the rare CQ zone 2 (northeastern Canada). Professionally, Steve works as
a defense contractor after retiring from a 22-year career in the U.S. Air
Force. WPX Award applications and updates previously filed with WN5N have
been transferred to N8BJQ and will be processed as quickly as possible.
See the September issue of CQ for updated address information for award
submissions.
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