CQ announces expansion of WPX Award 
	Program 
	Digital Modes Added Along with New Bands.
	CQ magazine and WPX 
	Awards Manager Steve Bolia, N8BJQ, have announced several changes to the WPX 
	Award program in response to feedback from program participants. The 
	changes, effective immediately, add new bands and create a new Digital WPX 
	Award. 
	Under the new rules, 
	contacts on all bands between 160 and 6 meters will count for WPX award 
	credit. In addition, new band endorsements will now be available for 5 MHz, 
	10 MHz, 18 MHz, 24 MHz and 50 MHz contacts. 
	A separate Digital WPX 
	Award has also been added for contacts made on RTTY, PSK and other keyboard 
	modes, with 300 confirmed prefixes required for the basic level of the 
	award. Digital-mode contacts will also count toward the existing Mixed 
	award, as will those prefixes worked on the newly added bands. 
	Details on these and 
	other changes will be published in the March 2008 issue of CQ magazine and 
	are posted along with the March issue highlights on the CQ magazine website 
	at: 
	http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/ 
	The WPX Award Program 
	recognizes amateurs for making confirmed contacts with the many callsign 
	prefixes used by radio amateurs around the world. 
	Top achievers are 
	eligible for the WPX Honor Roll and the WPX Award of Excellence. General 
	information and complete rules are available on the CQ website at: 
	
	http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/awards.html 
	CQ magazine sponsors a 
	variety of operating awards and on-air competitions to encourage amateur 
	radio operators to sharpen their operating skills and to recognize those 
	reaching high levels of achievement 
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