Contacts Start Date: You may use contacts from the date of OMISS 06/28/1981.
Contact Type: Members only. Mixed band contacts are allowed.
OMISS Nets: Contacts must be made on OMISS Nets.
Enhancements: Single band.
Certificate numbers: On the first application approved, the next available certificate number is assigned. When an enhancement is earned, certificates will be issued with the same # and the enhancement listed on it.
Details: The Great River Road award is for working contacts in the counties that follow the course of the Mississippi river through ten states of the United States.
MINNESOTA(17): Anoka, Benton, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Morrison, Ramsey, Sherburne, Stearns, Wabasha, Washington, Winona, Wright
WISCONSIN (8): Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Pepin, Pierce, Trempealeau, Vernon
Iowa (10): Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque. Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott
ILLINOIS(18) Adams, Alexander, Calhoun, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Jackson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Pike, Randolph, Rock Island, St. Clair, Union, Whiteside
MISSOURI (16): Cape Girardeau, Clark, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Pike, Ralls, Scott, St. Charles, St. Louis, Ste. Genevieve St. Louis (City)
KENTUCKY (4): Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman
TENNESSEE (5): Dyer, Lake, Lauderdale, Shelby, Tipton
ARKANSAS (6): Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips
MISSISSIPPI (11): Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, De Soto, Issaquena, Jefferson, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson
LOUISIANA (16): Ascension, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Iberville, Jefferson, Madison, New Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, Tensas, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
Total 111 Counties/Parishes in ten states.
The Counties do not have to be worked in any order.
This award series consists of eleven (11) different awards. Ten (10) state certificates (Counties) and the Great River Road overall award for completion of all 111 counties.
Gold seal image is added for Mobile to SINGLE Base or Base to SINGLE mobile. The gold seal is an adornment on the certificate only and does not count as an enhancement for awards.
Documentation to Submit: Log sorted by state then county. QSL cards are not required.