GORC  Alaska Last Frontier Award
The area that became Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire after Western Union discontinued construction of its first electric telegraph line which ran from California, up the coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, continuing to Moscow and into the European telegraph network.
GORC Alaska  Last Frontier Award
To celebrate Alaska's Last Frontier theme, GORC will issue the Alaska "The Last Frontier Award."  To receive this award an amateur radio operator has to contact  five  different stations operating in The State of Alaska.  Each award will be numbered and will show any endorsement such as QRP, RTTY, PSK31, SSB etc. To grab this award please send your log and $5.00 or PayPal payable to Edward R. Breneiser to cover costs of printing and mailing to:
The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at 2 cents per acre.  When adjusted for inflation, the total sum paid equates to approximately $111 million in today's dollars.  The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was only used for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland", or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed." It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.
Alaska - The Last Frontier
GORC
Attn: Worked Alaska Award
775 Moonflower Ave.
Reading, PA  19606-3447

If using PayPal, you may include your log with the PayPal payment.

Any mode can be used including CW, FM, AM, PSK31, RTTY, other digital modes, SSB, EcoLink QRP, but no repeater contacts may be used for this award.
Please note - when applying for this award, note any endorsements such as QRP, RTTY, PSK31, MT63, Olivia, SSB etc.

GORC Worked Alaska Award

This beautiful seal will be issued for this award by making  50 contacts to any Alaskian stations.  Yes work the State of Alaska by having 50  QSOs and this embossed gold seal will be placed on your certificate.  As you can see, it's a beauty!  All modes and all bands may be used to grab this beautiful award.
Please Note!
No Western Union M.O. accepted for this award. US checks, USD$ or PayPal only
Yes this popular award has morphed into yet another phase!  Yes the SWLers seem to want this award too.  So to all you SWLs out there - send GORC a log extract of the QSO you heard and payment and the Alaska  SWL Certificate is yours!

To all SWLers - the Alaska SWL Award looks the same as above, but the text indicates SWL. Also all SWLers are required to apply for the Alaska SWL Award with payment of $5.00.
Alaska  SWL Award - Listen for the Alaskan operators and apply!
Alaska  Future