3905CC Awards Program

The 3905 Century Club has an extensive awards program including the basic membership award, additional awards building on the basic membership award (known as progressive awards), a number of variations on the Worked All States award, and many specialty awards designed specifically for the 3905 Century Club Nets. The awards management process is described below.

Awards applications containing ALL details of each award are available thru the menu to the left.

Your very first 100-Point Certificate is free!

Each of our Awards Application documents refers to this web page for instructions for applying for awards. These instructions are:

Awards Fees

Your very first 100-point certificate is free (one time only). This offer applies only once per person. Club Calls and Special Event Calls are not eligible for free awards.
All subsequent award fees are $5.00, except they are $4.00 for seniors age 65+ and disabled members. A one-time demonstration of age or disability is required and will be kept on file by your Area Awards Manager. Club Calls and Special Event Calls are not eligible for Senior/Disabled discounts.
All endorsements are $3.00.
Replacement certificates are $4. Replacement certificates, whether for lost certificates or because you'd just like the latest certificate design, will contain your call sign from the original certificate unless you very clearly specify that a newer call sign be used. (In no case will our records themselves be changed to reflect new call signs.)
ALL Applicants—Award fees may be paid using a credit card via PayPal thru the Club Web Site. There is no surcharge for this service. Please print a copy of the final PayPal page showing your completed payment and include it with your award application sent to your Area Awards Manager.
US Applicants—if paying by check or money order, please make them payable to The 3905 Century Club, Inc. and mail them along with your awards application to your Area Awards Manager. Also include a stamped envelope addressed to the Club Treasurer for forwarding your payment to the Treasurer.
For Canadian and other DX Applicants—if you cannot pay via PayPal as described above, you may pay via a money order (no checks) in US Dollars made payable to your DX Area Awards Manager.
Fees for multiple awards applied for at the same time, as well as any fees for plaques that are optional for some awards, may be combined, but do NOT include any other costs in this payment. You will need to contact our to determine the cost of any optional plaques before making payment for a plaque.
Awards applications are submitted thru the Area Awards Manager for the call area you live in. The Master's Degree Award is an exception, with Master's Degree applications going directly to our .
PLEASE REMEMBER - You must either include payment in the form of a check or money order, or a PayPal receipt showing payment was made via PayPal, with the award application sent to your Area Awards Manager, as outlined above. US stations paying by check or money order must include a stamped envelope addressed to the Club Treasurer for forwarding your payment to the Treasurer.

Application Form and QSL Card Handling Instructions

Complete the application form, making sure your correct mailing address is on your application and that all information requested is complete and legible. An email address will greatly reduce the time needed to resolve any questions that may arise.
Place your QSL cards in the order that you have them listed on the application form.
If you are using a single card for multiple contacts, attach a sticky note (or other obvious flag) to that card and include a note so your Area Awards Manager can find the card easily as he checks the award.
To submit your application, enclose your QSL cards or clear photocopies of same showing all needed information; the awards fee in the form of a check, money order or a copy of the PayPal receipt showing the fee has been paid (see Awards Fees above); a suitably sized self-addressed container with adequate postage for return of your QSL cards if you want them back; and the completed application form; in a container suitable for the protection of your cards. If you are a US station paying by any means other than Paypal, include a stamped envelope addressed to the Club Treasurer for forwarding your payment to the Treasurer. Send all to the Area Awards Manager for the Call Area in which you live. Your QSL cards WILL NOT be returned unless YOU provide the required return postage-paid, self-addressed container. The Club web site lists the names and addresses of the Area Awards Managers and the Club Treasurer.
Photocopies of QSL cards are acceptable. If needed information is on the back of a card, both front and back must be copied in a manner acceptable to your Area Awards Manager. Consult your Area Awards Manager directly if you have questions about his/her requirements for photocopied cards.
The postage for the return of your QSL cards must be applied to the return container, or enclosed separately. DO NOT combine with the awards fee. A separate check or money order made out to your Area Awards Manager, or postage stamps are acceptable for return postage. Postage stamps are highly recommended because it's easy to return any excess postage.

The Area Awards Manager, after checking your cards and approving your application, will enter the details of your award via our on-line award processing system. This on-line submittal process enables your Area Awards Managers to process and approve your applications for awards much faster and with greater accuracy. All of our Awards Managers are using this system.

Please keep in mind that some Awards Managers may still work long hours at their paying jobs and they may not be able to process awards every night—assuming they are even home every night. But once they do process the award application through the new system, your award certificate should be on its way to you within a week or so.

The most important thing you can do to assure the card checking and award approval process goes smoothly and quickly is to very carefully check your application for errors, that each card meets all applicable requirements, that the right cards are included, and that payment or proof of payment has been included. You can also speed up any later correction process if your Awards Manager happens to find an error by including your email address on the application.

Also, please remember that the volunteers who make our Club, Nets and Awards Program work for you are all unpaid volunteers—as are all elected officers and appointees—and few volunteers in this club work harder than your Area Awards Managers.

Even as good as our Awards Team is, occasionally we all make mistakes. Therefore, please contact your Area Awards Manager directly if…

it has been at least two weeks since you mailed your application and you have not received your cards back, or received other notice from your Area Awards Manager that your award application has been approved.
there is a delay exceeding 2 weeks since your cards were returned (or notice of award approval received) and you have still not received your certificate.

If you find an error on your new certificate, please report the details via email to our .

Suggestions—constructive ones—are always welcome. After all, this is YOUR awards program.

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