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Follow in the footsteps of Phileas FoggThis year is the 100th anniversary of popular French author and founding father of science fiction Jules Verne. To mark the occasion, French ham Dominique Maillard, F6HIA, has launched the Jules Verne Award. The award is available to all radio amateurs and short wave listeners who make contact within an 80-day period with the ten countries crossed by Phileas Fogg and Passepartout in Verne's legendary novel ‘Around the world in eighty days' . To qualify for the award, valid contacts must be made on any mode or band to the following countries: England; France; Italy; Egypt; India; Singapore; Hong-Kong; China; Japan; and the USA. Send your application for the award and a certified list of contacts to: Dominique Maillard, 1726 Chemin du Plan, 30650 Rochefort du Gard, France. Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB
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