Free T-shirt for CSKM operators who make 100 unique QSOs
The SKCC Board of Directors is paying to print and ship up to 25 of the official 2026 shirts, straight to your mailbox. Work 100 unique QSOs as a CSKM operator this September to qualify. If more than 25 operators get there, the 25 highest counts receive them.
Preliminary store mockups from an earlier pass at the artwork; the bilingual design above is the current one. Jordan W7VC designed the shirt and is settling the final brightness of the colors with the printer, an apparel shop in Lethbridge, Alberta.
How to earn one
Operate CSKM from Canada during September 2026 and work 100 or more unique QSOs. Up to 25 shirts are available. If more than 25 operators reach 100, the 25 with the highest unique-QSO counts get them.
Keep emailing your session logs in ADIF format, as the CSKM page asks, so your QSOs are confirmed on the Sweeps & Stats page. The shirts become available after CSKM ends, in early October.
What counts as a unique QSO
One QSO per call sign per band. Working the same station again on the same band adds nothing. Working that station on another band counts again.
| Your log shows | Unique QSOs |
|---|---|
| W7VC three times on 20 m | 1 |
| W7VC once each on 20 m, 12 m, 80 m and 10 m | 4 |
Want one sooner, or want more?
The Lethbridge shop will also sell the shirts individually, in Canada, before the end of September, in a range of natural and synthetic materials. The coordinators will announce the shop’s name once the colors are final.
If enough people outside Canada ask, the coordinators will arrange for the shirts to be available in other countries too.
This is a one-time shirt to get CSKM jump-started in 2026. SKCC CSKM will not do T-shirts again, so get on the air.
The fine print
Up to 25 shirts. If more than 25 CSKM operators reach 100 unique QSOs, the 25 highest counts receive a shirt. A unique QSO is one QSO per call sign per band.
Waiver of liability. SKCC, its officers, and agents are not responsible for any injury to any person due to Sudden Coolness Syndrome caused by donning the official CSKM T-shirt. You have been warned.
Jordan W7VC designed the shirt. The SKCC Board of Directors pays for the printing and shipping. Questions go to [email protected]. Back to the CSKM page.