[Boatanchors] Do You Have a Rag Chewers Certificate?

[wa9wfa]

I am looking to get a high resolution scan of the old ARRL Rag Chewers Club certificate, signed by “The Old Sock” himself… This was the first award for most of us hams, awarded for a QSO lasting longer than 30 minutes.  

I’ve been wanting to hang mine on the wall for the wonderful nostalgia from 1968 but I can’t find mine.  I saw it last around 15 years ago in a drawer.  It’s not there now and I’ve had several major clean outs since then, so it’s likely I’ve accidentally thrown it out.

I’d like to get a high solution scan of one so I can pull it into Corel draw, remove the original call sign, repair the background, and add my callsign.  

I’ve found one online but the resolution is not high enough for the erase, repair, add work.

If you have one in good condition, I’d appreciate if you could scan it at the highest reasonable resolution and email to me.  

Many years ago I took a gorgeous white and blue Collins Radio stock certificate, scanned it at 1200 dps, and used Corel Draw to put my name on the certificate in place of the original owner.

Thanks.  73 Scott WA9WFA