RadioActivity 2010 THEME Categories:
 
1. Pre-1930 Sears-Roebuck (Silvertone) Radios
2. Post-1929 Sears-Roebuck (Silvertone) Radios
3. Montgomery Ward (Airline) Radios
4. Allied (Knight, etc.)/Lafayette/Radio Shack Radios
5. Radios made by Colonial/Stewart-Warner/Wells-Gardner for Other Brands
6. Spiegel(Air Castle, etc.)/Gamble-Skogmo (Coronado) Radios
7. Goodyear/Goodrich/Western Auto (Truetone, etc.)/Firestone Radios
8. Heathkit Radio Reciever
9. Heathkit Transmitters
10. Heathkit audio Component Set (tuner-amp-speaker)

      Standard Categories:
 
11. Factory Built Passive Reciever (crystal/coherer, etc.)
12. Pre-1930 Battery Powered Recivers
13. Golden Age socket-powered sets (tombstone/cathedral/big box)
14. European Radios -table models - Mains powered
15. Asian/Pacific Rim Radios -table models - Mains powered
16. Canadian Radios -table models - Socket powered
17. Loudspeaker (cone, diapragm, or horn), or headphone(s)
18. Transistor pocket-sized Radios
19. Transistor table-model Radios
20. Home-Brew Radios that look Factory Built
21. Lazurus Special (restored from utter junk, documented)

   Notes and Guidelines:

Entries (except consoles) must be able to fit on a table and take up no more than 3’ x 5’ of table space.  If your entry requires a display stand, you need to provide it yourself.  No mountings may be fastened to the walls.

Should the contest room fill to overcrowding, the contest officials reserve the right to limit the items submitted.

   Special Awards

1. Best of Show.  The entry that, in the opinion of the judges, best represents the contest criteria.

2. People’s Choice.  The OEC entry voted most popular by those who view the contest.

3. Significant Historical Merit.  The entry(ies) that, in the opinion of the judges, has the most historical significance (for example, first of a kind, extreme rarity, influence on the industry, milestone event, etc.)

4. Preservation Award.  Given to the entry(ies) that best emphasizes keeping the item original—no modern replacement parts, refinishing, etc.

Special awards 3 and 4 will not be given if the judges feel that no entry meets the criteria.

   Contest Judging Criteria

The OEC judges use the following scoring weights.

A. [0-20 pts] General Appearance.  Is item restored, cleaned, and generally presentable, or just “as-found”?

B. [0-10 pts] Item Rarity.  Not as important as authenticity, but it counts for the item to be relatively hard to find.

C. [0-20 pts] Authenticity.  How much of the item is demonstrably authentic and not modified? Documentation may be crucial.

D. [0-20 pts] Documentation.  Ads, journal articles, books, schematics, news clips, description of historical significance of the item all help.

E. [0-20 pts] Entrant Effort.  How much was done by entrant, based on item appearance and documentation.

F. [0-10 pts] Qualitative Bonus.  The bonus is based on judges’ judgment and experience.