BWW AWARD

Applicant must submit evidence of two-way contact with other amateur stations with BWW on suffix. Contacts with some following calls are obligatory:

CQ1BWW,CR1BWW, CS1BWW, CT2BWW, CQ2BWW, CR2BWW, CS2BWW, CT4BWW, CQ4BWW, CR4BWW, CS4BWW, CT5BWW, CQ5BWW,CR5BWW, CS5BWW, CT6BWW, CQ6BWW,CR6BWW, CS6BWW, CT7BWW, CQ7BWW,CR7BWW, CS7BWW, CT8BWW, CQ8BWW, CR8BWW, CS8BWW, CT0BWW, CS0BWW,CQ14BWW CT98BWW. (CT1BWW/P) EUROPE: Need 3 above calls and more 3 others BWW stations.REST OF THE WORLD: Need 2 above calls and 2 more others BWW stations. Certified log extracts only. Photocopies. No QSL’s cards are required. Claims to the Award Manager, CT1BWW Manuel Marques P.o. Box 41. Fee to cover post expenses USD $5,00 or 10 IRC’s. There are many BWW actives on different Bands and modes: Along this years this "family" as many enthusiastic:Gintas-UP1BWW,Jim UL8BWW Grassi Oreste IK2BWW, Bill Watts VK2BWW,Miguel Angel-EA8BWW,Jurgen Fiedler DL3BWW, José Gisbert EA4BWW,Ed Urkon HA5BWW, and all over the World as the proud to have on the call B.W.W. and belong to this "family".

The CNE (Corpo Nacional de Escutas, Portuguese Catholic Scouts) through their National Department of Radio Scouting sponsors this award to celebrate 100 years of Scouting worldwide, as well as the 50 years of Jamboree On the Air (JOTA). Participation is open to all Amateur Radio operators and SWLs.  Contact special commemorative and other scout affiliated stations in the period 22 February 2007 to 31 December 2007. All bands and modes.

CNE Official Station: CT8CNE 25points
CNE JOTA Station:CT7xxx;CT9xxx;Cuxx 5points
Station operated by NJO	CT1DJE	5points
Stations Operated by CNE Radio Amateurs2 points

Station CT8CNE will be on the air from 22 to 28 February 2007, from 31 July to 6 August 2007, and from 9 to 15 December 2007, and also during the JOTA. This station must be contacted at least once.

All CNE stations participating on 50th JOTA will be listed at http://cne-escutismo.pt/dnr/jota from 1st of October, 2007.

The CNE’s Scout Ham Radio participants are:
CT1AHU, CT1AQD, CT1ASP, CT1BWW, CT1CFX, CT1EBA, CT1ECT, CT1EPI, CT1FEE, CT1FYW, CTIGYD, CT1HXB, CT1YSU, CT1FJI, CT2FKI, CT2GDE, CT2GGZ, CT2GSN, CT2HFS, CT2HHM, CT2HLH, CT2HNX, CT2IIZ, CT2IMO, CT2IRR, CT2ISS, CT2MH, CT4HA, CU2HV, CU3CY, CU3DH, CU3FB, PT7ZT

For earning points, contacts with each station can be done using different modes/bands. Echolink contacts are not acceptable.

Points Required for the Award:
Gold     100 points
Silver     75 points
Bronze     50 points

For those who contact at least 22 of the participating Scouts Ham Radio stations, a special Honor Roll award will be issued.

A special log and summary sheet are required when you apply for the award. These can be downloaded from: http://cne-escutismo.pt/dnr/diploma . Send the log extract and summary sheet to: The request date limit for the diplomas is the 31st March 2008, and must be sent to António Manuel Ribeiro da Silva – CT1DJE, Rua Mar. Gomes da Costa, lote 46, 1685-901 Famoes, Portugal. The award is free, but you should help to cover postal delivery expenses by sending 5€ or US$7 with the request.

Internet: http://www.cne-escutismo.pt/dnr/diploma.htm#Ingl%C3%AAs

Work All JapanAward

Contact (or hear) and receive a card from a station in each of the 47 prefectures of Japan. A list of QSL cards should be arranged in order of WAJA reference number, however names od prefecture may be ommited.

JAPAN CENTURY CITIES

Contact (or hear) and receive a card from a station in each of at least 100 different cities of Japan. JCC200, JCC300, JCC400, JCC500 and JCC600 will be issued as separate awards. The list of QSL cards should be arranged in order of JCC reference number, however names of the city may be ommited.

This Certificate is for all amateurs and SWL all over the world with valid license. Aplicant must submit evidence of two-way contact with CQ4IPY on three (3) different bands or two (2)different  Modes.                                                                          

LOG:Send a Log with following informations: Date,Time,Bands,Mode and RST.          The Fee: For mail expenses the fee is USD 5,00 or EURO 5,00 or 10 IRC's                  Send Application to: 

Manuel Alberto Conceição Marques

P.o.Box 41

2780-901 OEIRAS

PORTUGAL

Contact (or hear) and receive a card from a station with IMD Suffix IMD means International Marconi Day . Necessary 10 IMD Stations . Photocopy QSL cards , Log GCR or signed by 2 Hams.  USD5,00 or 5 IRCs to P.O.BOX 41 - 2780-901 OEIRAS PORTUGAL

D.I.F.O. DIPLOME DES ILES FRANCAISES D'OUTREMER
French Overseas Islands Award
D.I.F.O. is sponsored by the LYON DX GANG. It has been created to encourage and award Amateur Radio Stations around the world, to contact or activate french overseas islands. It may be claimed by all licensed amateurs and SWLs.The award is issued in 3 divisions: MIXED, PHONE, CW. All contacts must be made on authorised bands between 160 and 10m.
BASIC AWARD : 10 different french OVERSEAS islands.
ENDORSEMENTS will be given by groups of following 5 islands. (e.g.15-20-25-30...). Plaque Endorsements will be by group of 10 islands.
All contacts must be made from the same country.
QSL's must be in the applicant`s possession. Each request must be done with
a photocopy of each QSL cards. Originals may be requested in case of doubt.Activators can count the islands as same as the chasers.
Applications for the award and endorsements should be sent to: Award Manager F5JJW, SUC Joel La Grange 69440 Taluyers FRANCE
The service charge for the BASIC AWARD is FF 60,- or $ 12, (add 10 FF or $2 for return postage) ENDORSEMENTS FF 20,- or $ 4 each. (add 5 FF or $ 1for return postage) PLAQUE : The top honor roll level is awarded by a free plaque for qso's with 50 islands. BUT, you MUST have requested before each following endorsements : 15-20-25-30-35-40-45.
The reference will depend of its DX country location, in a way to put the prefix at the beginning of each reference, followed by a serial number.
(e.g. FO-001 CLIPPERTON island) We consider valid any island surrounded by salt water outside Europe and belonging to France. The award manager is the only one authorized to give new reference numbers
and request must be made directly by the DX'peditioner. To be valid an island must have : - An official name. - A french territory prefix where the island is located.
QSLs must clearly show the island name. If it is not the case, the island will be valid for the main island of the archipelago !The award manager decision is final.RULES MAY BE MODIFIED IN THE FUTURE IN A WAY TO IMPROVE THE INTEREST OF DIFO

BARTOLOMEU DIAS AWARD

This Award is sponsored by REP(Portuguese League) and SARL (South Africa League) to honor Dia's arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 for contacts as follows after 1 January 1988: Portuguese need 20 CT stations and 5 Zs stations. South Africans need 2= ZS stations and 5 CT Stations. All others need 5 each of CT and 5 ZS. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 300 PTE (Portuguese escudos) or R 5,00 SA (for REP members and SARL members) . The fee for others is USD $5,00.All requests to: REDE DOS EMISSORES PORTUGUESES Award / Contest Manager P. O BOX 2483 - 1112 LISBOA PORTUGAL Europe

WPX EA AWARD

This Beautiful Award is sponsored by S. L. URE MANISES - Valencia -SPAIN, and is available to all licensed radio amateurs and SWL, that make proof to have contacted at least 50 Spanish amateur radio stations with different prefix as following:EAØ-EA9 , EBØ-EB9 , ECØ-EC9, EDØ- ED9, EFØ- EF9, EGØ-EG9, EHØ- EH9 , AMØ- AM9, ANØ- AN9, AOØ-AO.They are also valid special callsigns with two (2) numbers following two first letters (EA-EH or AM-AO). Ex. AM92EXPO.Qso's on cross band or cross mode are not valid.Special Plate with 90 prefixes confirm and endorsements one by one to 110.Fee is ESP 1.000,00 for the Award and ESP.3.000,00 for the Plate. (ESP Pesetas). Please send Certified Log List by Local radio club or signed by any check-point (CT1BWW is Check-point) with callsigns in Alphabetic order , with Date, Band, Mode, RST, no cards required.Manager EA5KT, Manuel Montes, P.O.BOX 100 - 46940 MANISES - VALENCIA - SPAIN

Diploma Vasco da Gama REP-Rede dos Emissores Portugueses with the support of National Committee for Commemoration of Portugueses Discoveries sea routes, sponsors this very beautiful Award which is to celebrate the Portuguese Discoveries during the XV Century and specially the Discovery of the sea route to Índia by the Portuguese Navigator VASCO DA GAMA. This will be a permanent Award and all SSB,CW, or RTTY, HF contacts (on authorised amateur bands) on the different amateur regions will count, starting on 15Th November 1945. Licensed Radio Amateurs and SWL's world wide are invited to participate. To qualify for the Diploma aplicants must have at least 25 points but with the contacts with one station in Portugal Continental "CT" and another on India "VU". Diplomas can be requested on one of three different modes SSB, CW or MIXED , and there will be 5 classes and 5 different stamps as follows: Class I 75 points Golden Sextant Class II 100 points Golden Compass Class III 125 points Golden Anchor Class IV 150 points Golden Astrolabe Class V 200 points Golden Caravel There is also "Honour Roll" for those with 250 points or more. The participants of this Honour Roll can request the correspondent Trophy which is a nice filigree miniature of XVI Century Portuguese "Caravela" . Lists of stations awarded with the different classes of Diploma will be published in Portuguese Ham magzines and bulletins as well as any foreign magazines who wish to publish them.

Logs can be certified either by photostat (photoxerox copies) of QSL's or by GCR list (General Certification Rule), certified by two different amateurs any doubt arise QSL's can be requested. The Diploma will be awarded free of charge to members of REP and will cost 1000$00 PTE portuguese escudos, for Europe the cost will be US$ 8,00 or 12 IRC's and for the rest of the World the fee is US$10,00 or 15 IRC's. The endorsements or stamps for each class are free of charge , providing a list of the contacts certified in the same way as the original log is sent together with self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or self addressed envelope (SAE) and 2 IRC's. For the Honour Roll trophy the cost will be US$ 30,00 or equuivalent for Portugal and Europe and US$ 40,00 for the rest of the world. All requests to: REDE DOS EMISSORES PORTUGUESES Award / Contest Manager P. O BOX 2483 - 1112 LISBOA PORTUGAL Europe.

LIST OF VALID COUNTRIES FOR VASCO DA GAMA DIPLOMA CT PORTUGAL 3 points CU AZORES ISLANDS 4 points CT3 MADEIRA ISLAND 4 points CN MOROCCO 4 points EA8 CANARY ISLANDS 4 points S0 WESTERN SAHAARA 8 points 5T MAURITANIA 3 points D4 CAPE VERDE 3 points 6W SENEGAL 3 points C5 THE GAMBIA 3 points J5 GUINEA-BISSAU 3 points 3X GUINEA 3 points 9L SIERRA LEONE 3 points EL LIBERIA 3 points TU IVORY COAST 3 points 9G GHANA 3 points 5V TOGO 3 points TY BENIN 3 points 5N NIGERIA 3 points TJ CAMEROON 3 points 3C EQUATORIAL GUINE 3 points S9 SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE 3 points 3CØ ANNOBON (PAGALU ISL.) 3 points TR GABON 3 points TN CONGO 3 points 9Q ZAIRE 3 points D2 ANGOLA 3 points ZD7 ST. HELENA 3 points ZD8 ASCENSION ISL. 3 points V5 NAMIBIA 3 points ZS SOUTH AFRICA 3 points C9 MOZAMBIQUE 3 points FR/J JUAN DE NOVA / EUROPA ISL 3 points 5R MADAGASCAR 3 points FH MAYOTTE 3 points D6 COMOROS 3 points 5H TANZANIA 3 points 5Z KENYA 3 points T5 SOMALIA 3 points 7 O YEMEN 3 points A4 OMAN 3 points EP IRAN 3 points AP PAKISTAN 3 points VU7 LACCADIVE ISL. 3 points VU INDIA 3 points Total of points 265 points.

OHA

This Award is sponsored by Finnish Amateur Radio League.GCR rule is accepted. Contacts must have been made after 10 June 1947. Fee for each award is 8 IRC's or US $5,00. Applications should be sent to:SRAL HQ, P.o.Box 44, FIN-00441 HELSINKI, FINLAND. OZ, LA and SM amateurs need contacts with at least 50 different OH call areas on other bands. Other Europeans need contact with at least 20 different OH, including at least 7 OH areas. The maximum number of contacts per band is 15, so least 2 bands must be used. Non-Europeans applicants need contacts with 15 different OH including at least 5 OH areas on any band or combination of bands. Contacts made in 3.5 MhZ will count for two contact points. CW, Phone or mixed mode. Minimum acceptable report is 338 (RST) . OHstations operating as MM do not count.

CQ4IPY AWARD

This Certificate is for all amateurs and SWL all over the world with valid license. Is sponsored by IPY Program Amateur Radio International Polar Year . Aplicant must submit evidence of two-way contact with CQ4IPY on three (3) different bands or two (2)different Modes. 

LOG:Send a Log with following informations: Date,Time,Bands,Mode and RST.          The Fee: For mail expenses the fee is USD 5,00 or EURO 5,00 or 10 IRC's                  Send Application to: 

Manuel Alberto Conceição Marques

P.o.Box 41

2780-901 OEIRAS

PORTUGAL

The ARI branch of Cassino, with the plead of the Lazio Regional Committee taking the opportunity
l INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY), is happy to present the l INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR (IPY) Award, starting March 1st 2007 till the end of February 2009, as a contribution to the International Polar Year . This is done in conjunction with the activities sponsored by the WAP, WORLD ANTARCTIC PROGRAM and are part of the international activities to celebrate the scientific activities in Antartica. The Italian base Mario Zucchelli at Baia Terranova is the main expression of this effort.                                                               PARTICIPATION …Worlwide OM, YL, SWL
PERIOD....From  00.00UTC 01.03. 07 until Feb.2009
BANDS..…HF ( 3,5, 7 , 10, 14 , 18 . 21 , 24,5 , 28 )
MODES………………...SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK, Mixed
CONTACTS ……….….. Can be made with the IPY stationa and with all the polar and antartica stations.
RULES ………………..Call “CQ CQ IPYA AWARD”
To obtain the award you need contacts with 5 different stations. You can contact the same stations on different bands but one only contact will be considered valid for the application. 25 different stations will give you a silver color sticker
50 different stations will give you a gold color sticker
The first applicant to claim 50 different stations will obtain a plaque.DOCUMENTS GRC request with the segnature of two amateurs
Send the request or the photocopy of your log
Qsl cards have not to be submitted
COST…The cost of the awars is 10 € or 15 $                Send your application to:                                  AWARD MANAGER
IØYKN Nuccio Meoli
Via Conte Bassavilla 1
03030 ROCCA D’ARCE
(FR) ITALY
www.arcticworldaward.net/ipy
nucciomeoli@libero.it
0776/536421

Rule of AWA Award
The A.R.I. Section of Cassino helped by the A.W.A. Manager IØYKN Nuccio Meoli and by IØOCD Christine Renaud, in the range of DX activities, has deliberated to announce a permanent award called A.W.A. ARCTIC WORLD AWARD in order to remember the Italian shipment of Umberto Nobile and the red tent lost among the ice of the North Pole. The qso can be in any band and mode and in whichever other digital mode.
The qso acknowledged since January 1st 1944. The qso done with the call sign of ships laboratory and Arctic bases are equally valid (RAEM, U-POL & Drifting Stations).
To obtain the A.W.A. the petitioner have to submit a log with 10 QSO/HRD in at least 3 different land with operating stations above the 60th parallel line of Boreal Hemisphere.
A Log, with directory of the qso/hrd verified by two OM will be enough, however we shall request the vision of some QSL for an eventual control.
The cost of the award is € 10 or of $ 15.
The demand and the log have to be sent to
: A.W.A. manager IØYKN Nuccio Meoli, via Conte Bassavilla 1, 03030 ROCCA D'ARCE (FR) ITALY
e.mail : nucciomeoli@libero.it

In recognition of international two-way amateur radio communication, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) issues Worked-All-Continents certificates to amateur radio stations of the world. Qualification for the WAC award is based on an examination by the International Secretariat, or a member-society, of the IARU of QSL cards that the applicant has received from other amateur stations in each of the six continental areas of the world. All contacts must be made from the same country or separate territory within the same continental area of the world. All QSL cards (no photocopies) must show the mode and/or band for any endorsement applied for. Contacts made on 10/18/24 MHz or via satellites are void for the 5-band certificate and 6-band endorsement. All contacts for the QRP endorsement must be made on or after January 1, 1985 while running a maximum power of 5 watts output or 10 watts input. The following information should be helpful in determining the continental area of a station located adjacent to a continental boundary. North America includes Greenland (OX) and Panama (HP). South America includes Trinidad & Tobago (9Y), Aruba (P4), Curacao & Bonaire (PJ2-4) and Easter Island (CE0). Oceania includes Minami Torishima (JD1), Philippines (DU), Eastern Malaysia (9M6-8) and Indonesia (YB). Asia includes Ogasawara Islands (JD1), Maldives (8Q), Socotra Island (7O), Abu Ail Island (J2/A), Cyprus (5B, ZC4), Eastern Turkey (TA2-9) and Georgia (4L). Europe includes the fourth and sixth call areas of Russia (R1-6), Istanbul (TA1), all Italian islands (I) and Azores (CU). Africa includes Ceuta & Melilla (EA9), Madeira (CT3), Gan Island (8Q), French Austral Territory (FT) and Heard Island (VK0).