Amateur radio offers the opportunity to earn numerous achievement awards.
Whether you enjoy the speed and competition of a contest or the more leisurely
approach of operating at your own pace, there's an award out there somewhere that can be your goal.
To compete for a contest award, you take a look at the rules and then join in the fun.
When it's over, you send in an entry sheet and your contest log listing the contacts you've made.
The rules for many of the noncontest operating awards require that you provide proof
of claimed contacts. A common method is to submit for review, QSL cards you've received as confirmation.
For that reason, a lot of hams are compulsive mailbox watchers. I enjoy trying for both types of award ;
below is a list of those I've obtained operating CW / QRP. Award sponsors are shown at the end of each listing.
Operating Awards
CANADAWARD (14MHz CW #083 "1st QRP") ( RAC ) Canadian QRP Award ( VA3JFF ) DX Century Club Award (DXCC-CW #8248) ( ARRL ) DXCC Millennium Award ( ARRL ) DXCC-QRP ( QRP ARCI ) Diamond State Award (Worked All Delaware Counties) ( KE3WH ) FISTS Century Award #0439 / QRP #005 ( FISTS CW Club ) Kent County, RI Award (Worked All Kent County, RI) ( K1STB ) M2ØØØA Millennium Award ( Cray Valley Radio Society ) Worked All Continents (WAC) ( IARU ) WAC-QRP ( QRP ARCI ) Worked All States (WAS) ( ARRL ) WAS-QRP ( QRP ARCI ) 1000-Mile-Per-Watt Achievement Certificate ( QRP ARCI )
Contest Awards
1st Place, Ohio : Vermont QSO Party ( Central VT ARC ) 1st in OH SO CW & 2nd in USA SO QRP CW : FL QP ( FLCG ) 1st Place QRP in Ohio : Georgia QSO Party ( SECC ) 1st Place, Ohio : New Hampshire QSO Party ( NHARA ) 1st Place, Ohio : New Jersey QSO Party ( Englewood, NJ ARA ) 1st Place QRP Single Op & 1st in Ohio : TX QP ( TXDXS ) 1st Place, Ohio : QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint ( QRP ARCI ) 1st Place, Ohio Section QRP : ARRL Int'l DX Contest-CW ( ARRL ) 1st Place, USA 8th Area, QRP : Canada Day Contest ( RAC ) 1st Place, Ohio : New Jersey QSO Party ( Englewood, NJ ARA ) 1st Place, Ohio : Washington Salmon Run ( Western WA DX Club ) 1st Place, USA-CQ Zone 4, LP 21 MHz : JIDX-HF CW ( 59 Mag ) 1st Place, USA 8th Area, QRP 15M Band : CQWWDX-CW ( CQ ) 1st Place, Ohio : QRP ARCI Hootowl Sprint ( QRP ARCI ) 1st Place, USA 8th Area, QRP : Canada Day Contest ( RAC ) 1st Place, USA 8th Area, QRP : Canada Winter Contest ( RAC ) 1st Place, USA 8th Area, QRP 15M Band : CQWWDX-CW ( CQ )