Croatian Islands Award - CIA |
CROATIAN ISLANDS AWARD - CIA
Croatian
IOTA Hunters Group - CIHG issues a diploma called
The award pays tribute to people located
on Croatian islands with residents, some of which are small, desolate islands
and islets
The aim of the award is to encourage and
promote amateur radio activity from Croatian islands, both by local hams and
those from abroad, which will also promote Croatian tourism.
The idea and design for the Croatian Islands Award came from both the President of the Croatian IOTA
Hunters Group Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K, and Branko Gracin, 9A6BND, CIHG member.
The diploma is issued for confirmed
contacts with hams operating from Croatian islands with residents (residents
during the whole year). All QSOs after
Diploma CIA is obtainable both for Activators
(operators from Croatian islands and from Croatian lighthouses with residents)
and Hunters (for contacts made with Activators).
A total of 60 Croatian islands
and lighthouses count for the Award. Each island and lighthouse is allocated
its permanent CIA reference number (ie,
island
(2 USD or 2 EUR).
The Award Manager has the
privilege to disqualify an expedition, if he decides it does not comply with
the requirements or the rules of ham spirit. The final decision concerning the
expedition disqualification is taken by the CIHG
Committee.
The Croatian Islands Award has 6 levels:
Diploma Levels |
Award
Applicants |
Basic |
10 CIA |
Silver endorsement |
20 CIA |
Gold endorsement |
30 CIA |
Medal |
40 CIA |
CIA Trophy |
50 CIA |
CIA Honour Roll |
All CIA ref. |
The diploma
is issued for the following categories: CW,
Phone, RTTY and Mixed. All
contacts in short-wave and WARC bands are allowed. The diploma is available for
both 50 MHz and 144 MHz contacts as well, but only in the Mixed category.
Contacts through repeaters, packet radio
or satellites are not allowed.
In
order to have an expedition recognized and validated, Activators must comply
with the following requirements:
a) During
one day maximum of 3 CIA references can be activated.
b) Photograph
with all operators, antenna or equipment during expedition must be submitted.
c) Minimum
QSO requirement is 101 contacts made from each
Basic CIA award fee is 6 USD or 5 EUR.
Each endorsement fee is 2 USD or 2 EUR.
Medal fee is 17 USD or 15 EUR, or
equivalent in local currency kuna.
CIA Trophy fee is 30 USD or 25 EUR.
Diploma CIA Honour Roll is free-of-charge for all hams that possess the
basic award, endorsements, medal and CIA trophy.
The award
(endorsement, medal or trophy) fee for the Activators is 50% of the price that
the Hunters pay.
CIA Award Manager
Kresimir
Juratovic, 9A7K
P.O. Box
- 88
HR -
48001 Koprivnica
CROATIA.
All additional information is available
on request from the manager, either by
post-mail, e-mail, packet radio, or Internet web pages:
a) Packet radio:
[email protected]
b) E-mail: [email protected]
or [email protected]
c) Web page: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k
d) Web page of Croatian Amateur Radio
Association: http://www.hamradio.hr/
Diploma creators hold the right to change
or amend certain criteria or requirements. If certain changes do occur,
expeditions’ approval or recognition will be held under the criteria existing
at the time of the expedition.
All CIA copyrights are reserved by the
diploma creator.
CIA Award Manager
Kresimir JURATOVIC, 9A7K