The Polish Lighthouse Awards

LIGHTHOUSES SP AWARD
The Lighthouses SP award is issued for contacts with lighthouses located on Polish territory. Amateurs operating from Polish lighthouses can obtain the QRV Lighthouses SP award.

These awards have differing rules. Both are issued by the Association of Radio Amateurs from the Triple City (Tromjmiejskie Stowarzyszenie Krotkofalowcow) from Gdansk, Poland. The award is also sponsored by EMU Sp. z.o.o. from Gdansk.

The LIGHTHOUSES SP award can be obtained by submitting QSL confirmations of contacts with lighthouses located on Polish territory, made after July 1st 1998. The QRV LIGHTHOUSES SP award can be obtained after submitting proof of operation from a Polish lighthouse, confirmed by the lighthouse keeper/manager.

List of SP lighthouses, the operation from which will be counted for the awards:

1. Krynica Morska
2. Gdansk Port Polnocny
3. Hel
4. Jastamia
5. Rozewie
6. Stilo
7. Czolpino
8. Ustka
9. Jaroslawiec
10. Darlowo
11. Gaski
12. Kolobrzeg
13. Niechorze
14. Kikut
15..Swinoujscie


Contacts with stations operating from other lighthouses (not on the list) will not be eligible for the awards.

The rules of the awards can be altered and brought up-to-date by the organisers and all disputed questions and problems will be decided upon by the award’s organisers.

RULES OF THE “LIGHTHOUSES SP” AWARD
The award is issued for confirmed contacts with stations operating from Polish lighthouses on all frequencies (amateur bands) in accordance with band-plans. Cross-mode, cross-band contacts or QSOs made via any transponders are not eligible for the award.

The award is issued in four classes:

TOP CLASS - for CW contacts with all SP lighthouses,
MASTER - for contacts on any mode with all SP lighthouses,
MEDIUM - for contacts on any mode with at least 8 SP lighthouses,
STANDARD - for contacts on any mode with at least 3 SP lighthouses.

Applications for the award will be accepted, after the QSL cards and the accompanying list of contacts is checked and confirmed by: two licensed amateurs, or any amateur radio club (signed and sealed), or the Awards Manager of any amateur radio organisation, or a notary. The award organisers do not accept any QSL cards for verification.

The award has to be obtained once - the STANDARD class is obligatory. A change to a higher class is made by submitting an application to the organisers. The applicant will receive stickers for the new award class, after the application is checked and accepted. The award is issued to transmitting amateurs and to listeners.

The award fee for EU and DX stations is 7 IRC, for SP stations 10 zl. A change to a higher award class costs 2 IRC for EU and DX stations, 5 zl for SP stations.

Applications for the award are to be submitted to:
Awards Manager SQ2EEQ,
Trojmiejskie Stowarzyszenie Krotkofalowcow,
ul. Rzensa 1,
80-716 Gdansk,
Poland.

Rules for the QRV LIGHTHOUSES SP award can be obtained from the Awards Manager SQ2EEQ