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31 on 31 Award
WorldRadio is now offering the new "31 on 31 Award" to our readers.
How do you earn this new, highly coveted and prestigious award? Work 31
countries on PSK31! It's easy!
Rules
- The 31 countries must be sovereign nations. No teeny little possessions
of another country.
- The countries contacted must be on WorldRadio's list of nations.
No, you can't send in a list of DXCC countries. There are some similar
countries, but believe us, our list is different than the League's
list.
- Send us a list of your contacts, by call sign, date and time, and
band. If you want to send some commentary along, we just might put
it in the magazine. We trust our esteemed readers, so we aren't asking
for verification from other amateurs, your letter carrier, the local
CIA office or the IRS. Just send your list. That's it! We don't even
want your hard-to-get QSL cards.
- Enclose $3.10 and we'll send you a nice 8x11 unfolded certificate
suitable for framing.
- Send you funds and list to: WorldRadio, 2120 28th St., Sacramento,
CA 95818. Attention: 31 on 31.
Click
here for a list of acceptable nations
Contact All Time Zones
To help commemorate 25 years of Worldradio, we announced an award known
as "Contact All Time Zones" (CATZ).
Rules
- The start date for valid contacts is 01 July 1996 at 0000Z.
- The world is divided into 24 time zones. Each time zone is 15 degrees
of longitude wide beginning at 0 degrees. For the sake of this award,
half-hourly zones and out-of-zone artificial time changes will be
ignored.
- This award is based on the true 15 degrees each, world map 24 time
zones.
- The applying station must have one (two-way) contact on Amateur Radio-allocated
frequencies with a station in each of the world's 24 time zones. Contact
with one's own nation does not count.
- The operator applying for the award must have made all 24 contacts
from a location within the same country.
- The award may be endorsed as the applicant wishes in regard to band
and/or modes.
Application
The applying radio operator must be in possession of 24 QSL cards,
one from each of the time zones. A list shall be made showing each contact's
call sign, date, band, mode and the time zone starting with the prime
meridian (0Ù) and moving eastward. Include the longitude, city (if applicable)
and country. There is a fee of $5 to cover the cost and mailing of the
8 x 10 certificate (mailed unfolded). It is not necessary to mail
your QSL cards to Worldradio. Send a statement signed by two other licensed
radio amateurs (General Class or above) that they have inspected and
verified the required QSL cards.
Address applications to:
CATZ Award
WorldRadio
2120 28th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818.
Recipients of the CATZ award will be announced in the Worldradio DX
column.
Click
here for a list of acceptable nations
100 Nations Award
In an effort to encourage personal communications among people around
the world via Amateur Radio, Worldradio offers the Worked 100 Nations
Award to those confirming two-way amateur communications with permanent
stations in 100 distinct countries having a permanent, native population.
The purpose of the Worldradio Worked 100 Nations Award is to demonstrate
the unique opportunity Amateur Radio offers for communications between
international borders to further worldwide understanding.
The W-100-N is not a radio sport award as such, but a token of achievement
in communication. At the same time, it offers all Amateur Radio enthusiasts
several features not found in other awards.
- W-100-N virtually eliminates the need to work geographic areas
heard only during DXpeditions. Almost all national entities have amateur
stations consistently on the air.
- W-100-N, then, will be of perennial interest. The advantage to those
stations having worked a national entity long absent from the air
will be minimal.
- W-100-N is difficult to achieve, yet is within reach of all moderately
well-equipped stations whose operators utilize good communication
skills.
Rules
- The Worked 100 Nations Award is available to any licensed Amateur
Radio operator who can prove confirmation of two-way communications
with government-authorized Amateur Radio stations in at least 100
different nations of the world.
- No contacts with stations using reciprocal calls will count toward
this award, such as N6JM/UL7.
- All contacts must be with land-based stations. Contacts with ships,
at anchor or otherwise, and aircraft cannot be considered.
- All contacts shall be made from the same country.
- Only contacts made on or after 01 January 1978 will count.
- The application shall include the following:
- Letter requesting W-100-N.
- List of contacts in alphabetical order by prefix showing nation,
station call, date, band and mode.
- A signed statement by two other licensed radio amateurs, General
class or above that they have inspected the required QSL cards.
- A fee of $5 to cover the cost of the award.
- All applications and requests shall be addressed to:
W-100-N Award Manager
WorldRadio
2120 28th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
- There are no special endorsements to this award; however, endorsements
may be made if the achievement bears such recognition. All modes and
bands may be used.
Upon approval of an application for W-100-N, a certificate will be
issued and the issuance of the award will be noted in a future issue
of Worldradio.
Worked 100 nations list criteria
- In all cases each "nation" will be both a political and
geographical entity at the same time.
- In all cases each "nation" will be a geographical and
political entity independent enough to issue distinctive postage stamps
acceptable in international mail.
- In all cases each "nation" will be a geographical and
political entity whose amateur stations are :
- identifiable by a specific call sign prefix series allocation
assigned to that entity by the International Telecommunications
Union, or
- identifiable by a specific call sign prefix or suffix series
normally used in the issuance of amateur licenses to new amateur
licensees under ITU prefix allocations by the sovereign government
of the entity.
- No geographical or political entity lacking a permanent, native
population will be considered for status as a nation.
- Geographical or political entities which do not issue distinctive
postage stamps but have permanent, native populations will be considered
to be part of the same entity that issues postage stamps for use in
that area.
- Geographical and political entities which issue postage stamps but
do not have permanent, native populations will not be considered "nations"
for the purposes of this award.
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here for a list of acceptable nations
Worked 100 Nations Award Winners
#1. Albert H. Hix, W8AH 14 June, 1978
#2. Franz Langer, DJ9ZB 29 June, 1978
#3 Naoki Akiyama, JH1VRQ 28 October, 1978
#601. Bob Babcock, W6MWY August, 2001
#602. William Eggelston, N™WM August, 2001
#603. Gerald R. Skinner, K4LVZ August, 2001
Contact All Time Zones Award
#1. Christopher Hurlbut, WL7KY 15 October, 1997
#2. Kenn Carpenter, WA7GQC 25 March, 1998
#3. Dick McKercher, W0MLY 1 July, 1998
#41. Richard Orsak, KB5VNM August, 2001
#42. Rod Ingram, WC7N August, 2001
#43. Ronald Abbott, K2ODC August, 2001
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