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The K1BV DX Awards Directory - Online

Most recent update: 6 September 2010
Newly added information:

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I returned from a Western USA vacation to find a BIG batch of mail that piled up while I was away. I downloaded them, but found that my PC couldn't complete the process. Zero. Nothing. Nothing there.

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Brief Operations by Special Stations useful for awards:

October 16-17, 2010. One of the "secrets" of working many different USA counties in a short time is to participate in a state QSO Party. For example, I've just added the New York Counties Award. Use the New York State QSO Party coming up in October. Details are at www.nyqp.org Tks WB2VNR.

Very Short Time Awards - typically valid from just a few days to a few months:
(This page changes almost daily. Check it out frequently.)

Added:	Country	Name of Award	Starts	Ends	Info Provided by:
18 May 10	Poland	Citadel NYSA Diploma	8 May 10	8 August 10	PA3CUZ
18 May 10	Poland	They Saved London Diploma	1 June 10	30 September 10	PA3CUZ
6 Jun 10	Germany	Sea of Peace Pennon (SOP)	1 July 10	31 July 10	DH5MM
16 Jun 10	Lithuania	Grunwald-Zalgiris 1410-2010 Anniversary Award	16 June 10	15 August 10	LY4A, OH3GZ, and ON4CAS
20 Jun 10	Poland	Dyplom 600 lat Ksi a Wielkopolskiego (HF 600 KW)	15 May 10	15 August 10	PA3CUZ
20 Jun 10	Italy	50th Anniversary P.A.N. Award	1 Sept 10	20 Sept 10	PA3CUZ
1 July 10	Belarus	International Festival "Slavic Market" Award	7 July 10	15 July 10	SM6DEC
6 July 10	Poland	2010 W-HQ-S Award	10 July 10	11 July 10	SP2FAP
12 July 10	Germany	DA0HQ Diploma	10 July 10	11 July 10	DH5MM
25 July 10	USA	Route 66 On The Air 10th Anniversary	11 Sept 10	19 Sept 10	N8OFS
1 Aug 10	Poland	Battle of Grunwald and Siege of Malbork Award	10 July 10	31 July 10	OH3GZ
5 Aug 10	Turkey	World Universities Congress 2010 Award	1 Aug 10	31 October 10	OH3GZ
11 Aug 10	Germany	ILLW Lights Hunter Award	21 Aug 10	22 Aug 10	DE3EAR
15 Aug 10	Ukraine	75th Anniversary of Stakhanov's Record	1 Aug 10	31 Aug 10	OH3GZ

Annual Period Awards - earn these awards for contacts during 2010:
(These are only the newest additions, check the entire list.)

Added:	Country	Name of Award	Dates:	Info Provided by:
2 Jan 10	Turkey	Marmara Lighthouses On The Air (MLOTA) Award	August 2009 to May 2010	OH3GZ
8 Jan 10	Turkey	Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture	Calendar Year 2010	425 DX News #975
11 Jan 10	Netherlands	25 years Marine Amateur Radio Club (MARAC)	4 events during 2010	OH3GZ
11 Jan 10	Nigeria	The Federal Republic Of Nigeria At 50 Award	Calendar Year 2010	K1ZZ
12 Jan 10	Netherlands	DIG-PA Jubileum Award	Calendar Year 2010	SP9JPA
2 Feb 10	Romania	YOFF 2010 Award	YO3JW	2-2-10
8 Feb 10	Netherlands	100 Years of Scouting in the Nederlands	Calendar Year 2010	PA3CUZ
9 Feb 10	Germany	25 Jahre Moselwein-Diplom	Calendar Year 2010	PA3CUZ
9 Feb 10	Germany	Kurzzeit-Diplom Thuringen	Calendar Year 2010	PA3CUZ
18 Feb 10	Serbia	Novi Sad Fair Award	9 Fair periods in 2010	OH3GZ
19 Feb 10	Belgium	ON30ON Award	4 Award periods in 2010	ON4CAS
28 Feb 10	Belgium	UBA International Prefix Hunt Competition	Calendar Year 2010	ON7SS
3 Mar 10	England	BAWDSEY Research Station Awards	3 weekends 2010	ON4CAS
3 Mar 10	Hungary	European Capital of Culture Pecs 2010 Award	Calendar Year 2010	OH3GZ
5 Mar 10	Poland	50th Anniversary of the Kraków Firefighter Training School (KSP)	3 Periods in 2010	SP9JPA
15 Mar 10	France	Clipperton DX Club 2010 Challenge	Jan 2010 to Aug 29 2010	N8OFS
15 Mar 10	Germany	Diplom 175 Jahre Eisenbahn in Deutschland	Calendar Year 2010	PA3CUZ
24 Mar 10	Hungary	125th anniversary of the Fire Brigade of Hatvan.	13 Mar to end of 2010	OH3GZ
13 Apr 10	Germany	DARC 60th Anniversary Diploma	Calendar Year 2010	DH5MM
27 Apr 10	Hungary	65th Anniversary of HATVAN Award	13 Mar to end of 2010	OH3GZ
9 May 10	Poland	Fryderyk (Frederick) Chopin 2010 Award	Calendar Year 2010	OH3GZ
9 Jun 10	Japan	FUYO Group ARC 30th Anniversary Award	1 Apr 2010 to 31Mar 2011	JF1SSM
27 June 10	Germany	Diplom 20 Years District Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1 July 2010 to 31 Dec 2010	OH3GZ

Permanent Awards - Generally Not Time Limited. Always check for a beginning date for contacts.
(These are only the newest additions, check the entire list.)

Added	Country	Name of Award	Info Provided by:
5 Feb 10	Czech Republic	The Three Emperors Battle Award	W9GL
12 Feb 10	USA	Worked All Ohio State Parks Award	N8OFS
12 Feb 10	USA	IARU Region 2 Award	ARRL Letter 2/11/10
12 Feb 10	Serbia	Lajkovac Award	YU1AB
12 Feb 10	Denmark	Halmstad-Helsinge Diploma	OH3GZ
14 Feb 10	Australia	The VK9 Award	VK4TJF
14 Feb 10	Germany	Oberems-Diplom	PA3CUZ
14 Feb 10	Germany	Titisee-Diplom	PA3CUZ
14 Feb 10	Ukraine	Diplom Old Kiev	PA3CUZ
16 Feb 10	Argentina	Diploma Sistemas Hidrograficos de Cordoba	PA3CUZ
25 Feb 10	Poland	SP Great Cities Award	SM6DEC
25 Feb 10	Russia	Chuvash Regional Branch of Union of Russian Amateurs	OH3GZ
26 Feb 10	USA -VHF	Pacific NorthWest VHF Society Grid Exploration Award Program	N8OFS
3 Mar 10	Ukraine	Bunkers of Kiev Hardened Shelter Area	K1BV
11 Mar 10	USA - VHF	Fred Fish Memorial Award (FFMA)	N8OFS
13 Mar 10	India	--- VU2UR Series ---	GW4BKG
16 Mar 10	Greece	SV World Flora Fauna Award	OH3GZ
7 Apr 10	Germany	Military Radio History Award	ON4CAS
8 Apr 10	USA	---Zebulon Contesting Club Series---	NS3Q
16 Apr 10	Scotland	GM Flora and Fauna Award	OH3GZ
23 Apr 10	England	The Cornish Award	K1BV
26 April 10	Moldova	--- Rybnitsky Radio Club Series ---	OH3GZ
27 April 10	Germany	DL-FF Award	DH5MM
4 May 10	Ukraine	Black Sea Islands Trophy/Captain of the Black Sea Trophy	OH3GZ
9 May 10	Belarus	--- AGB Series --- "National Parks/Reserves of Belarus"	OH3GZ
19 May 10	England	Cray Valley Award	M0MCV
3 June 10	Romania	DXFF Diploma Let's Save Our Planet Earth	YO3JF
10 June 10	Mongolia	CQ Zone 23 Award	JT1CS
13 June 10	Japan	JARL Series - Worked All Ku's Award	K1BV Research
18 June 10	USA	The Pennsylvania "67" Challenge	KK7X
29 June 10	Belgium	Belgian Railway Stations Award	OH3GZ
4 July 10	Canada	The WV2B Series	K1BV Research
5 July 10	Switzerland	The Aargau Castle Award	K1BV Research
6 July 10	USA	New Hampshire County Award	KC2VUE
9 July 10	USA	OHIO Bicentennial Award	N8OFS
14 July 10	India	VU2UR Series - added 7 awards to this very interesting series.	VU2UR
17 July 10	Croatia	9A COTA (Croatian Castles on the Air)	OH3GZ
4 Aug 10	USA	New York Counties Award	WB2NVR
16 Aug 10	Russia	Taganrog DX Expedition Club Series	OH3GZ

Other Useful Data for Award Hunters:

SOME AWARD PAGE LINKS	BACKGROUND - AWARD HUNTING	COUNTY HUNTING INFO	DIRECTORY - INFO ON MY 2009 PRINTED AWARDS DIRECTORY	RECIPES nothing to do with radio, just good eating.
LISTS - Counties, Provinces, Members, valuable for award hunting.	VERY SHORT TERM AWARDS ! (few days to a few months)	SHORT TERM AWARDS DURING: 2010 2009 2008	County Awards of the United States Removed DE, MS, and TX (Temple ARC) 3/30/10	RECIPES nothing to do with radio, just good eating.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Effective 1-1-2010, access to the Online DX Awards Directory is available and FREE to all awards hunters.
     The rules for over 3,300 different awards from 110 DXCC countries are NOW at your fingertips.
     I still really need your help to let me know about changed rules and award fees, new awards, sponsors who don't reply to your applications, dead URL's, etc.
     Welcome, and feel free to explore a fascinating part of our hobby, one which has challenges enough to keep you busy for several lifetimes. A great chance to put your QSL collection to work!

1. I'm the custodian of the USA-County Award sponsored by CQ Magazine and am writing the monthly Awards Column in that magazine. The first column appeared in the January 1998 edition. I will need rules and samples of awards on a pretty regular basis. If your club or group sponsors awards, or you can send me good quality photocopies of awards that you have received, I need good quality samples or copies for this column. This is an excellent chance to gain world wide publicity for your group. Send material to: Ted Melinosky K1BV, 12 Wells Woods Road, Columbia, CT. 06237 USA

2. Foreign Postage - Bill Plum offers a wide variety of mint foreign postage and DXer supplies at competitive rates. Highly recommended.

3. Join the Ham Awards Reflector. ON4CAS has established a special e-mail delivered Reflector for all of us interested in the latest news regarding Awards hunting. This is a great chance to meet other awards hunters and get news about ham awards delivered to your in- box on a daily basis. Follow the link above to get all the information you need.

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