ICELAND, INDIA, INDONESIA, IRELAND

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(Updated through 12/2011) 

ICELAND

IRAA (Icelandic Radio Amateurs Association) Series

General Requirements: Available to amateurs and SWL's. The TF stations contacted must be Icelandic resident amateurs operating from Icelandic territory. GCR is accepted. Contacts must be made from the same call area in your country, but where no call are exists, from the same country. Apply to: Brynjolfur Jonsson TF5B,Engimyri 8, IS-600  Akureyri, Iceland.

E-mail: tf5b@internet.is 
Internet: http://www.ira.is 

(Chg 10/6/2010) 

The Iceland Award

Contact or hear Icelandic stations during any one calendar year. May be earned each year. All bands and modes. TF's need 7 Icelandic stations, all others need 2. No /TF's may be used. Application must have reached the awards manager by June of the following year that the contacts were made. Fee is 8 IRCs or $US5. You do not have to possess the cards.
(Contacts with stations from other nations operating with a portable designator are not valid for the award.)

IRA Zone 40 Award

Contact the DXCC countries located in CQ Zone 40: Iceland (TF), Greenland (OX), Jan Mayen (JX), Svalbard (JW) and Franz Josef Land (UA1). (Note: contacts with /TF, /OX, etc. are not valid for this award.) SWL OK. All bands OK, but all contacts must have been made in the same mode to earn the award. Single band endorsed on request. 

DX need one confirmed QSO with each country (5 QSO's).
EU same as above except 3 TF QSO's. (7 QSO's).
TF same as above except 15 TF QSO's (19 QSO's).

Fee is 8 IRCs or $US5. 

(Chg 11/08)

Icelandic Radio Amateurs Award (IRAA)

Earn required points by contacting Icelandic stations on different bands and modes.

ITU Zones                                     Points needed
5, 9, 18-20, 27-29                         98 points.
1-4, 6-8, 21-26, 30, 31, 36, 37     48 points.
10-13, 32-35, 38-40, 46-48         28 points.
14-16, 41-45, 49-75.                     18 points.

Point Values

All contacts via Satellite = 8 points.

No time limit. QSL cards or photocopies must be submitted along with GCR listing. Fee for award is 8 IRCs or $US5. Mixed mode contacts and cross band contacts are not valid except for contacts by amateur satellite. Each station may be contacted only once per band per mode. Contacts with stations from other nations operating portable in Iceland are not valid for this award. 

(Chg 4/2008)

Worked All Nordic Countries Award

Contact Nordic countries from the following list.

Class A - one confirmed QSO with each of the 11 countries.
Class B - one confirmed QSO with 8 and 2 in CQ Zone 40.
Class C - one confirmed QSO with 5 and 1 in CQ Zone 40.

Countries: JW - Svalbard OJ0 - Market Reef TF - Iceland JX - Jan Mayen OX - Greenland LA - Norway OY - Faroe Isl. OH - Finland OZ - Denmark OH0 - Aland Isl. SM- Sweden

(Note: contacts with /TF, /OH0, etc. not valid for this award, except that /OJ0 DOES count. One confirmed contact with Iceland is mandatory in all classes.  SWL OK. No time or band limits, but all QSO's must be on the same mode. Single  band endorsement on request. First award to a DXCC country will be endorsed as such. GCR list and fee of $US5 or 8 IRCs.)

(Chg 11/08)

The IRA JOTA Award

Awarded for contacting or hearing Icelandic JOTA Amateur Radio stations and is issued in cooperation with Icelandic Radio Scouts. No time, band or mode limit on QSO ´s.

Requirements: Contact or hear at least two JOTA Icelandic Amateur Radio stations. Contacts with stations which are /TF are not valid for this Award. GCR list is accepted. The first award issued to a DXCC country will be endorsed as such and single band or mode achievement will be endorsed upon request. Fee for "IRA JOTA AWARD" is 8 IRC's or 5.00 US dollars.

(Chg 4/2008)

INDIA

Golden Key Award

Issued by the Old Timers Guild of Bangalore for working members on 2-way CW only earning a total of 100 points. 

Point values:
1. All VU2/VU3/AT2/AT0 or any special prefix stations anywhere in India other than Bangalore City = 1 point per QSO.
2. Any station from Bangalore = 2 points per QSO.
3. The following members = 3 points each: VU2RQ, VU2DX, VU2TH, VU2VK, VU2WP, VU2LX, VU2TI, VU2TS, VU2GX (SK), VU2ZAP, VU2LBW, VU2UR. 

GCR list and fee of 10 IRCs to: T.S. Ganesh VU2TS, Watapi, B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar District 571313, Karnataka, India.

E-mail: ganeshbrhills@yahoo.co.uk  

Chg 4/2010

INDIA

Worked Republic of India Award

Issued by the Amateur Radio Society of India for contacting stations in India, the Laccadive Islands and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on HF bands 160 through 10 meters on or after 26 January 1950. Contacts with the same Indian station on different bands count for points, but contacts with different modes on the same band will not count. QSOs must take place between two fixed stations. Contacts with portable, MM or aeronautical mobile stations do not count.

Earn a minimum of 100 points using the following table:

Special Prefixes are anything other than VU2, VU3, VU4 and VU7.  
For example:  AT0, AT1, AT2, AT3, AT4, AT5, AT6, AT7, AT8,  AU1, AU2, AU3, AU4, AU5, AU6, AU7, AU8, AU9, AU0, etc. . 

Contacts on WARC band are not eligible. Send GCR list with fee of 5 IRCs to:  PRASAD RAJAGOPAL VU2PTT, P.O.BOX 7523, BANGALORE 560075, India

E-mail: vu2ptt@gmail.com 

(Chg 4/2010)

INDIA                               

SAARC AMATEUR RADIO AWARD

SAARC stands for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Member countries are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The group was formed on on December 8, 1985 and provides a platform for the peoples of South Asia to work together in a spirit of friendship, trust and understanding. The radio amateur award offered by the group requires you must have confirmed two-way contacts with the countries of SAARC on or after 8 December 1985 as follows:

Bangladesh :1 Bhutan: 1 India: 5 Maldives: 2 Nepal: 2 Pakistan : 2 and Sri Lanka : 2 QSOs for a total of 15 QSOs.

Send GCR list, signed by two amateurs or by the Awards Manager of the National society, to the Awards Manager VU2UR, B.L.Manohar ,MIG-6, 80 Feet Road, Kengeri Upanagara, Bangalore 560060, India. The Multi Color Award is available in "pdf" format only and will be sent to your E-mail address so you may print using your equipment. Endorsements for any one Band or mode is available. If you have confirmed double the number of QSOs required from each of the above countries, the award will be endorsed "EXCELLENCE".

Fee for the award is 5€, $US7 or 7 IRCs. The fee of € or $ MUST be sent through a Demand Draft on any Indian Bank, favouring " B.L.MANOHAR", at BANGALORE, India. OR through an International Money Order in favour of B.L.MANOHAR, at the above address OR IRCs, (latest series available), are to be sent by "registered mail" ONLY, as postal losses are a problem.

E-mail: vu2ur@rediffmail.com

Tks VU2UR 10/09

— VU2UR Series —

General Requirements: SWL OK. No date limit. All bands and modes including WARC bands OK.  Please read the requirements of each award. Check from your VU log, and you may be qualifying for more than ONE award. I request all of you to send your VU log to me first I will check your log and would notify you about the number of awards you can claim. \par You can send ONE GCR list, claiming more than one award, after my checking your VU log.  Due to postal security problems, fees in € or US$ must be sent as Demand Draft from a Bank payable to "B.L.Manohar, at. Bangalore" or IRCs sent by Registered Mail only.  Endorsements are available for Mode and band.   The awards are "A4" size (210x297 mm), in multi-colour. The awards are issued in the ELECTRONIC FORM and sent to your E-mail Id, ready to be downloaded at your end, in "pdf" format. Send application and fee to: B.L.Manohar VU2UR; MIG-6, 80 Feet Road, Kengeri Upanagara; BANGALORE 560 060, India.

Claiming multiple awards:  If you are claiming more than three awards, the question of your sending the award fee, gets easier. For those claiming less than three awards, IRC mode may be convenient.\par The fee for 3 awards is 3 Euros; for 4 awards- 4 Euros; for 5 awards- 5 Euros. For 6 or 7 Awards, also 5 Euros only . 

Please do not send any Green Stamps or Euros in snail mail, which are always stolen in transit.

E-mail: vu2ur2009(at)rediffmail.com

Tks GW4BKG 3/12/10 and VU2UR 7/10 

Fees:

India possesses hundreds of islands along its coast and in the deep sea as well. Indian Islands in the deep sea have been activated many times since Indian Independence. All these Islands have IOTA listings. In addition, India has sponsored 24 Indian Antarctic Expeditions. The name of this award is derived from the first two letters of the alphabet of ANdaman, NIcobar, LAkshadweep, MInicoy and Coastal Islands, and it contains the two alphabets of Antarctica also. Contact these islands on or after 15th August 1947. All contacts must be with different stations.

QSO POINT VALUES:

1. Any Confirmed QSO with Indian Islands, before 15th August 1972, counts as follows:
    Andaman (AS-001), 15 points
     Nicobar (AS-033), 20 points
     Lakshadweep (AS-011) 15 points
     Minicoy (AS-106) Islands 20 points.

2. For confirmed QSOs with a Coastal Island group (only one expedition QSO is counted per island), on any date, counts at 15 points each:
     St. Mary Island- AS-096 (2 expeditions) Karnataka State Gr.        Arnala Is - AS-169 (1 Expedition) Maharashtra State gr.
     Sagar Island - AS-153 (4 expeditions) West Bengal State Gr.         Pamban Is - AS-173 (1 Expedition) Tamil Nadu State Gr.
     Sacrifice Rock - AS-161 (1 Expedition) Kerala State Gr.                Nachugunta Is - AS-199 (1 Expedition) Andhra Pradesh State South Gr.
     Elephanta Is - AS-169 (3 Expeditions) Maharashtra State gr.          Grandi Is - AS-177 (1 Expedition) Goa State Gr.
     
3. For any confirmed QSO with Multinational expeditions like VU4AN/VU2...,VU4AN/VU3...,VU4MY,VU4RG,VU7SJ, etc.,. QSLs with operator's call like VU4../VU3...; and VU7.../VU3... is ONLY accepted for the following: 
VU4AN,VU4RG, VU4MY, VU7SJ etc., count 03 points each
VU7MY, VU7NRO count 04 points each
VU7LD count 05 points each

4. For any confirmed contact with a LOCAL ham resident of the Island/ or Official posted in Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Coastal Islands, with valid address printed on the QSL, is 15 points Examples VU2,4 and 7 for suffixes GV,DIA,FBZ/FB,JPS. (VK9NS operations from VU2JPS is not considered)

5. For any confirmed QSO with a Resident Mainland Indian with VU2.../VU4, VU2.../VU7, call in the Andaman, Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands, is worth 15 points.,

6. Any QSO with expeditions of VU2ANI,VU2NRM,VU2KV,VU7WCY/RM,VU7US,VU2GDG, etc.. from any of the Islands count for 20 points.

7. Any QSO with the Indian Antarctic Expedition Station counts for 20 points.
IOTA AN-010,016; WAP-IND-01-Dakshin Gangothri; IND-02-Indian Bay Camp;IND-03-Maithri.
Only ONE Antarctic QSL is required for SECOND Class Award. TWO QSL scores can be considered for FIRST and EXCELLENCE Class awards, provided the QSO is NOT with the same Indian Antarctic call sign.
( VU2IF, AT0A, VU2AXA, VU3PMG, AT3A, AT3D,VU2JBK, VU2MSW, VU2RAY, VU3HKQ, VU3DEN, VU3NHQ, VU3BPZ etc were QRV from Indian Antarctic Bases, at different periods.)

AWARD REQUIREMENTS:

1. BASIC: For confirmed QSOs with any THREE groups; that is for example:
(1) Andaman or Nicobar Is;
(2)Lackshadweep or Minicoy Is,
(3)ONE of the Coastal Is Groups,
Points required for the "Basic Award" is a minimum of "50" points. Minimum 3 QSL cards needed.

2. SECOND: For confirmed QSOs with ANY THREE of
(1) Andaman or Nicobar or Lakshadweep or Minicoy Is Groups,
(2) any TWO of the Coastal Island groups,
(3) one Indian Antarctic QSO, activated till date of application,
Points required for the "Second Class Award" is a minimum of 90 points.
Minimum of 6 QSLs needed.

3. FIRST: If you have confirmed QSOs with:
(1) each of Andaman, Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Minicoy Is Groups,
(2) THREE of the Coastal Island groups, and
(3) two Indian Antarctic QSOs, activated till the date of your application,
Points required for the "First Class Award is over 120 points.
Minimum of 9 QSL cards needed.

4. EXCELLENCE: If you have confirmed QSOs with
(1) EACH of Andaman, Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Minicoy Is Groups,
(2) FOUR of the Coastal Island groups,and
(3) TWO Indian Antarctic QSOs, activated till the date of your application,
Points required for the EXCELLENCE award. is a minimum of 150 points.
Minimum of 10 QSL cards are needed.

Lower levels of the award may be upgraded from one class to another, by a new certificate and endorsement only. No stickers are available. In case you qualify for FIRST class Award, there is no need to get the Basic and Second Class Awards.

Worked ANDAMAN ISLANDS Award (WAI AWARD)

Requirements: Work different Andaman Island stations as follows. For BASIC award- 4 different Andaman QSOs. For FIRST Class Award, 8 different Andaman QSOs and For EXCELLENCE Class Award, 12 different Andaman QSOs. Fee ONLY 2 IRCs . Submit GCR list.

Worked ANDAMAN-NICOBAR ISLANDS Award (WA-NIAWARD)

Requirements: Work different stations from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as follows: For Basic Award, you need 4 different Andaman and 1 Nicobar QSO. For First Class Award, you need 8 different Andaman and 1 Nicobar QSOs and for Excellence Class, you need 12 different Andaman and 2 Nicobar QSOs. Fee ONLY 2 IRCs . Submit GCR list.

Worked Coastal Islands of India ( WCII Award )

Requirements: Work minimum of 4 different QSOs covering at least 3 coastal Islands. More than one QSO from the same island, but with a different call sign is OK Fee ONLY 1 IRC . Submit GCR list.

The Indian Railways comprise one of the largest railway networks in the world. The longest train route in India is between Jammu Tawi and Kanyakumari , run, once a week, by Train Nos. 6317/6318, the "Himsagar" Express covering a distance of 3,738 km. The train passes through 11 Indian states.

The train passes through the following Railway Stations, in its North-South run, and those in Bold letters indicate the presence of active amateur radio operators.

Jammu Tawi, Jalandhar Cantonment, Phagwara, Phillaur, Ludhiana, Dhuri, Jakhal, Narwana, Jind, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, New Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Faridabad, Agra Cantonment, Dhaulpur , Gwalior, Jhansi, Bhopal, Itarsi, Nagpur, Warangal, Vijayawada, Tenali, Gudur, Renigunta, Tirupati, Chittoor, Katpadi, Jolarpettai, Salem , Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Aluva, Ernakulam Town, Kottayam, Kollam, Trivandrum Central, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari.

The above stations are located in the following 11Indian States: Jammu & Kashmir; Punjab; Haryana; Delhi; Uttar Pradesh; Rajasthan; Madhya Pradesh; Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh; Tamil Nadu; and Kerala.

For the Basic Award, you need to have QSOs with VUs from at least 6 of the 11 STATES listed above.
To get the First Class Award, you need to have QSOs with VUs from at least 6 (six) different Railway stations through which the train passes, as given in the above list.

All contacts on or after 01 January 2000.

Worked LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS Award (WLI AWARD)

Requirements Work minimum of 3 different Lakshadweep (Laccadive) Stations Fee ONLY 2 IRC . Submit GCR list.

Worked LAKSHADWEEP-MINICOY ISLANDS Award (WL-M I AWARD)

Requirements : Work minimum of 3 different Lakshadweep (Laccadive) Stations and 1 Minicoy Station. Fee ONLY 2 IRC . Submit GCR list.

Worked SILICON CITY Award (WS-C Award)

The city of BENGALURU\ ( aka BANGALORE ) the capital city of the State of Karnataka (KA) is known as the ELECTRONIC CITY, GARDEN CITY, SILICON CITY or IT CITY of India. The city has over 1500 amateur licence holders QRV in VHF/UHF/Satellite / CW/SSB/and Digital modes. The very active stations from this city were/are: VU2PTT, LBW, ZAP,WAP, RMS, BGS, GX (SK), IR(SK), MKP (SK), UR, LX, GUR, VNK, LYX, LCI, JHM, FI, POP, GSM, 2IIH, 3GFF, 3ITI and others..... Requirement: Work any 2 different stations from this city. No QSLs required. No date limit. All bands all modes OK. Endorsement for single mode, single band can be given. ONLY 1 IRC. Submit GCR list.

Worked VU Contesters Award (WVU C Award)

There is a new generation of VU amateur radio contesters. They are contesting in CW, SSB, and Digital modes in various International Amateur Radio Contests. Some of them are: VU2TS, VU2PAI, VU2PTT, VU2MTT, VU3DMP,VU2SWS, VU2NKS, VU2NXM, VU3DJQ, VU2LBW, VU2CDP,VU2BGS, VU2UR, VU2LYX, VU2RMS, VU2JOS, VU2NIS,VU2HFR, and others......Requirement: Work any 3 different stations from the above list, in any one or more Contests, (giving the name of the contest). Non-contest QSOs, are also valid. No QSLs required. No date limit. All bands all modes OK. Endorsement for single mode, single band can be given. Fee ONLY 1 IRC . Submit GCR list.

WORKED VU FLORA FAUNA AWARD ( W-VUFF-A)

Contact National Parks, Game sanctuaries, Game reserves, etc of India. A list of valid sites may be found on http://wff44.com, though if a valid site is not listed there is newly activated, you may submit the contact details along with a copy of the QSL card for acceptance for this award.  Operations of Indian Antarctic research stations may be used for the award.

The award is available for having QSOs with at least three different VUFF locations activated. A different call activated from the same VUFF, counts as a separate reserve or park. Thus, if you have worked AT8WFF and VU2UR/FF from VUFF-005, that qualifies you for two, and one more QSO with a different VUFF is required for claiming the Award. The Award has no date of QSO limitation.

"PIN" is the Indian abbreviation for Postal Index Number, similar to the ZIP code of USA. It contains 6 digits. The PIN was implemented 15 August 1972. The PIN code is the post office numbering system used for identifying every post office in the country. India has the largest number of post offices of any country in the world. The first two digits of the 6 digit PIN Code for various Indian states are listed below:

PIN Code 110001 is for New Delhi; 400001 for Mumbai; 600001 for Chennai; 700001 for Kolkata; 500001 for Secunderabad, etc.,.  From the Indian QSLs you have received, compute the total of the PIN code number (from each of the QSL cards), to achieve the minimum of 10 million total required. Duplicate QSOs with the same station DOES NOT count.

The award is available in three levels:
1. Basic Award = confirmed QSOs with at least 6 Indian States.
2. First Class Award = confirmed QSOs with at least 9 States.
3. Excellence Class Award = confirmed QSOs with at least 12 States .

The requirement for the Basic Award is that you must have confirmed QSOs with minimum of 5 of the Indian states which contain World Heritage Sites. For First Class Award, the requirement is 7 states, and if you have worked more than 10 states, you get the Excellence Award. All contacts on or after 1 January 2006.

Indian World Heritage sites are located in the following 14 states of India: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Orissa, Tamil nadu, Assam, Rajasthan, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Union Capital Territory, Himachal Pradesh, and Bihar.

INDONESIA

Borobudur Award (BA)

Issued for confirmed contacts with stations in the Central Part of Java (2nd call area) as follows: DX stations need 25 contacts; Indonesian stations need 50 stations, including all license class (YB/YE, YC/YF, YD/YG). Modes or bands may be mixed. SWL OK. Contacts after 7 Sept 1968. GCR list and fee of $8US or 16 IRCs to: Award Manager, Mr. Timmy Dhanuwidjaja YB2BGZ, PO Box 1087, Semarang 50001, Indonesia

Internet: tim@idola.net.id 

(Chg 7/2011)

INDONESIA

Danau Toba Award

Contact stations in North Sumatra 6th call area. Indonesians need 20 different including 3 club stations; all others need 10 and one club station. GCR list and fee of $US8 or 16 IRCs to: Drs. H. Husni Thamrin, Komp.Taman Setia Budi INdah, Blok G No. 27 Medan - 20132, Indonesia. 

E-mail: YB6KTU@yahoo.co.id

 (Chg 7/2011)

Club stations: YB6ZAB  ZIC  ZAD   ZIF  ZIJ  ZIL  ZIV  ZIT  ZAO  ZES  ZZ.. 

INDONESIA

 WTEA (Worked the Equator Award)                

Issued for confirmed contacts with stations along the earth's Equator in the following countries: C2 HC HC8 HK KH1/KB6 PR-PY PY0/St. Peter S9/Sao Tome T30 T31 T32 TN TR YB5 YB7 YB8 5X 6O 8O 8Q  9Q   9O. SWL OK. Three categories of the award are as follows:

Class I - confirmed contact/SWL with 15 above countries.
Class II - confirmed contact/SWL with 12 above countries.
Class III - confirmed contact/SWL with 8 above countries.

For all classes, YB5, YB7 and YB8 are mandatory. GCR list and fee of $US8 or 16 IRCs to: Gjellani Joostman Sutama ( Jel ) YB1GJS, Griya Depok Asri C-8, No.7, Depok 16411 Jawa Barat, Indonesia

E-mail: yb1gjs@yahoo.com 

(Chg 10/2011) 

INDONESIA

Worked All Indonesia Award (WAIA)      

Issued for contact with stations in each of the Indonesia call areas (1 to 0) as follows:

- DX stations other than those in CQ Zone 28 need two stations in each area. (total of 20 QSL cards).
- DX stations in Zone 28 need three stations in each call area. (30 QSLs)
- Indonesian amateurs need five stations in each call area. (50 QSLs) Additionally, they need contact with 3 station classes, YB/YE, YC/YF, YD/YG in the same call area is compulsory.

Modes or bands may be mixed. SWL OK. Contacts after 7 Sept 1968. GCR list and $8US or 16 IRCs to:  Gjellani Joostman Sutama ( Jel ) YB1GJS, Griya Depok Asri C-8, No.7, Depok 16411 Jawa Barat, Indonesia

E-mail: yb1gjs@yahoo.com 

(Chg 10/2011)

INDONESIA           

Jakarta Award

Issued for contact with stations in Jakarta (0 call area), the capital of the Republic of Indonesia. DX stations need 20, including at least one Jakarta club station. Indonesian stations need 50 including at least five Jakarta club stations. Modes and bands may be mixed. Contacts after 7 Sept 1968. SWL OK. GCR list and $8US or 16 IRCs to  Gjellani Joostman Sutama ( Jel ) YB1GJS, Griya Depok Asri C-8, No.7, Depok 16411 Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Club stations in the 0 call area include: YB0ZAA-ZAF ZBB  ZBC  ZCA  ACB  ZCD  ZCE  ZDA  ZDB  ZDC  ZDD  ZDE  ZDG  ZEA  ZEB  ZEC  ZEE  ZZ.

E-mail: yb1gjs@yahoo.com 

(Chg 10/2011) 

INDONESIA

 Pahlawan Award

Contact stations in East Java (YB3/YC3) on or after 9 July 1968. All bands and modes. SWL OK. Only land stations may be contacted.

DX need 20 different including 10 in Surabaya.
YB's need 50 including 20 in Surabaya.

GCR list and fee of $US8 or 16 IRCs to: Yan Bambang Susanto YB3CEV, PO Box 1187, Surabaya 60011, Indonesia.

E-mail: yb3cev@mitra.net.id 

(Chg 7/13/11)

 IRELAND

CASHOTA - Ireland Award

Work castles and "stately homes" of Ireland (EI or GI) on or after 1 January 2009. The castles/stately homes valid for the award will be found on a list at the sponsor’s website noted below. Each will carry a three part reference number: - Two letters for Country of Origin: - three figures for the sequence number: 001, 002, 003 and finally, a designation, C for Castle or SH for Stately Home. The award will be issued for contacting at least 25 such locations. A separate award will be given to stations who activate the locations. (10 contacts for HF and 5 for VHF/UHF).

The award is available either in CW, phone or digi modes on all HF bands (from 10 to 160m) or in VHF - UHF bands (6m, 4m, 2m and 70cm). Any contacts made by repeaters, satellites, IRLP, ECHOLINK or mobile phone will not be accepted. Send a log extract containing the following information: reference number, call sign, date/time, RST, frequency and mode. Sponsor may request QSL card at their discretion. SWL OK. Send list and fee of 10E to  Steve Wright (EI5DD) 14, Churchfields, Lower Salthill, Galway,
Republic of Ireland.

Internet: http://cashota-ireland.org/awards

Chg 2/2012 

IRELAND

Cork Radio Club DX Award

EI/GI stations must contact 4 members, EU 3 and DX only 2 of the Cork ARC or EI stations in the county Cork on any band or mode.  SWL OK.  Available for VHF contacts via the Cork repeater (EI5CRC) if the station is anywhere outside of Cork County.  Endorsements for band or mode on request.  GCR list and fee of £2 for EI and G stations, 3€, $US4 or 6 IRCs to: Mr Dick Bermminham EI6HH 17 Melbourn. Bishopstown Cork. Ireland.  The award may be endorsed for 2 x CW, all CW etc.

Internet: http://www.geocities.com/ei5crc/menu.htm 

Chg 4/2008

IRELAND

Worked EI Counties Award

Work or hear (SWL OK) at least 20 of the following counties after 1 Jan 1982:

Look for the rarer Irish counties to be activated each St. Patrick's Day (17 March) by the IRTS. Endorseable for all 26 counties. For applicants in EI only,: all contacts must be made from the home station.  Contacts made via repeaters or while operating mobile, portable or from an alternative address may not be used for the award.  Hams with an Irish ancestry can join IRTS as honorary members. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of €5,  £5, $US10  or 10 IRCs to: IRTS Award Manager, Box 462, Dublin 9, Ireland.

(Chg 4/2008)

IRELAND          

Worked All Ireland Awards Program                   

General Requirements: Sponsored by Galway VHF Group on behalf of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society. SWL OK. Contacts since 1 May 1995. All bands and modes. No use of repeaters. Application forms are required and may be obtained from the sponsor.  Award fee of 6.50€, £5.00 or $US10 including postage.  Endorsements 4€, £3.00 or $US6.    GCR list with official form - fee not mentioned - to: WAI Awards Manager, Tom Rea EI2GP, Bridge St., Headford, County Galway, Ireland.

WAI books are needed and are available from David Moore EI4BZ, Doneen, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland.. The cost for a WAI book is 10€ .

E-mail: wrights1@eircom.net 
Internet: http://www.irts.ie/cgi/wai.cgi 

(Chg 2/2012)

WAI Award - requires working Irish stations in grid squares similar to the WAB award in England. A detailed explanation is found in the rules/record book. The 4 levels have grid requirements as follows:

Islands Awards - EI’s need to work 12 Irish islands, and all others need 7. Additional stickers for every added 10 up to 52. for EI and 47 for overseas. (An island is defined as an offshore piece of land not connected to the mainland by bridge or causeway).

Activity Award - For mobile stations who give out 100 areas and stickers for each subsequent 100 areas, or another certificate suitably engraved.

Bookholders Award - for working 100 bookholders - stickers for each subsequent 100 book holders to a maximum 500.
(Anyone seeking WAI books can contact Steve Wright at wrights1@eircom.net and he will re-direct to the appropriate person.)

IRELAND

— The Irish Flora and Fauna Series (IFFA) ---

The Irish Flora and Fauna (IFFA) series was established 1st July, 2010. The awards are issued for producing evidence of having the required number of contacts (SWL OK) with EIFF DX-peditions from various Irish National Nature Reserves and National Parks. Any award in this series may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station, or SWL eligible under the EIFF General Rules. «IFFA 10», «IFFA 20» and «IFFA 30» awards may be claimed for contacts with EIFF DX-peditions from 10, 20 and 30 different Irish National Nature Reserves and National Parks respectively (see EIFF list for currently accredited Reserves and Parks). Contacts are valid from 1st January, 2010.

Applications should be made in writing and list all QSOs made with EIFF DX-peditions including date and time of the QSO, band and mode used, call sign of the station worked, EIFF reference number and signal reports exchanged. Each application should be signed by the applicant. Every QSO in the application should be confirmed by the WFF eLogs system.  ( http://ew4dx.org/WFFsearch.html )The award applicant should re-submit his application when claiming for higher classes of awards. QSL-cards or your logs are not required.

The IFFA awards are free, although the applicant should cover postage costs by enclosing 3 IRCs or 3 US dollars with the application. IFFA awards are sent to applicant’s home address indicated in the application. Apply to: Stan Danlov, 223 Charlesland Court, Greystones, Ireland.

E-mail: Stan, EI6DX coordinator@eiff44.org
Internet: http://www.eiff44.org/

Tks OH3GZ  4/18/11

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