Newly listed awards "discovered" in 2012

FILE 1 for 2013

As newly discovered awards are added to the K1BV Directory, I place them in this working file.  Usually all rules/conditions are OK, but this file may occasionally have incomplete data, until clarified by the sponsor. 
This file was started January 1,  2012.

A second file was started May 16, 2012.

Entries outlined in yellow are the most recent entries. 

AUSTRIA     --- Additions to the  OVSV SERIES ----    Worked Austrian Capitals            (Hauptstädtediplom )

General requirements for OVSV: Cost of each award is 10€,  cost for endorsements is 1€ or 2 IRC.  GCR by two amateurs or the award manager of your National Society. Note: do not use Registered Mail as sponsor unable to accept registered mail.) SWL OK. Send to: : Richard Kritzer, Aich 4, A- 9800 Spittal/Drau, Austria.

The ÖVSV sponsors this award for contacts with the capital cites of the 9 Austrian provinces after 01-01-2000. SWL OK.

OE stations need 6 different Austria capitals.
EU and DX stations need 3 different Austria capitals.

All bands and modes.  GCR list and fee of € 10 to Richard Kritzer, Aich 4, A-9800 Spittal/Drau, Austria. E-mail: diplom@oevsv.at

Fee may be paid electronically to Konto: Bawag  KtoNr. 984 16006261 BLZ 1400

The Capital cities are: Bregenz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Klagenfurt, Sankt Pölten, Wenen and Eisenstadt.

Internet: http://www.oevsv.at/opencms/oevsv/referate/diplome/diplom_ecke/woec_capitals_diplom.html

AUSTRIA     --- Additions to the  OVSV SERIES ----  Austrian Youth Award

Since 1 ^st January 2012 the ÖVSV Youth-Department has established its own award. The fee for one diploma is about 10,-€ and includes the shipping costs and also the material costs. The rest is for the ÖVSV Yout Department especially for the clubstation. The money may be transfered by bank or it can be atached to the award petition if you send it to us by post. Austrian Amateur Radio Society Youth-Department Mühlfeldstr. 13 A-4651 Stadl-Paura, Austia.

Payment may be made via electronic methods. If you prefer bank transfer please send a request to jugend@oevsv.at.

The diploma may be requested by a formless e-mail, letter or fax. It should include: your name, call sign, address, the name of the award being applied for list of contacts with all necessary information including calls of stations and name of operator. 

The diploma "Austrian Youth Award" (international) may be worked by every licensed radio amateur and SWLs. The conditions are the same. There are three categories of the award:

BRONZE with 1000 points
SILVER with 2000 points
GOLD with 3000 points

For the award are valid
QSOs only with OE-stations,
QSOs on every band,
QSOs in all modes (even Echolink, etc.),
More than one QSO with a station only count once (except Kid’s-Day-special-stations – once every Kid’s-Day).

Internet: http://www.oevsv.at/opencms/oevsv/referate/jugendarbeit/jugend_diplome/index_engl.html

Tks PA3CUZ 1/29/12 

Austria                                     Peter Rosegger Diplom

Contact stations located in ADL602 after 1 July 1992. SWL OK. Rosegger was an Austrian poet, after whom this award is named lived in Murztal.

Europeans need 100 points, others 50. A contact with club station OE6XMG = 20, all other contacts with stations in ADL602 = 10. CW contacts count double. Each station may be counted once. All bands and modes except repeater and Digipeater contacts. Send GCR list and fee 10€ or $US12 to: Ortstelle 602, Otto Liebscher, OE6LVG, Gutenbrunngasse 7A, A-8682 Hönigsberg, Austria.

Tks PA3CUZ. Relisted 4/12

Austria                                           Schwechat Diploma

Contact members of the Ortsgruppe Schwechat or Radio Club Donau-Schwechat.

Class 1 requires 50 points,
Class II, 30 points, and
Class III, 15.

One QSO with club stations OE3XAC or OE3XSS = 5 points;
Contacts with the members of these clubs = 1 point on VHF and 3 on HF.
Only one contact allowed per member. SWL OK. All bands and modes. GCR list and fee of 10€ to: Reinhold Brechtel, OE3RBS, Flugfeldstrasse 35, 2401 Fischamend, Austria.

E-mail: oe3rbs@oevsv.at
Internet: http://www.afcs.at/index.php/diplome.html

Tks PA3CUZ 4/2012

BELARUS                          — Addition to the AGB Series ---
                                                           Prefixes of Belarus Award (PX-BELARUS)

The award (or Trophy) may be earned by any station contacting the required number of different prefixes of Belarus. The prefixes are determined in accordance with the rules of the diploma WPX, for example: EU1, EU2, EU3 ..., EW1, EW2 ..., EV1, EV2 ..., UC1, UC2, UC3, UC6, UC50 ..., RC2, EZ2, UK2 , RK2 ...

Separate awards are issued for the following numbers of prefixes of Belarus:
Class V - is given for QSO-HRD with 10.
Class IV - awarded for QSO-HRD with 15.
Class III - awarded for QSO-HRD with 20.
Class II - awarded for QSO-HRD with 25.
Class I - is given for QSO-HRD with 30.
PX-BELARUS-TROPHY" - awarded for QSO-HRD with 40.

SWL stations may earn the awards on the same basis as amateurs.

You must possess the cards, although all that is required with the application is a GCR-list. If you do not have enough confirmed QSL, but there are unconfirmed cards, you may contact Igor EU1EU-OK8EU with the QSO information from your log. He may be able to help you get the award credit if it is possible.  Your application (or GCR-list - (General Certification Rule)) should be certified by the signatures of two radio call sign and payment for the diplomas.

Payment of Award fees:
a. For all stations NOT in Czech Republic or Russia:
$US10 or 8€ to AGB Award Application manager: Remigijus Vaicius, LY8O (ex LY2MW), P.O.Box 1029, Vilnius 2000, LITHUANIA
b. Custodian for DIG-members and stations from the Czech Republic:
=> Your application (or GCR-list - (General Certification Rule)) with confirming of two amateurs radio and fee (8 US$ / 5 EURO) send to AGB Award Application manager for DIG/Czech: Jaroslav Rossler, OK1BZ, ul.Vetrna 2716/8, CZ 40011, Usti-nad-Labem, Czech Republic
c. Custodian for Russian stations => Your application (or GCR-list - (General Certification Rule)) with confirming of two amateurs radio and fee (8 US$ / 5 EURO) send to AGB Award Application manager for Russia: Valery Sorokin, RA3LZ, p.o.box 10, Viazma 215110, Smolensk Region, Russia.
d. Custodian for Belarus stations: EU1EU - Igor Getman, a / I 143, Minsk-5, 220005, Belarus
e. Fee for the PX-BELARUS-TROPHY - 30 US $ / 25 EUROs. Send to the appropriate manager listed above depending on your country.
f. Fee for any endorsement labels, Label - 2 US $ / 1 EUro (all regions) should be sent to: Remigijus Vaicius, LY2MW, POBox 1029, Vilnius 2000, LITHUANIA.

If you are writing to EU1EU do NOT enclose any funds. All correspondence arriving in Belarus can be opened and inspected by postal officials (which it does).

E-mail: eu1eu@mail.ru
Internet: http://www.EV5AGB.com
President AGB: EU1EU Igor Getman
PO Box 143, Minsk-5, 220 005, Rep. of Belarus

Tks QRZ.ru 1/23/12

BELGIUM                                      Pajottenland Award

Sponsored by the P.R.A.C., section Pajottenland of the V.R.A. to help publicize their region and club. Contact radio amateurs living within the area of the "Pajottenland", (members of the club or non-members) and radioamateurs who are member of P.R.A.C. but NOT currently living in the "Pajottenland".  

The Pajottenland is a part of the Flemish Brabant province which is located west of the Brussels Capital Region. The Pajottenland is predominantly farmland, with occasional gently rolling hills. The area has historically provided food and drink for the citizens of Brussels, especially Lambic beers, which are only produced here and in the Senne valley where Brussels is located.

Stations located in the "Pajottenland" can be recognised with the following (26) postal codes:
1540 – 1541 - 1547 – 1570 – 1600 – 1601 – 1602 - 1670 – 1671 – 1673 – 1674 - 1700 – 1701 – 1702 – 1703 - 1730 – 1731 – 1740 – 1741 – 1742 - 1750 - 1755 – 1760 – 1761 - 1770 – 1790.

You may also refer to the list of existing and valid calls on the website address:
http://www.bipt.be/nl/274/ShowDoc/1470/Radioamateurs/toegekende_roepnamen.aspx

Contacts may be made using all bands, all modes. All contacts made on or after January, 1, 2011, are valid, to be made with different radio amateurs.

To qualify for the award, following conditions must be met:

ON and ON(V)L: 20 points
European stations : 15 points
DX stations : 10 points

POINT VALUES: 
Member P.R.A.C., living in the Pajottenland = 5 points
Clubstations: ON4PRA, ON4VRA = 5 points
Member P.R.A.C., but NOT currently living in the Pajottenland = 3 points
Non member P.R.A.C., living in the Pajottenland = 2 points

Please use the application form shown on their website. Send to the P.R.A.C. Award Manager: Eddy Van Campenhout, ON4CCK, Oudenhove 17, B-1840 Londerzeel. Belgium.

The price for the Pajottenland Award is €15,00, shipping cost in Europe inclusive; and €20,00 for countries outside Europe. This amount has to be paid on the account number 734-1761488-74 of P.R.A.C. with the mentioning "Award" + your call. A copy of the money transfer deposit slip must be attached to the application form.

A current list of call signs for P.R.A.C. members follows below:

Members P.R.A.C., living in the Pajottenland: (= 5 points each)
ON1AOX – ON3APS –ON3DCT – ON3LVB – ON3MIF – ON4AFB – ON4ANN – ON4CAJ – ON4CCV – ON4DKP – ON5CIZ – ON6FP – ON7ABG – ON7CI –ON7HPE – ON7XM    Special: ON6ZJ (SK) still counts for 5 points.

P.R.A.C. Clubstations (= 5 points each)
ON4PRA – ON4VRA

Members P.R.A.C., NOT currently living in the Pajottenland: (= 3 points each)
ON1AQU – ON2LDC – ON2LVC – ON3AGX – ON3AJE – ON3AMC – ON3AS – ON3BL – ON3DBC – ON3HB – ON3HN – ON3KTS – ON3LH – ON3MCL – ON3RBJ – ON3RVL – ON3VU – ON3WAG – ON3WST – ON4AKO – ON4CCK – ON4CHK – ON4CJR – ON4CRM – ON4DAS – ON4DTO – ON4LM – ON4RL – ON4TOM – ON4WVK – ON5CE – ON5PB – ON5PDV – ON6QB – ON6SN – ON6VI – ON7CQ – ON7DVJ – ON7GZ – ON7WN – ON7YQ – ON8CW – ON9BGK

Internet: http://www.fediea.org/docs/Pajottenland_Award.pdf

Tks PA3CUZ 5/1/12

DENMARK                                                      OZFF Award

The OZFF Awards are sponsored by the OZFF-group. All of these awards are free and can only be applied for via the WFF log Search or mail to the Award manager.

The OZFF Awards use the online log system of EW4DX and the award is available in 3 classes.
A - Hunter
B - Activators
C - SWL

Class A and C can be applied for by contacting 5, 10 or 15 different Danish Parks and Nature Reserves. SWL OK. 

Class B can be earned by activators who operate from 1, 5, 10 or 15 different Danish Parks and Nature Reserves. The Activator Award can only be applyed for if are a member of the OZFF-group. There is no charge for these awards for activators. 


Class A - Use WFF log Search or send list of OZFF locations worked and your call sign and name to the Award manager.
(The log search may be found at: http://ew4dx.org/WFFSearch.html   )

Class B - Send a list of activated OZFF and one call worked from each activity to the Award manager 

Class C - Send a list of OZFF stations heard with both stations heard of one QSO to the Award manager 

E-mail: mail@oz7aei.dk 
Internet: http://www.oz7aei.dk/OZFF%20Award.html 

Tks OH3GZ 1/15/12 

FRANCE                                   DDFM 10 Award

The DDFM 10 Diploma is sponsored by the R.E.F of Department 10 for confirmed contacts with stations located in the Dept of Aube. 

Rules :
a. Contact 10 different stations in Department 10 (Aube) using SSB.
b. Contact 3 different stations in Department 10 (Aube) using CW.
c. The "Excellence DDFM 10 Diplom", is awarded for contacting 10 different stations in Department 10 (Aube) using CW.

Send GCR list and fee of 5€ to: Award manager, Denis CHAUME F6HIW, 5 rue Fontaine des Champs, 
Dosches, 10220 PINEY, France.

Tks QRZ.com page of F8AEE 4/21/12 

FRANCE                                      CASTLES of SARTHE Diploma

Sponsored by F5OGC to promote the discovery of the cultural heritage of the Department of the Sarthe. 
Available to all licensed amateurs and SWLs. 

Any castle shown in the official list of castles produced by the DFCF is valid for this award. 
The award may use contacts on all bands and modes. A castle contacted on one or more bands or modes will still count for one required castle. 

DCS Basic Award: 20 castles
DCS Excellence: 35 castles
DCS Honor: 50 castles

You may request the award be sent to you as a digital file. In this case there is no charge. Awards which are requested by mail must include fee of 10 euros. 

Application: Send certified extract from your logbook. No QSL is required. The log extract must indicate the DFCF castles reference number and include other log information including dates and times in GMT.
Applications from SWLs should mention the call sign of the station that called the activator at the time you heard them. 

Apply to: Jacky ANJARD F5OGC, 4 rue des pinsons, F-72450 MONTFORT LE GESNOIS, FRANCE

Internet: http://f5ogc.pagesperso-orange.fr/Le%20DCS.html   
The official list of castles recognized by the DFCF may be found at:
http://f5ogc.pagesperso-orange.fr/Les%20DFCF%2072.html 

K1BV Research

FRANCE            — l’Union Nationale des Radioamateurs et Radioclubs Series — (URE)

The URC was founded in 1968 by F9AA who, unhappy with the decisions taken by the bureau of the REF, the French IARU member, wanted to create an alternative association to balance its power, especially vis à vis administration of French amateur radio operators.  While not systematic opponents to the French REF, they were forced to take alternative courses and warn about the potential consequences of REF policies.. Since its creation, the URC has put the emphasis on technical skill.

General Requirements: Awards are available to amateurs, radioclubs and SWLs. Send GCR list with fee of 10E or 8 IRC. Apply to: URC, BP 40148, F-42012 Saint Etienne Cedex 2, France.

Internet: http://www.urc.asso.fr

Contact different departments of France on or after April 1968. The award may be earned by Amateur, Radio Clubs, and SWLs. All HF bands and all modes are allowed.

This award is available in four classes:
Class 1: 15 departments
Class 2: 35 departments
Class 3: 55 departments
Excellence: 99 departments

A list of French Departments may be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France

Regions of France Award

Contact/SWL French regions on or after April 1968. Any bands and modes may be used.

This award is available in four classes: 
Class 1: 10 regions
Class 2: 15 regions
Class 3: 22 regions
Excellence: 27 regions

A list of the regions of France may be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_France

Class 1 - 15 French YL’s.
Class 2 - 15 French YL’s plus 10 YL of Foreign Countries.
Class Excellence - 20 French YL’s plus 15 Yls of Foreign Countries.

DIPLÔME URC DES RADIOCLUBS

The award is issued in 3 classes:

Class 1 - Spell out the name "Union of Amateur Radioclubs" using the first letter or last letter of the call sign of stations contacted. 
For example UR5VF   CT1LN      I1DEV.........etc.

The list of stations should represent at least 3 countries in each of the 6 continents.

Class 2 - Spell out the same name as above but only by using the last letter of the suffix of the stations contacted. 
For example ON1DU      LA3GN ............etc.     The list of stations should include all six continents.

Class 3 - Same as Class 1, except it must include at least 5 stations confirming a SWL report.

(The group also includes two awards aimed at SWLs, but which may be also earned by licensed stations.)

DIPLÔME ECOUTEUR – SWL – ECOUTEUR RADIO

Issued in 3 classes for providing proof of receiving SWL cards as follows:

1- 15 French SWL cards.
2 - 15 SWL cards plus 10 French foreign SWL cards.
3 - EXCELLENCE - 20 SWL cards plus 15 French SWL cards plus 1 YL SWL card. (A total of 36 cards).

Diploma of URC des SWL

Available in 3 categories:

A. SWL’s: must have received cards from 25 different countries plus 10 French Departments. (Total of 35 cards needed.)
B. Radioclubs: must have received at least 50 QSLs including cards from 20 different countries.
C. Amateurs: must have received at least 30 QSLs including cards from 10 different French Departments.

Tks URE 2/16/12 

GERMANY                                     Pirna - Diploma

The German-Amateur Radio Club eV Ortsverband Liebstadt, DOK SØ3, sponsors the PIRNA diploma which may be earned by all amateurs and SWL’s. Contact stations in Pirna, Germany as well as nearby areas including the clubs of DOK’s SØ3, S1Ø, S15 and S26 on or after 1 January 1992.

Points needed for the award:
a. DL stations need 75 points, it is necessary to work at least one station from the DOK SØ3.
b. European stations need 50 points
c. DX stations need 25 points

Point Values:
a. SSB and FM contacts = 5 points each.
b. Contact with the club stations DLØLIE, DLØSTO, DLØUPC DLØPIR = 10 points each.
c. On CW, all contact values are doubled.

All bands and modes are allowed, only connections in packet radio and echo link are not allowed. The award application with GCR list and fee of 5 € or $ 7 is sent to the following address: Bernd Scholze, DF3MA, Borna 8, D-01819 Bahretal, Germany. Funds may be transferred by bank transfer. Contact sponsor for details. PayPal for EU and DX (Request info by e-mail at the Award Manager) is possible.

Internet: http://www.darc.de/distrikte/s/diplome/stadt-pirna-diplom/

K1BV Research 1/11/12

   Image shows 1700's marketplace in Pirna. 

GERMANY                                    Schängel Award

Sponsored by the Middle Rhine Section K32 who issue the Koblenz Schängel Award. Schängel" is the nickname for a local individual born in the city of Koblenz. The word is derived from the diminutive for the French name Jean and originated during French occupation of Koblenz 200 years ago.

Contacts with the following local sections count for the award: K05 K32 K43 Z11 on or after 1 January 2007.

Requirements:
DL stations require 40 points,
European stations 30 points
DX stations need 20 points.

Point Values:
1. Training stations (DN..) =10 points,
2. club stations = 5 points.
3. club stations of K05, K32, K43 and Z11 (DL0LR, DK0MR, DK0VR, DL0KO) = 3 points. Working at least two stations from each of the four local sections is required.

All bands and modes except packet radio and echolink may be used. With suitable proof, the award can also be issued for individual bands or modes.

Send GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US7 payable to the account of the OV Middle Rhine K32. Please make sure to state your own call sign and the intended purpose (Schängel Award). Bank account details: Sparkasse Koblenz, Account No. 044 000 727, Bank Code No. 570 501 20.

Postal address of the award manager: Bernd Hartfuss DC2PH, Mainzer Straße 136, D-56068 Koblenz, Germany.

Internet: http://www.fh-koblenz.de/amfunk/englisch/schaengel.htm

Tks K1BV Research 2/29/12

GERMANY                                                        Swabia Diploma

The district of Swabia DARC sponsors the 'Swabian diploma for the purpose of promoting activity of the Swabian radio stations. The award is available for all licensed amateurs and SWLs for contacting stations in the DARC District of Swabia which include "T" and "Z-30" DOKs. Special DOK’s SQ and JRT can be counted for the award. Contacts on or after 1 January 1979. Award may be endorsed for one band or mode, or as mixed contacts. Mobiles operating in Swabia OK.

Point values and award requirements:
a. Each QSO with a ham radio station in the DARC district Swabia = 1 point on each band.
b. DL stations need 21 points from 14 different T-DOKs.
c. European stations need 14 points from seven different T-DOKs,
d. DX stations need 7 points from 4 different T-DOK.
e. 5.For FM stations operating in the districts need:
     1) DARC-Distrikte B, C, P, and T 14 DOKs,
     2) Stations of the remaining districts DARC 7 DOKs,
     3) and all other stations (EU / DX) 4 DOKs.

Send GCR list and fee of 5€ / or $US10 U.S. $ for Air Mail. Apply to: Karl Bleisteiner, DK1YG Karl Bleisteiner, Deuterstraße 15D, D-86356 Neusaess, Germany.

Internet: http://www.darc.de/distrikte/t/schwaben-diplom/

K1BV Research 1/2012

GERMANY                                              Waldeck-Frankenberg Award

Contact stations living in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district, (those located in DOK’s F01, F21, F47 and F52), on or after 1 Jan 2012. Earn 100 points to qualify for the award.

Point Values:
1. DLs: Each regular station in these DOKs is =5 points. A contact with a club station = 10 points.
2. All other countries: Each station = 10 points. A contact with a club station = 20 points.
3. During 2014, the point values shown above count double.

Club stations: DF0FKB, DK0B, DK0DS, DK0EB <BR> DK0IN, DL0AH, DL0CRS, DL0CWW, DL0BW, DN4KB.

The same station may be worked on different bands and / or operating modes for award credit. . German stations in the same OV need 7 contacts in these DOKs. SWL OK on same basis.

The award will be sent to you in a PDF file and you will be able to print it yourself. Send confirmed list of QSL cards (GCR list) and a fee of 5 € or $US8 to: Jens Reichhart DG3FFM, An der Schule 5, D-34471 Volkmarsen, Germany.

Internet: http://www.darc.de/distrikte/f/47/diplom/

Tks DH1PAL 2/9/12

GERMANY                                        Burgendiplom Westfalen-Nord

The German Amateur Radio Club of Herten (DOK N20) issues this diploma which is available to amateurs and SWL's who contact stations operating within a radius of 500 meters from castles located in Northern Westphalia (District N) on or after 1 January 2010. Every castle in Westphalia-North is listed with a Castle / Reference Number (WNB). This number should be provided by the /P stations in QSO and clearly marked on the QSL card. Each different castle may only be contacted one time, regardless of the band used to be used.

Requirements:
DL stations: 7 different numbers WNB
Other European stations: 5 different numbers WNB
DX stations: 3 different numbers WNB

All bands OK and all modes with the exception of Packet Radio and Echo Link. Endorsements for band and mode are available. The award application is a confirmed list of QSL cards (GCR list) and the fee of 5 € (DL-stations) or 10 € or 13 U.S. $ (EU / DX stations) to be sent to Heinz-Peter Sausen DH1PS, Uhland Strasse 9, 45699 Herten, Germany.

Internet: http://www.darc.de/distrikte/n/20/wn-burgendiplom
(List of all valid castles is found on their website page.)

Tks K1BV Research 3/26/12

GUATEMALA                                   GUATEMALA AND VOLCANOES

Available to all amateurs and SWLs for using the first letter of the suffix of 21 stations to spell the phrase: GUATEMALA AND VOLCANOES. Contacts for the award are valid on or after 1 January 2000.

For Example:
PY6 G M
G0 UOG
F8 A SY
WA4 TII
K2ESA
HQ1 M RA
TG8 A GL
HL1 L LF
A71 A N.................etc.

Each of the stations contacted (SWL) must be from a different country. The list must include the countries of: Guatemala, Colombia, Spain.

The Diploma may be requested by sending a log extract of the stations contacted tot the following e-mail address: ea3duf@gmail.com Data needed are the call sign, date, time, band, mode and RST. You may use CW, SSB and digital modes, but the award will not be issued for mixed modes.  The award is FREE of charge if you accept a digital image to be printed by your own equipment. If you prefer to receive the Diploma in paper format by mail, you must send us the amount of 5 € or $ 5 U.S. for shipping costs. Apply to: Diego Martinez Navarro EA3DUF, Montsia, 5 - A, 43820 Calafell (Tarragona), Spain.

Internet: http://ea3duf.blogspot.com/2010/08/guatemala-y-sus-volcanes.html 

Tks TG9AHM 5/1/12

ITALY                                TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO Diploma

The Diploma is sponsored by the Tuscan ARI Livorno to OM and SWLs around the world who have made connections / listening with islands belonging to this archipelago on or after 1 January 1982.

Requirements:
A. Italian stations need 4 islands and special station IQ5LI.
B. Europeans need 3 islands and IQ5LI.
C. All others need 2 islands and IQ5LI.

The Islands of the Tuscan Archipelago are: ELBA - CAPRAIA - LILY - GORGONA - Meloria - PIANOSA-MONTECRISTO and MINOR ISLANDS, one of which may replace one of the more prominent islands mentioned above. All bands OK using the modes of SSB - CW- RTTY - PSK31. No use of repeaters or earth transponders. -

A special "DIPLOMA d 'EXCELLENCE' is available. To earn this level you must make QSOs / SWL with 8 of the islands plus IQ5LI Islands

To apply for the Diploma will be necessary to send the extract of the LOG with links / listen signed by the President or Manager your radio club. The cost of the Diploma is € 10.00.

Apply to call book addresses of IZ5CMI, Alexander or IK5YZV, Alberto.

E-mail: iz5cmi@hotmail.it
Internet: http://www.arisiena.it/

Tks K1BV Research 4/6/12

ITALY                                                     AWARD "PENNE NERE"

Contact amateurs who are members belonging to the "GRA - Amateur Alpine Group ", and met the point requirements as shown below:

After the basic award has been earned, higher points will allow you to obtain the "Targa Plaque":

All HF bands may be used. Contacts on or after 1 Feb 2012. Club members may be contacted for award credit one time each day, regardless of band and mode. Members which are contacted from special symbolic locations will be worth added credit for the award. Look for members who will be calling CQ GRA........ The member will send you their membership number which should be listed in your award application. Stations with special call signs may be authorized to transmit on the occasion of events of major importance for the Alpine. In the days of '"Alpine National Gathering", the connection made with the "Station with special call for the event" will have higher value as noted below.

The scores of the connections made are as follows:

The Diploma may be endorsed if all contacts are "CW" - "SSB" - "Digital" or Mixed Mode.

To obtain the diploma participants must send request via mail, attaching an extract of your Log in electronic form, or by filling out the form provided in the Site Log. The retrieved log must be sent by e-mail to: gra@aricuneo.it  The log data must contain, in addition to the usual contact data, the registration number "xxx" operator "GRA". (Example: 599 GRA xxx.) Alternatively can be used in paper form by accessing a copy of the application on the website, which must be completed in its entirety, duly dated, signed and mailed to the following address: "G.R.A. - Amateur Alpine Group "- Section A.R.I. Cuneo Via Rota, 15 - 12100 Cuneo (CN) - ITALY.

The award fee for the year 2012 for either the "Diploma" or "plaque", will be respectively: 10€ or $US15 for the "Diploma" and 30€ or $US45 plus postage for the "plaque". Payment must be made by PostePay (b. 4023 6006 0518 7519), and made payable to: Bruno Giraudo.  All stations that give out contacts identifying themselves as "GRA", must allow checks of the extracts from the Logs sent by award applicants and must submit within 15 days after the end of the quarter just ended (15 April - 15 July to 15 October and 15 January ) the "Log" on the connections made during the quarter. The stations that will broadcast the spots, should send the logs that occurred 15 days after the transmissions from the same places.

E-mail to: gra@aricuneo.it 
Internet: http://g-r-a.jimdo.com/home/award-diploma/regolamento/

Tks OH3GZ 3/8/12

JAPAN                         One Day Worked All Continents Award

Contact all 6 continents within one calendar day between the hours of 0000z to 2400z. QSOs since 1 August 1961 are valid. Not valid for SWLs.
No roundtable or net QSOs.  Endorsements are available for band, mode and QRP(<1 watt). GCR list or copies of the cards and fee of $US or 10E to Hiromi Tokushima JE3SAE, 1-11 No, Habikino, Osaka, 583-0884 Japan. 

Tks DH1PAL 3/10/12

KAZAKHSTAN — Almaty Radio League Award Program ---

General Requirements: This awards program has been established by the Almaty Radio Amateur League in cooperation with the „Otan" technical sports club of Almaty. The awards are issued based on a submitted log extract both for operators and SWL. QSOs are valid since 1991, with any modes and any bands which are permitted, including WARC bands. Repeat QSOs are allowed for the particular awards. Refer to the rules.

The award application is to be prepared based on the standard form specifying the key data: callsign of the Kazakhstani station, date, time, mode and report.
Cost of award: All traditional paper awards are FREE if delivered in digital format. Refer to rules for the charges for some of the awards which are still provided in paper format, or which are Plaques.

The application (submitted by email preferred) and the payment are to be dispatched to: Mr. Victor Melkozerov, Award Program Manager, via 44 Baribayeva street, Kaskelen, 040900 Kazakhstan, un7qcc@mail.ru or via Almaty Amateur Radio League, 131 Issayeva street, Almaty, 050026, Kazakhstan.

If the application is sent through regular mail, a valid e-mail address of the applicant is to be included when available. Payment may also be made through PayPal to the dasha@qrz.kz account. Electronic applications are to be emailed at  un7qcc@mail.ru

E-mail: un7qcc@mail.ru
Internet: http://www.cqham.kz/?skip=4

The award has 3 classes.
1st class – contact stations of all 14 regions of Kazakhstan and 3 key cities of national significance.
2nd class- contact stations of 11 regions of Kazahstan and 2 key cities of national significance.
3rd class – contact stations of 7 regions of Kazakhstan and 1 key city of national significance.

SWLs can request to obtain the award based on similar conditions.
QSOs are those valid since 1991 in any mode and on any band including WARC.
Send log extract and fee for CIS hams equivalent of $US5 or 5 IRC, and $US7 or 7 IRC for all others.

Regions of Kazakhstan:

 
Key cities of national significance:

Contact the required numbers of Kazakhstan amateurs:

W-10-KZ for 10 QSOs
W-30-KZ for 30 QSOs
W-50-KZ for 50 QSOs
W-70-KZ for 70 QSOs
W-100-KZ for 100 QSOs
W-150-KZ for 150 QSOs
W-200-KZ for 200 QSOs
W-300-KZ for 300 QSP etc.

The applicants who make enough QSOs to be eligible to receive the award with W-100-KZ class or above during one year will be entitled to receive a special plaque. QSOs are valid those made since the year of 1991 in all modes and on all bands including WARC.

QSOs made through any kind of analog or digital repeaters are not valid except those made through amateur space satellites. The award application is to be prepared based on the standard form specifying the key data: callsign of the Kazakhstani station, date, time, mode and report. Paper Awards are free and delivered in digital format. The cost of the special plaque is $US30.

The Lights of Alatau award is issued to all licensed amateur operators in the world as well as to SWLs for QSO (SWL) with amateur radio stations of Almaty and Almaty oblast (callsign suffixes beginning with G,Q and V letters). The award application must have all the letters of the suffix letter including G, Q and V.

The award is offered in three classes to applicants who reach the scores - 25, 15 and 10 points. For 50 points, the applicant is eligible to receive the Lights of Alatau– Trophy. (there must be made 5 QSOs with Q-suffixed stations and 3 QSOs with V-suffixed stations) .

CIS applicants will get 4 points for each QSO (SWL) on the 160m band, 2 points for 80m band, and 1 point for each QSO on all the other HF bands (including WARC). Applicants from outside the CIS will receive double the point score for QSOs on 160 and 80 m bands.

Contacts made using digital modes for each QSO gives an additional 1 point regardless of the band. 
For QSOs on VHF/UHF bands (50 MHz and above) each contact gives 10 points.

Almaty hams get 0.5 points for each QSO with G and Q-suffix stations on VHF/UHF and 2 points for QSO with V-suffix station.

Repeat QSOs are valid provided they are made on separate bands or on separate modes. Also QSOs with mobile and portable station (signing /ð and /à) if it has a single operator from Almaty and Almaty oblast are valid on the same band if the station has operated from a different grid square.

QSOs with ARL club station UN0GL and WWII veteran U7GL provide 5 points on HF bands and 15 points on VHF/UHF (for Almaty hams 2 and 1 points accordingly). 
QSOs and SWL are valid made in any mode and on any band since the year of 1991.

Cost of paper award:
for Kazakhstani hams – equivalent of $US3 (in Tenge),
for CIS hams - equivalent of $US7 or 7 IRC,
for all others – $US10 or 10 IRC.
The cost of the Lights of Alatau– Trophy for Kazakhstani hams is $US25 in Tenge, for all the other hams – $US30.

Contact amateur radio stations of Almaty (call sign suffix beginning with letter G). The award has three levels and a Trophy (plaque). In order to become eligible to obtain the award the following number of QSOs need to be made:

QSO are valid since 1991, any modes and any bands are permitted including WARC.

QSOs with ARL club station UN0GL (UP0G in contest) and a WWII veteran U7GL provide 2 points regardless of the band. 

Awards of 3, 2 and 1 grade are provided in electronic format free of charge. The cost of plaque is $US30.

Plaque for National Parks and Nature Reserves of Kazakhstan Activators

Activators may earn a special plaque for operating from Kazakhstan Natural Parks and Nature Reserves. Activate 4 national parks or nature reserves of Kazakhstan with at least one national park or nature reserve in the Almaty oblast. At least 44 QSOs are to be made from previously activated places or 300 QSOs from the new one.

Provide evidence to verify the station actually operated from the place claimed. The sufficient evidence includes:

- Picture of GPS screen
- Pictures from entry check points, name plates, warning signs
- Pictures from the location of operation depicting deployed equipment and antennas

Submit the original of the QSL for operation from the national parks or nature reserves with the obligatory statement of references activated according to the approved reference list for Kazakhstan «National Park and Nature Reserves» under the WFF and UNFF programs.

Award fee for the plaque is $US30 (equivalent in Tenge)

There’s no restriction as to the timing or period to fulfill the program conditions.  Radio amateurs from CIS or from the abroad must activate 2 national parks or nature reserves of Almaty oblast (obligatory condition) making at least 300 QSOs from each.  QSO are valid if they are made in any modes and on any bands including WARC.

Note: If expedition has several hams in the team the plaque is provided to each one officially declared in the application.

KZ-GS – Kazakhstan Grid Square Award

This award series includes 7 awards. Each award can be claimed by the operator, club or SWL, who provides evidence in the form of ADIF extract from the operating log showing the QSOs (SWL) with amateur radio stations of Kazakhstan. All modes are valid. QSO are valid on any bands including WARC made since the year of 1991. Repeated QSOs are not counted. The xsl or cbr file extract from the operating log must clearly show the Grid Square (QTH locator) of the Kazakhstani stations worked. (Such as MN82, MN83, etc.)The awards are issued for fulfilling the following conditions:

Award Level - Kazakh Stations needed
KZ-GS-10 10
KZ-GS-20 20
KZ-GS-30 30
KZ-GS-40 40
KZ-GS-50 50
KZ-GS-100 100
KZ-GS-200 200

QSL-cards are not mandatory. Awards are issued free of charge in PDF format and are dispatched to applicants by email.

The awards under the KZ-Digital program can be claimed by any operator, club or SWL who provided evidence in the form of xsl or cbr extract from the operating log showing the QSOs (SWL) with amateur radio stations of Kazakhstan using various digital modes of signal modulation. QSOs are valid on any bands including WARC since the year of 1991.QSL-cards are not mandatory. Awards are issued free of charge in PDF format and are dispatched to applicants by email.

Applications are to be directed to un7qcc@mail.ru

EPC-KZ diploma includes 4 diplomas and available for QSOs with Kazakhstani stations who are members of the EPC. . Each diploma can be can be claimed by any operator, club or SWL who provided evidence in the form of xsl or cbr extract from the operating log showing the QSOs (SWL) with amateur radio stations of Kazakhstan using various all modes of signal modulation. QSOs are valid on any bands including WARC since the year of 1991.

Repeated QSOs are not valid.

Diplomas are provided for fulfilling the following conditions:
EPC-KZ-10 – for QSOs with 10 Kazakhstani stations – members of EPC
EPC-KZ-20 – for QSOs with 20 Kazakhstani stations – members of EPC
EPC-KZ-30 – for QSOs with 30 Kazakhstani stations – members of EPC
EPC-KZ-50 – for QSOs with 50 Kazakhstani stations – members of EPC QSL

QSL-cards are not mandatory.

2. EPC-KZ-P – Kazakhstan Prefix Award

Each diploma can be can be claimed by any operator, club or SWL who provided evidence in the form of qsl or extract from the operating log showing the QSOs (SWL) with amateur radio stations of Kazakhstan using various all modes of signal modulation. QSOs are valid on any bands including WARC since the year of 1991. Repeated QSOs are not valid. 

Diplomas are provided for fulfilling the following conditions:
EPC-KZ-P-10 – for QSOs with 10 Kazakhstani stations with different prefixes, all EPC members
EPC-KZ-P-20 – for QSOs with 20 Kazakhstani stations with different prefixes, all EPC members
EPC-KZ-P-30 – for QSOs with 30 Kazakhstani stations with different prefixes, all EPC members

QSL-cards are not mandatory.

The Nomad-VHF/UHF award program was developed to foster the amateur radio activity on VHF/UHF bands in Kazakhstan.
Basic conditions: stations making 2-way QSOs on VHF/UHF bands (above 30 MHz) must earn a score equaling the terrestrial distance calculated between the two stations, using the standard distance calculation methods utilized for 6 character QTH-locators. In order to fulfill the conditions to become eligible to receive the award the applicant must accumulate certain total distance while making radio contacts. Only QSOs with Kazakhstani stations are counted for the award.

Special notes:

1. Applicants who have made QSOs with all QTH-sectors of Kazakhstan (LN, MN, MO, NO, NN) are entitled to have a special endorsement on the award «ALL QTH-SECTORS» since he/she has fulfilled the condition of increased difficulty.

2. Applicants who accumulate 30000, 40000, 50000 km distance are entitled to receive a special endorsement on the award stating the total accumulated distance rounded to the higher number in tens of thousands km.

3. Applicants who fulfill award conditions using one particular mode of modulation are entitled to receive the special endorsement showing the mode was used to obtain the award.

4. The «Nomad VHF/UHF Activator» class is issued to amateur radio operators who activate a new grid square (for example, MN81, MN80 and etc). While doing that they must stay for 2 days in the row in one particular QTH and make not fewer than 10 QSO with distant stations on VHF/UHF. The distant stations are assumed to be those located more than 200 km away from the activator.

5. A special trophy «Nomad VHF/UHF Activator Elite» is issued to the activators who worked from all QTH-sectors of Kazakhstan as listed above while making not fewer than 10 QSOs  with distant stations and staying 2 days in the row in one QTH during the time of activation.

6. VHF/UHF QSOs are counted in any mode, any power level, using any types of antennas and other devices related to transmission and reception of signals.

7. The applicants are allowed to make QSOs with Kazakhstani stations operating from automobiles, maritime ships and aircraft, railway vehicle provided these operators know and transmit their exact current QTH locator with the accuracy of 4 symbols (for instance, MN52). In case if during such a QSO the correspondent failed to transmit his/her QTH-locator, the QSO is not counted valid as per award program conditions.

8. Making QSOs by means of echolink, or through any other amateur radio repeaters on VHF/UHF are not valid except those made via amateur space satellites.

9. QSOs are valid since 1^st of January 1991.

10. To obtain the award the applicant must provide copies of QSL-cards received for QSOs made, in scanned format. QSL-cards must have clearly filled out data fields including correspondent callsign, date and timing of QSO, band, mode, reports exchanged. Electronic copies of QSL-cards must be made in 200 dpi resolution or more, and must be made in full color scan mode.

11. Simple extract from station’s log is not acceptable.  The email application must have the table with the following columns:

The calculated distance can be derived by using various ham radio software or visually by using the website http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php  In case of discrepancies found in calculation of terrestrial distance between the stations the correct distance shall be determined using the web link shown above.

Special conditions:

In case if the applicant had changed his/her QTH and operated on VHF/UHF with amateur stations of Kazakhstan he/she will be entitled to submit the QSOs with the same correspondent several times provided they made QSOs with them from different QTH. This requires the QTH not to be changed more frequently than once every 3 days. Between the change of QTH the applicant must operate from one QTH not less than 2 days in a row before moving on.

The award is issued free of charge in PDF format. The printed awards are issued at their actual cost of printing + shipping and is aligned with the award program manager separately.

Cost of trophy issued to the program activators is covered by Almaty Radio Amateur League and other sponsors.

MOLDOVA                                 ORTHODOX Monasteries of MOLDOVA Diploma

There are 52 active monasteries and hermitages of the Orthodox faith located on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. Many are located in picturesque areas, many of them near ponds and rivers.
Thks award was established by the Association of Amateur Radio Moldova (ARM). 

This award is available to licensed radio amateurs and SWLs of all countries who submit a log extract of contacts they made of stations located on or in the immediate area of these religious sites using all amateur bands from 1.8 to 146 MHz, using any modes. Contacts with same station on different modes and bands count for the award. During the expedition will work special call - ER52MOM.

Europeans need 3 Monastery QSOs and all others two QSOs. SWL OK on same basis. The cost of a diploma, depends on postal rates at the time of shipment for each country or region. Contact ER3BI by e-mail when you are ready to apply. 

E-mail: er3bi.ion.balan@mail.ru 

Tks QRZ.ru 5/3/12 

Republic of the PHILIPPINES                        Pearl of the Orient Seas DX Award

Issued by the Philippine Amateur Radio League, Inc. (PARL) for confirmed two-way contacts with at least 12 different member stations of PARL on or after November 20, 1962. The award is available to all amateurs and SWLs. Apply using the official application form which is made available on their website noted below.

Each application must be accompanied by an endorsement from the applicant's national society or from any two licensed amateurs other than the applicant certifying that the QSL cards of the contacts listed are in the possession of the applicant and that the details of the cards are correctly listed. If such a statement is not available, the applicant must submit all the QSL cards concerned.

Contacts may be made on any authorized amateur radio frequency using any authorized mode. However, cross-mode, one-way QSO’s or repeater contacts are not valid for the award.

Send GCR list and application fee of $10 or 20 IRCs to the Awards Desk Philippine Amateur Radio Association, Inc. (PARA), Boy Scouts of the Philippines Center, 181 Natividad Almeda-Lopez Sts, Ermita, Manila 1000, Philippines. (opposite SM Manila)

Members of the Philippine Amateur Radio Association, Inc (PARA) are entitled to a 50% discount.

The Awards Manager reserves the right to inspect QSL cards on rare occasions, and any decision made by the Awards Manager as to the validity of applications is final. A photocopy of the operator/station's license must be attached to the application.

Internet: http://www.dx1l.dxhams.net/Awards.htm

Tks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin #1043 1/1/12
(This is a complete revision of old rules.)

POLAND                                    ARCTOWSKI ANTARCTIC AWARD (A.A.A.)

This award is issued under the auspices of Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology in Warsaw. The President of Polish Amateur Radio Union is the Patron of this Award.

The award is available to amateurs and SWLs submitting proof of contacts (or SWL reports) with stations HFØPOL, HFØAPAS and others, operating from ARCTOWSKI POLISH ANTARCTIC STATION on King George Island in Antarctica, or with operators active from different National Antarctic Stations. Special event stations with prefixes and suffixes of HF….POL and HF….APAS, will also count. No date limitation.

Requirements: Earn a total of 15 points according to the following criteria:
a. QSOs with HFØPOL, HFØAPAS and other call signs operating from ARCTOWSKI Station = 10 points.
b. QSOs with any other operators, working from other Nation's Bases in Antarctica = 5 points.
c. QSOs with Special Event Stations HF….POL, HF….APAS, also = 5 points.
d. One QSO with HFØPOL or HFØAPAS; HF….POL or HF….APAS is obligatory.
e. Repeat or /Duplicated QSO/SWL are not allowed.

Send GCR list or copies of QSL cards for HFØPOL, HFØAPAS and other Antarctic stations are mandatory are accepted in any form and should be sent to the following postal address:  Janusz Slowinski, Bankowa 1, 42-460 Mierzecice, Poland.  You may also send by email: bonaterra_at_ interia.pl 

The award is free of charge, but the applicants are asked to send sufficient postage to cover the Mailing costs, such as: 4€, $US5 or 5 new valid IRCs. Polish stations should send 10 PLN.

Internet: http://www.waponline.it/WapAwards/tabid/61/Default.aspx

Tks DH1PAL 2/13/12

POLAND                                SP9YFF Flora Fauna Expeditions Award

The SP9YFF Flora Fauna Award is issued for confirmed QSO/SWL reports with station SP9YFF. This club station operates from protected Nature Parks and Reserves under the WFF program. The SP9YFF expedition list for operations conducted in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 may be found at their website.

The Award is issued for contacting different expeditions by SP9YFF.
Each award features a different design.
1. Basic Award: 5 confirmed FF Expeditions by SP9YFF.
2. 25 confirmed FF Expeditions by SP9YFF
3. 50 confirmed FF Expeditions by SP9YFF
4. 75 confirmed FF Expeditions by SP9YFF
5. 100 confirmed FF Expeditions by SP9YFF

You may easily see if you qualify for any of these awards, by checking on the number of confirmed SPFF objects by SP9YFF which are shown on the EW4DX Green Log. You may copy the information from his website or excel download the EXCEL file which shows EVERY contact you have made for the WFF programs in ALL countries which offer them.

The application for award may be made without a listing since the SPFF manager will check the your call sign in the EW4DX data base and confirm the results to your e-mail address. (SWLs, need to send an e-mail to Award Manager with full QSO data, including number of SPFF references "heard" since SWL data is not found on this listing. They will confirm your claim and issue the award).

All diplomas are issued free of charge in digital form. You will receive your diploma as a good quality *.jpg file.

Internet: http://www.sp9yff.pl/dyplom/ff.php?
The EW4DX file of all FF QSOs: http://www.ew4dx.org/WFFsearch.html

Tks: Kris SP9UPK 5/13/12

ROMANIA                                              Danube Islands Explorer Program

Contact stations which are operating on islands located on the Danube river on or after 1 January 2010. Many of Danube islands are part of nature reserves, so that contacts may also count for Nature awards such as the WFF series.

Their website listed below contains lists of the known islands on the Danube River as it flows through: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. Each island has a code of 3 letters and 2 digits, depending on the country. This designator should be used in your application. The lists shows: code for the island, denomination, grid-locator, geographical coordinates and various annotation such as access points, WFF areas, etc. As new information is developed, it will be added to each island.

For island hunters:
The Basic award is given for QSO's with at least 5 different islands (one QSO/island).
Higher class awards are granted for each new group of 5 islands.
Awards may be endorsed for all one country, or for modes and bands. For stations who make QSO's with islands on all 7 Danube countries, a special award will be given.

Activators: Awards are avaiilable in three classes:
1. Island activator: activation of at least 3 different islands or 6 activation at least 2 different islands.
2. Island explorer: activation of at least 5 different islands or 10 activations at least 3 different islands.
3. Island explorer master: activation of at least 10 different islands of at least 5 countries.

The awards sent electronically, are free of charge. The cost of a printed and plasticized award is: 5 Euro or 6 USD. If the electronic award is wished, send list to the e-mail address shown below. If printed version is desired, send 5E or $US6 and GCR list certified by two amateurs to: Vasile GIURGIU (Sico), P.O.Box 53, MEDIAS-3 RO-551210, Romania.

Activators should send an electronic log in ADIF format with all QSO's to: yo6ex2(at)yahoo.com.

Internet: http://danube-islands-explorer.blogspot.com/2012/03/danube-islands-explorer-program.html 

(These are additional awards of the series offered by the Club Contour)
The first 5 awards are found in the UKRAINE1.htm file.

Ukraine           — Club Contour Awards Series —

General Requirements: All of the awards are FREE of charge, and are delivered by e-mail with images in digital form (JPEG. ) You will need a color printer. Contacts must be on or after 1 Jan 1994, unless another date is specified. Send log extract to award manager Sergei Anishchenko UX2IJ. SWL OK.

E-mail: ux2ij@mail.ru
Internet: http://dokradio.at.ua
The URDA list is available at: http://www.uarl.com.ua/urda/files/listeng.htm  

Issued for QSOs with members of the club "Contour" To obtain the award you need to earn 30 points. Each member = 1 point. C.ub stations = 3, and "Honorable" members of the club = 5 points. When working DIGI, as well as the 160 m and UHF bands these point values are doubled. Repeated QSOs on different bands count for the award.

Club members are hams who live in cities and administrative districts of the Donetsk region: 
a. Volnovakha (URDA DO-16), Maryino (URDA DO-38) areas, the Dokuchaevsk (URDA DO-24)
b. g.Ukrainska (URDA DO-42) : UR0IJ, US6IRZ US7IGK US7IIR
c. Mr. Ugledar (URDA DO-49): UR5IMU, UR5ISQ, UR6IKR, US2ILS, US6IIC, US7IEG, US8IOT, US8IOU, US8IQG, US8IRK, US8IVH, UX2IW, UY2IN
d/ Velikonovoselovskogo area (URDA DO-15): UR3IHA, UR3IRV, UR3IVD, UR5ICE, UR5ITT, UR5IUS, US5IPC, US8IOS,
and also: UR4ISS, UR5IEO, UR5IFV, UR6IAD, UR6IIP, US2INM, US3INQ, US4IMH, US7IIY, US7IJY, US7IPJ, US7ISM, US8ILL, US8IMX, UT8IJ, UT8IM,
e. Club stations: - the members of the club "Path»: UR4IWF, UR4IWZ, UT4IYZ (UZ1I) /
f. Honorary members of the club: UX2IB, UY5IL

Diploma "Kalmius II» is issued for holding a QSO with two expeditions worked with various banks of the rivers over 10 km long, entering the pool Kalmius or for taking part in a radio expeditions, who worked with the bank of the river over 10 km long, part of the pool Kalmius.

Repeat QSOs are not counted. The application must specify the names of rivers, which worked with the expedition.

The application for the award of an expedition should specify call sign used, the name of the participants, the name of the river bank where she worked with the expedition, the basic information about the equipment and antennas, the total amount spent QSO (LOG do not need to send), and a photo to be attached if possible..

List of river basin Kalmius longer than 10 km: Kalmius Dubovka, Berestovaya, Gruzskaya, Kalchik, Kamyshevakha draw, Volnovaha Wet, Dry Volnovaha, streams Baklamisheva beams, Dalyn, Taramov, Fishing, Dining, Dry, Trekovataya, Chernecha.

The award rules are effective for QSOs made on or after 1 May 2010.

The diploma is issued for a QSO with settlements in the Donetsk region, within the areas used for open pit mining. Make 30 QSOs with at least 10 settlements. On 160 meters and UHF, as well as any digital mode QSO counts as 2. At least 2 QSOs with stations in Dokuchaev are needed.. All QSOs must be with different stations. Your application must specify the name of the village.

List of settlements:
DO-'10 Avdeevka
DO-12 Amvrosievsky borough: City of Amvrosievka
DO-14 Artemovsky borough: City Watch-Yar, Seversk, Soledar, smt. Red Mountain, s.Kalinovka
DO-15 Velikonovoselkovsky borough: the village. Krasnaya Polyana
DO-'13 Artemovsk
DO-16 Volnovakha borough: the village. Vladimirovka, pos. Novotroitskoye, p. Dmitrievka, pos.
Hlebodarovka, p. Anadol, p. Labor
DO-17 Volodarsky district: village. Kalchik
DO-'22 Dobropillya
DO-23 Dobropolskiy district: a. Road, p. The October
DO-'24 Dokuchayevsk
DO-'25 Druzhkovka
DO-30 Constantine district: village. Kurdyumovka, p. Verolyubovka, p. Artem
DO-'31 Kramatorsk
DO-'32 Red Lyman
DO-37 Mangush borough: the village. Old Crimea
DO-38 Maryinsky borough: the village. Krasnogorovka, p. Maksimilyanovka
DO-'42 Selidovo
DO-'43 Slavyansk
DO-44 Slavic borough: the village. Cherkassy, p. Lighthouses, p. Rye Aleksandrovka
DO-46 Starobeshevskiy borough: City of Komsomolsk, p. Prokhorovka, p. Chilled
DO-47 Telmanovskiy district: village. Telmanovo, smt. Peace, pos. Andreyevka
DO-'48 Thorez
DO-'51 Shakhtersk

Velikoanadolsky Forest Diploma

Diploma awarded for QSOs with at least two radio stations operating from the territory of the Ukrainian steppe reserve in the Donetsk region (URFF-026), and at least one QSO should be conducted with one located in the Velikoanadolskiy forest. Credited QSO with different callsigns, who worked in one of the expedition, and the QSO with the same callsign, who worked in various expeditions.

QSO with one expedition can be replaced by five QSO with fixed stations: 3 in the Volnovakha area (DO-16) and 2 in the Dokuchaevsk (DO-24). The diploma is also issued to radio amateurs who took part in an expedition to the Velikoanadolsky forest.

Contacts on or after 1 June 2009.

Known operations from the forest Velikoanadolskiy::
13-14 June 2009 - UT4IYZ/ff
22-24 August 2009 - UX2IJ / p
12-13 June 2010 - UR4IW, UX2IJ, UX7IX / p / ff

W-KN-S Diploma

The diploma is issued for a QSO with 30 stations located in the Grid Square of KN. At least 20 countries and territories are needed. Repeat QSOs are OK if contacts are made on different bands.

The KN sector contains the following countries and territories:
a/ Ukraine: Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Luhansk, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk Region, JSC Crimea, Sevastopol, Moldova, Bulgaria, Macedonia

b. and also partial coverage in:
Ukraine: Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy region, Russia: Rostov and Krasnodar region, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Serbia.

The diploma is issued for making contact (SWL) with 30 stations located in countries and territories that overlap the 38th meridian. Contacts with at least 10 countries and territories are needed. Repeat QSOs with the same station on different bands are valid for the award.

Countries and territories that overlap the 38th meridian of longitude:
1. Ukraine: Donetsk, Kharkiv region;
2. Russia: Belgorod, Kursk, Orel, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk region, Moscow
3. Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique

The diploma is issued for contacts with 30 stations located in countries and areas that intersect the 48th parallel. At least 15 countries and territories are required. Repeat QSOs with same station on different bands count for the award.

Countries and territories that cross the 48th parallel:
1. Ukraine: Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Odessa, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia region;
2. Russia: Rostov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Sakhalin Region, Primorsky and Khabarovsk Region, Kalmykia;
3. Kazakhstan: Aktobe, Karaganda, East Kazakhstan, Atyrau region;
4. Canada: The provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario;
5. U.S.: North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Washington, DC;
6. Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, France, China and Mongolia.

The diploma is issued for a QSO with 30 different prefixes of stations located in the Donetsk region: UR, US, UT, UV, UW, UX, UY, UZ 0-9, as well as the EM, EN, EO 0-9. The prefixes from at least 3 different members of the club "circuit" are required). If the contacts are all made on 160 meters, or on UHF, only 20 prefixes are needed.

RUSSIA                                                       Dimitrovgrad Diploma

This award is established in 2012 in honor of 40th anniversary of the renaming the town of Dimitrovgrad, in the Ulyanovsk Region. Dimitrovgrad (previously called Melekess) is a city in Russia, the administrative center Melekessky district of Ulyanovsk region, located on the left bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir at the confluence of the Cheremshan River.The current name of the city was made on June 15, 1972 in honor of Bulgarian communist Georgi Dimitrov anti-fascist.

Earn 40 points by contacting radio stations in the following cities/RDA Districts:
     a. Dimitrovgrad (UL-06),
     b. Melekessky region (UL-14) and
     c. Novomalyklinskogo region (UL-16).

Each contact on the HF bands = 5 points and on VHF =10 points. Special commemorative stations =20 points on the HF and 40 points on VHF. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War need just one QSO. Contacts on or after 1 Jan 2012.  The same station may be worked on different bands or modes (SSB, CW, RTTY, BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125, JT65) for award credit. No use of repeaters.  Stations located in the RDA areas listed above may receive the award for making at least 400 QSOs on HF or 40 on VHF. SWL OK on same terms.

Fee for the award is 100 Rubles for Russians, neighboring countries $US4 or 2 IRC, and for all others $US5 or 3 IRC. Veterans certificate issued free. Send log extract showing all the basic data of the QSOs and sent to the email address of the manager's diploma: ua4lb@mail.ru

or contact: Yashikhin Valery V., 433510, Dimitrovgrad, ul. Pobedy, 18-43, Russia.

E-mail: ua4lb@mail.ru 

Tks QRZ.ru 2/16/12

RUSSIA                                                         KURSK Diploma

The award commemorates the gigantic WWII struggle known as the Battle of Kursk (1943). You must earn the number of points which equals the number of years which have passed since the battle took place.  In 2012 this will be 69 points, in 2013, 70 points, etc. 

The areas which provide valid contacts are:
     a. The Kursk Region where the call sign area and first letter of the suffix are 3W (UA3W...   RA3W....  etc.)
     b. Belgorod 3Z.
     c. Orel 3E.
     d. Kharkiv Region (Ukraine) (UR5L...  EM5L...... etc.)
These contacts should be made during the period from July 5 to August 23rd of each year (dates of the battles) as well as February 8th (date of actual liberation).

Point values:
     a. QSOs with the 3Z, 3E, 3W and 5L = 1 point each.
     b. If station contacted is a Patriotic War Veteran of these battles = 3 points each. 
     c. Asian applicants and QSOs made on 160 meters  = point values are doubled.
     d. DX stations and VHF contacts = point values are tripled. 

Activating stations may earn the award by making the number of QSOs shown below:
     a. Category 1 = 500 QSOs.
     b. Category 2 = 375 QSOs.
     c. Category 3 = 250 QSOs.
     d. Category 4 = 100 QSOs. 

The award is free of charge, but the sponsors request all applicants pay postal costs which will be 15 rubles for Russians and the equivalent of $US1 for all others.

Send log extract and postal costs to Anatoly A. Movchan R2WM, PO Box 73, Kursk 305000, Russia.
(Also Anatoly Movchan R2WM, ul. Puchkova 19-V-11, Kursk 305008, Russia.)

E-mail: rv3wm@mail.ru  or  rk3wwa@list.ru 
Internet: http://rk3wwa.qrz.ru 

Tks QRZ.ru 2/8/12 

RUSSIA                                         --- MICHURINSK Contest Group Series ---

General Conditions: Michurinsk is known as one of the Russian Science Centres. Contact members of the Michurinsk Contest Group and amateurs from Michurinsk City on or after 1 October 1990. Award Manager : Jack Yatskiv RN3RQ , P.O.Box 30 , Michurinsk 393760 , Russia.

E-mail: rn3rq@tamb.ru
Internet: http://www.rw3rq.tamb.ru/award.htm
Internet: http://www.rw3rq.tamb.ru/medal.htm

MICHURINSK Contest Group Award

European stations earn 30 points, DX stations need 15 points. Special ""MCG" call signs = 3 pts , MCG club members 2 or 1 points per the list of QSO club members and town residents shown below. The certificate is free of charge, though the sponsor requests 1 IRC for postal expenses.

MICHURINSK CONTEST GROUP - MEDAL" TROPHY

The award is a large metal medallion. European station earn 20 points , DX stations need Special "MCG" call signs = 3 points , "MCG" members - 2 or 1 points . Fee for the medal is 5 IRCs .

List of "MCG" members:
3 pts - R3R,RD3R,RK3R,RN3R,RP3R..,RR3R,RU3R,RX3ARM (91-92),UA3R,UE3R..

2 pts - RA3RAQ, RDW, RCL, RFU, RGD, RGQ, RIU, RJH, RK, RM, RMG, ROR, RQA, RQD, RQF, RQJ, RRS, SL RK3RR, RX RN3RAD, RAT, RDQ, REY, RM, RQ RV3RK, RV, RU3RA, RE, RR RW3DY, RM, RN, RQ, RV RX3RG, RL, RM, RV, RZ  UA3RAC, RAR, RHK, RJ, RQ, RSG, RTF, RTE, RTZ, RU, RUF, RV, SAQ.

1 point - RK3RWL, RWR, RWZ, RXJ, RZZ, RZM RW3RWW RX3RXX.

Tks RN3RQ 1/29/12

RUSSIA                         — Moscow Branch of Union of Radio Amateurs of Russia Series —

General Requirements: Sponsored by the Moscow Branch of Radio Amateurs of Russia. All bands and modes OK and contacts must be made on or after 1 January 2012 unless the rules specify different starting date. SWL OK. Application for Certificate shall be made in electronic form on the basis of an log book extract from the applicant showing in chronological order and direction a separate file in text format and sent to the award manager via e-mail to: award@r3a.su . The sponsor will accept contacts which have been confirmed by LoTW, eQSL, HRDLog and others. Your request must specify your full name, call sign, QTH, Country, date of request, your e-mail address as well as usual contact information from your log. After the information has been checked by the award manager, an electronic version of the award, in a high quality digital GIF file will be sent to your e-mail address.

The awards are free of charge.

E-mail: award@r3a.ru

Internet: http://www.r3a.su

This award may be earned by making 2-way radio contact (SWL OK), with 100 amateur radio stations located in one hundred different capitals of the world. One QSO / SWL with the city of Moscow is mandatory.

The diploma "Yury Dolgoruky" honors the founder of the city of Moscow: Yury Dolgorukogo. The award may be earned by contacting stations (SWL OK) with stations located in the city or or after 1 January 2012. You must earn a total of 1147 points, which is symbolic of the year of the founding of the city of Moscow.

POINT VALUES: 

a. All contacts with club stations RK3A, RK3AZY, RA3AWC, RL3AX, RU3AWH, RK3AWB, RK3AYS, RK3AZZ, RK3AWS, RU3AWM, RK3AXT, RK3AXS, RV3AWB, RK3AWR =47 points.

b. QSOs with other amateur radio stations of Moscow = 21 points.

c. Repeated radio contacts using the same station, but using different band and modes are permitted.

d. For QSO/SWL on VHF ranges point values are doubled.

e. QSO/SWL, made through VHFs-repeaters, are not permitted.

Contact within a period of 24 hours one amateur radio stations of each of the 10 cities which comprise the "Golden Ring" of Russia. These cities are: Moscow, Sergiev, Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Great, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanoyo, Suzdal and Vladimir.

Contact amateur radio stations located in the city of Moscow, within various districts of the city.

Contacts must be made on or after January, 01st, 2007. VHF repeater QSOs not eligible for the award.

Each area of Moscow has a unique identifier, and all contacts must be with different district.

Stations in Moscow will show their district identification in the QSL and at carrying out of communications in efi-re the name of the area consisting of the abbreviation MOS and the two-letter identifier. For example: MOS: BR, MOS: NG.

There are Four levels of the award issuied:

Class IV - 25 districts.

Class III - 50 districts.

Class II - 75 districts.

Class l - 100 districts.

Your application must contain data specified in the General Requirements section of this listing as well as a list of the Moscow stations contacted, with all QSO information, as well as the Moscow District number.

Tks QRZ.ru 3/13/12

RUSSIA                                                           "Moscow - The Port of Five Seas" Diploma

Thanks to a network of canals and rivers, the inland city of Moscow is a seaport for vessels of Five Seas. Earn the award by making contact with stations in Moscow, the Moscow Region including the Moscow Canal and the Oka Rivers, and cities which are located on the coasts of the White, Baltic, Azov, Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. SWL cards from these areas OK. All bands and modes OK.

No time limitations on QSO/SWL. Same station may be contacted if on different bands or modes. If all QSOs are made on 160 meters, then only one QSO with Moscow and five stations on the sea coasts noted above will be sufficient. No use of repeaters.

Total:
a. 10 QSO with stations in Moscow.
b. .3 QSO with stations of the Moscow Region, located near the Moscow Canal. Moscow from Dubna and Moscow - for example, Dubna, Dmitrov Zaprudnov, Yakhroma, Pushkin, Khimki, Dolgoprudny etc.
c. 3 QSO with stations radio settlements of Moscow Region, located between Moscow and Moscow Beloomut near rivers and Oka - for example, Lytkarino, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, Kolomna, Lukhovitsy, Beloomut.
d. 2 QSO with stations located on the White Sea coast - such as Kem, Rabocheostrovsk etc.
e. 2 QSO with stations located on the Baltic coast - for example, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kaliningrad, etc.
f. 2 QSO with stations located on the Azov Sea coast - for example, Mariupol, Azov, Rostov-on-Don, etc.
g. 2 QSO with stations located on the Black Sea coast - for example, Sevastopol, Odessa, etc.
h. 2 QSO with stations located on the shores of the Caspian Sea - for example, Baku, etc.

SWLs may earn the award on similar terms. Application should be in the form of a log extract.
The diploma is issued free of charge in electronic format. Jpg or Tiff at the request of the applicant.

E-mail: info@inst.ru or ra3ars@rambler.ru using the term "Moscow - Port of Five Seas" as subject.
Internet: www.mos.inst.ru/mos5s.htm

Tks QRZ.ru 1/9/12

RUSSIA                                                               "NL" Diploma

The Diploma of "NL" was established by a group of radio amateurs in the Novopokrovskiy district of Krasnodar region. Available to amateurs and SWLs for contacting radio amateurs living in areas of the river basin Yeya. These include the following "RDA" areas:

KR-47-Novopokrovskiy district, 	KR-49 - Pavlovsky District,
KR-39 - Krylovskiy district, 	KR-42 - Kuschevsky district,
KR-53 - Starominskiy district,	KR-61 - Shcherbinovsky district
KR-33 - Yeisk district.

QSOs/SWL reports may be made on all bands and modes on or after 1 January 2010. Same station may be contacted on different bands for award credit.
Send GCR list of contacts and fee of 100 Rubles or $US4 to: Sergey V. Litvinov R7BR, ul. Soverskaya 68-9 st., Novopokrovskaya, Krasnodarsky kr. 353020, Russia.
Information about the river Yeya printed on the reverse side of a diploma in Russian language.

E-mail: ru6bx@yandex.ru or ua6br@yandex.ru
Internet: http://radio.nakordone.ru/index.php/forum/topic.html?id=2 1

Tks QRZ.ru 1/31/12

RUSSIA                                                                  ILYA MUROMETS Diploma

The city of Murom is a historic city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, which sprawls along the left bank of Oka River. It was the home town of the most celebrated East Slavic epic hero, Ilya Muromets whom this award honors.

The award may be earned by submitting proof of making 10 QSO / SWL with radio contacts with the city of Murom and of stations in the Murom District. On VHF, only one QSO is needed. Repeat contacts with the same station are allowed on different bands and modes for credit. No time limitations. Send log extract and fee of 150 rubles to: Voitovich Anatoly M UA3VAF, 602200, Murom, ul. Michurinskaya, 31-14, Vladimir Region, Russia.

Tks QRZ.ru 1/13/12

RUSSIA                                                                   Novokuznetsk Diploma

The diploma is sponsored by the Novokuznetsk Radio Club of the Kemerovo Region (R9U).  The diploma may be earned by making no less than 30 QSOs on HF or VHF bands with 6 different districts of the city of Novokuznetsk as listed in the Russian District Award official listing. 

The Districts are: 
KE-06 ZAVODSKY 14 Feb 1963
KE-07 KUZNETSKY 19 May 1941
KE-08 KUJBYSHEVSKY 19 May 1941
KE-09 ORDZHONIKIDZEVSKY 1 July 1960
KE-10 CENTRALNY 19 Aug 1957
KE-48 NOVOIL`INSKY (New district, on or after 22 Dec 1998)

All bands and modes OK. Contacts on the "birthday" of the forming of the area counts for 3 needed QSOs. Send log extract and a copy of the receipt on payment (transfer) into the sum-100 rbl. to send to the address: Anton Vladimirovich Chirkov, Avenue of the Soviet Army, 35-17, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo Region 654040, RUSSIA.

Internet: http://qrx.ru/?p=22 
E-mail ra9ugz@rambler.ru 

Tks QRZ.ru 4/27/12

 
RUSSIA                              Diplomas of Radio-Prim Novosibirsk

Work different RDA (Russian Districts Award) districts of Novosibirsk. Each of the following awards is a separate certificate.

Areas on the list of Novosibirsk RDA: NS-01 Dzerzhinsky; NS-02 Railway; NS-03 Zaeltsovskiy; NS-04 Kalinin; NS-05 Kirov; NS-06 Leninsky; NS-07 October; NS-08 Pervomaysky; NS-09 Soviet; NS-10 Central.

Issuance of certificates "Radio-Prim. NOVOSIBIRSK" are carried out only in the sequence, from the basic award (IRON) to the highest level (GOLD), or a complete set (5 pcs.) issued at one time. Separate certificates (except for the basic award IRON) certificates are not issued. Application for awards in the form of an extract from the log are sent only by e-mail (E-mail: awards@ngs.ru  ; cqaward@yandex.ru  ).
SWLs may participate in the competition for these qualifications on similar terms.
The cost of each diploma - 135 rubles. or 7 IRC for Russian radio. Fee for foriegn amateurs is 8 IRC or $US10.
Sending money in mail envelopes is strictly prohibited! In case of loss of money sent to the mailing envelopes, certificates are not sent.IRC coupons only via registered letter.
Contact the sponsor for safe method of for certificates

E-mail: awards@ngs.ru cqaward@yandex.ru
Internet: http://cqaward.ucoz.ru/index/0-4

K1BV Research 4/22/12

RUSSIA                                                          — RUSSIAN CW CLUB Series ---

General Requirements:   All bands, including WARC contacts, made on or after January 1, 2010. If all contacts are made on one band, specify in the application for a special endorsement. All contacts for the award must be made using CW (of course). The application should be made electronically in ADIF, Cabrillo, or txt format. When issued as a digital file, there is no charge for the award. The application should be sent to the email address rk6ax@mail.ru .  If the applicant wishes delivery of a paper award by mail, then the fee is 35 Rubles or the equivalent and the application should be mailed to 
Valentin V. Lukashov RK6AX, P.O. Box 77, Sochi 354200, Russia.

Info e-mail: russiancwclub@yandex.ru
Application e-mail: rk6ax@yandex.ru
Internet: http://rcwc.ru/index.html (Includes list of over 350 members)

This award may be earned for two way CW contacts with 10 different prefixes from 10 different countries.

Russian Grid Squares Diploma (AR-CW)

Issued for two way contacts on CW with different Grid Squares in Russia.

Available in 3 levels:
Class III - 30 squares.
Class II - 40 squares.
Class I - 47 squares.

The award is issued to honor the memory of the joy of your first contacts using a simple key. Simply provide log data regarding your first 20 wireless contacts via CW using a key. If this information in not available, list a similar number of contacts during any year, and make a statement about your number of years on the air.

Contact each of the 21 autonomous republics of Russia by CW telegraphy.

The Autonomous Republics of Russia (Thanks WIKIPEDIA)

Tks QRZ.ru 3/5/12

Russian Prefix Award Hunter Diploma

Work different prefixes used by Russian stations. Available in three levels: 50, 100 or 150 prefixes. The design of each of the awards is different. There is NO charge for the award 
sent to you in electronic format.  Your application should be sent in digital form, such as a Cabrillo, or txt format.  Make sure that your e-mail request uses your call and the award 
abbreviation such as RK6AX/RPXH. Send your request to rk6ax@mail.ru or rk6ax@yandex.ru

If you cannot use e-mail, the award can be sent in paper format for fee of 70 rubles for Russians and 7IRC or $US5 for all others.

Tks QRZ.ru 3/21/12

RUSSIA                                                                  Togliatti - Stavropol Diploma 

RUSSIA – Addition to the series of the R-CW-C Club
The "We Remember" Diploma

This award commemorates those cities and towns which achieved the designation of "Cities of Heroes" and "Cities of Military Glory" for their efforts during World War II (The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945). The award may be earned by making contact with 15 stations in these cities. You may contact more than one station using the mode of CW in any of these cities on or after May 9, 1945.

The award is available free of charge if you accept delivery of an electronic image that may be printed in your shack. It is also available in printed format at an extra charge.

Printed version: Fee is 100 rubles for Russian stations and $US5 for other countries. The fee jplus GCR list should be sent to the award manager by registered mail to: Valentine Viktorovich Lukashov, Box 77, Sochi 354200 Russia

Electronic version: Send e-mail with list of qualifying contacts to: rk6ax@mail.ru or on rk6ax@yandex.ru . The award will be created as an electronic file with your personal information and returned by e-mail to your return address.

E-mail: rk6ax@mail.ru Or rk6ax@yandex.ru .

The following lists of cities designated as Cities of Military Glory and Hero Cities have been taken from WIKIPEDIA. None were provided with the rules as printed in the original Russian web page.

Arkhangelsk          Malgobek                  Tver
Anapa                Nalchik                   Velikiye Luki
Belgorod             Naro-Fominsk              Veliky Novgorod
Bryansk              Oryol                     Vladikavkaz
Dmitrov              Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky  Vladivostok
Kalach-na-Donu       Polyarny                  Volokolamsk
Kolpino              Pskov                     Voronezh
Kovrov               Rostov-on-Don             Vyazma
Kozelsk              Rzhev                     Vyborg
Kronstadt            Taganrog                  Yelets
Kursk                Tikhvin                   Yelnya
Luga                 Tuapse

Brest                        Hero-Fortress Kiev
Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Novorossiysk
Stalingrad (Volgograd)       Kerch
Odessa                       Minsk
Sevastopol                   Tula
Moscow                       Murmansk
Smolensk

Tks QRZ.ru 4/11/12

RUSSIA             ---  Addition to the Russian CW Club (R-CW-C) Series
                          EUPXH- European Prefix Award Hunter Diploma

Work different prefixes of European countries. Basic award is for 100 prefixes and available at levels of 200, 300 through 1000 different European prefixes. All bands, including WARC contacts, made on or after January 1, 2000 for a special endorsement. All contacts for the award must be made using CW (of course). The application should be made electronically in Cabrillo, or txt Format. When issued as a digital file, there is no charge for the award. At each higher level of the award, the design of the awards is different.

Make sure that your e-mail request includes your call sign and the subject line of the request shows the award abbreviation such as YOURCALL/EUPXH. Send your request to rk6ax@mail.ru or rk6ax@yandex.ru .

If you have used other modes and wish the award, and want to receive the award by regular mail to your home address, the fee is 7IRC or $USD5. In that case, the application should be sent to the address: Valentin V. Lukashov RK6AX, P.O. Box 77, Sochi 354200, Russia.

E-mail: russiancwclub@yandex.ru 
Internet: http://rcwc.ru/index.html

(Includes list of over 350 members)

Tks RX6AX 4/12/12

RUSSIA                                                   Yamal Diploma

The Yamal diploma is sponsored by the Yamal-Nenets regional branch of the SRR for contacting at least 20 stations in their territory on or after January 1, 2005.
No more than 3 club stations and 10 special event stations may be used.
On VHF, one QSO will be sufficient to earn the award.
No repeater contacts allowed for the award.
On 160 meters, only 5 QSOs are needed.
The same station may be contacted on different bands and modes for award credit.
At least 5 RDA (Russian District Award ) districts are needed. (Does not apply to 160 meters or VHF requirements as noted above.)

RDA Districts in Yamal:

SWL OK. Send log extract in paper or electronic form to sponsor. You should specify if you used different call signs for the contacts. The award will show your current call sign.
The award is available in JPEG or PDF electronic format at NO CHARGE.
If you wish a paper copy of the award, the only charge is for the postage: Russia 30kopecs, CIS and other countries 3 IRC. Apply to: Yuri A. Balabanov RX9KT, ul. Neftyanikov 65-8, Muravlenko, Tyumenskaya obl., 629603, RUSSIA.

E-mail: ua9kgg@mail.ru

Tks QRZ.ru 3/20/12

SARDINIA                                             Sardinia In the World Award

Sponsored by Team Sardinia Radioamateurs in the World for contacting combinations of Sardinian provinces, Administrative Towns and Minor Islands on or after 1 April 2012. The award is available in the form of 3 separate paper certificates and one plaque. SWL OK. All bands OK and all modes including satellite and EME. However no use of repeaters or Echolink may be used.

GCR list and fee of 10E for Europeans (payable by PayPal) or $US15 for all other countries.

The list of Administrative Towns is shown below.

A list of all minor islands is found on their website. Apply to: Giorgio Laconi IZ3KVD, Via Marzabotto, 6, 31038 Paese - Treviso, Italy.

E-mail: info@iz3kvd.it
Internet: http://www.grsnm.jimdo.com

Tks QRZ.com 3/27/12

SLOVENIA                                                   Maritime Mobile Radio Wave Bridges Award

This award is sponsored by the AbraHAM RADIOklub for contacting Maritime Mobile stations. The diploma is dedicated to all the brave men and women devoting their lives going out to the sea. Work and confirm with QSL cards as many /MM stations you can. The number of contacts in your application will be shown the diploma. A minimum is 3 (three) Maritime Mobile QSOs is necessary to earn the award. The same station counts only one time. Contacts made by Repeater, digipiter, or Echolink contacts are not valid for this award. No time limitations. SWL OK. Send GCR list and fee of $US10, 10€ or 7 IRC to the manager: AbraHAM RADIOklub, Award Manager, Metelkova 50a, SI-2000 MARIBOR, Slovenia.

Tks Milos S53EO 4/1/12

SLOVENIA                                                S5 World Castles Award

The S5 WCA diploma will be issued to all radio amateurs who contact (or activate) Slovenian castles (objects) according to the rules for this award. .A list of all Slovenian castles (or objects) is found on their website.

The award for contacts is available in three levels:
S5 WCA 30 – contact at least 30 different Slovenian castles
S5 WCA 60 -contact at least 60 different Slovenian castles
S5 WCA 100 – contact least 100 different Slovenian castles

Activators may earn the award for different objects they activate:
S5 WCA Knight – activate at least 20 Slovenian castles
WCA S5 Bronze Knight - activate at least 40 Slovenian castles
WCA S5 Silver Knight - activate at least 65 Slovenian castles
WCA S5 Golden Knight - activate at least 100 Slovenian castles

To earn lthe S5WCA Knight, it is necessary to make at least 50 QSOs. Band and mode are not important. No time constraints apply so they can also activate one object several days, until the operator achieves a sufficient number of QSOs (50) for recognition of the castle in the quota to win diplomas. Operators who live closer than 1km from an activated building must make at least 1000 QSO, though there is also no time limit.

The award fee is 4€ or $US5, and may be paid by bank transfer to bank account. Contact the sponsor for their Band Account number and payment instructions in response to a request received for granting diplomas.  Send your application for a diploma together with log ** (ADIF, Excel, CSV) and the address where the diploma should be mailed to the e-mail: wca@hamradio.si

Your log must include: your call sign, date, time, reference number of the castles, frequency range and mode used and of course the call sign of the activator. Activators should include: Call sign of activators, activation date, reference activated castles, hunters call signs, band and mode.

E-mail: wca@hamradio.si
Internet: http://wca.hamradio.si/?page_id=28&lang=en

K1BV Research 1/16/12

SLOVAKIA                                                  NATIONAL PARKS of the Slovak Republic Award

Issued by the Old Timers Club SARA for contacting stations transmitting from districts which include national parks and protected landscapes of the Slovak Republic on or after 1 November 2007. SWL OK.

The required number of contacts:

The application for the award must contain a statement of the log or data QSL cards authenticated by the signatures of two amateurs or one member of the OTC SARA: NP or PLA name, QTH, the district character, CALL, date, UTC, band, mode and signature.

Fees for issuing a diploma: OM 2€, OK £60, EU / DX IRC 5 / € 5/7 USD.

The application along with payment of a fee to be sent to the award manager: Viliam KUŠPÁL, OM3MB, Súmracná 17, 82102 Bratislava 2, Slovakia.

Internet: http://www.szr.sk/otc/

NATIONAL PARKS SR (SR NP):
Number 		Name 		District

1. TatraTatranský národný park 	KEZ, LMI, POP, TVR
2. Nízke Tatry 			BBY, BRE, LMI, POP, RUZ
3. Velká Fatra 			BBY, MAR, RUZ, TTE
4. Slovenský kras 		KEO, ROZ
5. Poloniny 			SNI
6. Malá Fatra 			DKU, MAR, RUZ, ZIL
7. Muránska planina 		BRE, REV, RSO
8. Slovenský raj 		POP, ROZ, SNV
9. Pieninský národný park 	KEZ, SLU

Protected Area SR (SR PLA):
Number 		Name 		District

1. Biele Karpaty 		ILA, MYJ, NMV, PUC, SEA, SKA, TNC
2. Cerová vrchovina 		LUC, RSO
3. Horná Orava 			DKU, NAM, TVR
4. Kysuce 			BYT, CAD, DKU, PBY, PUC, ZIL
5. Latorica 			MIC, TRE
6. Malé Karpaty 		BAC, BAD, MAL, MYJ, NMV, PEZ, PIE, SEA, TRN
7. Polana 			BBY, BRE, DET, ZVO
8. Ponitrie 			BAN, LVC, NIT, PAR, PRI, TOP, ZMO
9. Strážovské vrchy 		BYT, ILA, PBY, PRI, PUC, ZIL
10. Štiavnické vrchy 		BST, KRU, LVC, ZAR, ZIH, ZVO
11. Vihorlat 			HUM, MIC, SNI, SOB
12. Záhorie 			MAL, SEA
13. Východné Karpaty 		MED, SNI, STR, SVI
14. Dunajské luhy 		BAA, BAB, BAD, BAE, DST, GAL, KOM, NZA, SAL, SEN

SPAIN                                 Diploma Geodetic Markers of Spain (DVGE)

Contact stations on or after 1 November 2006 which operate in the close vicinity of specially marked geodetic markers in Spain. These distinctive short cylindrical towers have been put into place in thousands of locations and are used in the establishment of property boundaries within Spain. SWL OK. All bands and modes may be used. Valid contacts may be made from stations which operate from fixed locations, portable and mobile.

The stations who activate these markers are required to send an electronic log of all contacts they make during the activation. When you are ready to apply, or just want to see how many contacts you have in their database, you can go to their site, seek your call sign on the list of stations who have contacts, and this will be your application information. (As of 1/20/12, there are 791,724 QSO listed form 2693 award reference locations.)

The award is issued in six categories:

After obtaining the paper certificate, you will be eligible to apply for higher levels.

The reference numbers will begin with the letters "VG", followed by the letter of the province (such as T for Toledo, M for Madrid) and a three digit number. There are separate rules for activators. Refer to their website.   ( http://www.radioclubhenares.org/dvge/referencias/ ) 

DVGE Geodetic Diploma of Spain, Radio Club Henares EA4RCH, PO Box, 28830 S. Fernando de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

E-mail: dvge@radioclubhenares.org
Internet: http://www.radioclubhenares.org/dvge/bases/

K1BV Research 2/2/12

UKRAINE                        Worked Black Sea Contest Club Members  (W-BSCC-M Award)

The Black Sea Contest Club (Ukraine) offers a special award as an incentive for contacting their member stations on or after 13 August 2006 during any contests throughout the year. The award is available to all licensed radio amateurs and SWLs for QSOs (SWL) with BSCC members contacted only in contests. 

The basic award may be earned by contacting (SWL) 100 different members of BSCC using any modes. Endorsement stickers are available for each subsequent 50 QSO (SWL) with club members.(150 QSO, 200 QSO etc.) 

Applications should be submitted showing contacts in alphabetical order by call signs, with data of QSO (for SWL – two-way QSO data), including BSCC membership numbers, as well as the name of competition in which the contacts were made. 

The application should be Certified by the signatures of two radio amateurs or local radio club and forwarded to the award manager: A.V. Kazantsev P.O.Box 4, Kerch, 98319, Ukraine or by e-mail to: uu0jm@mail.ru .

Lists of members of the BSCC are available on the club's official website www.bscc.in
The cost of the award to the Ukrainian hams - 10 hryvnia, for amateurs from CIS countries - equivalent of $US4 (Or 4 IRC), and for amateurs of other countries - $US7 (Or 7 IRC). Endorsement stickers for the award are free of charge, but you should provide postage costs. Suggested fee is: hams of Ukraine, 1 IRC / 1 USD / 1 EUR for other countries hams.

E-mail: uu0jm@mail.ru 
Internet: http://www.bscc.in  

Tks UU0JM 2/2012 

UKRAINE                                                     Diploma "General Petrov VS."

This award was established by UZ1RR and US5QLJ, with the cooperation of the International Club of veterans "Wave", the Ukrainian radioportal, Amateur newspaper "Radioinform" and by the awards program LRU URDA.

March 5, 2012 is the 90^th anniversary of the date of birth of two time Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General Artillery Petrova Yegorov. He went down in history as the only World War II soldier without both arms, who defended their Fatherland on the battlefield.

To earn the award, you must contact (SWL OK) those places associated with the presence of the legendary hero and earn a total of 90 points. Contacts may be made using CW, SSB, Digital, and Mixed modes. All bands OK. Contacts may be made over any length of time.

Any station contacted on HF in these areas, is worth one point towards the award:
UR5Q - Zaporozhye (Ukraine)
UR5A - Sumy region (Ukraine)
UR5U - Kiev region (Ukraine)
UA3R - Tambov (Russia)
UA6L - Rostov region (Russia)
UR5W - Lviv region (Ukraine)
UR5B - Ternopil region (Ukraine)
DL - Germany
SP - Poland

The award is available in the form of a Paper laminated diploma or as a digital file that you May print in your shack.

A. Printred version: The cost of the diploma for Ukraine - UAH 15, for the CIS and Baltic States - the equivalent of USD5 and for all others, $USA10. Apply to: (only registered mail) Kovalchuk, Vladimir, Hortitsky Highway h.6, square 66, Zaporozhye, 69,123, Ukraine.

B. Electronic delivery: The electronic certificate is free. The application should be sent in text or ADIF format to one of these E-mail Addresses: uz1rr@ukr.net or us5qlj@ukr.net .

Internet: http://uarl.com.ua/index.htm

Tks OH3GZ 4/3/12

AUSTRIA/VHF

OVSV Series                                   UKW Diplom OE3-VHF-10 des ADL 301

Work stations from ADL 301 on VHF after 1 january 2000. Earn 10 points.

Clubstation OE3XOB = 3 points and stations from ADL 301 each 1 point.

All modes and also repeater contacts are valid.

Members ADL 301 are: OE3AUW, OE3BCA, OE3BMC, OE3DNW, OE3EWU, OE3EX, OE3FEA, OE3FGB, OE3FLU, OE3FWS, OE3FZS, OE3GGW, OE3GJB, OE3GRU, OE3GY, OE3HJA, OE3HJW, OE3JS, OE3KCC, OE3KLB, OE3KRA, OE3LI, OE3MRA, OE3OSA, OE3PAS, OE3RDW, OE3RKB, OE3RRW, OE3RWW, OE3SGB, OE3SKA, OE3SSC, OE3THU, OE3WBA, OE3WGB, OE3XSM, OE3XOB, OE3ZE, OE3ZN.

Send log extract and fee of € 10 to Diplommanager: Peter Ackermann, OE3PAS, Haberlgasse 5, A-2512  Oeynhausen, Austria. E-mail: oe3pas@aon.at

Internet: http://www.oe3.oevsv.at/opencms/information/diplome_oe3/

Tks PA3CUZ 1/29/12

Austria VHF                                  Ala-Nova-Diploma 70 cm

Award may be earned by both amateurs and SWL's for contacts on the 70 cm band. Contacts via repeaters and/or satellite are not valid. Starting date is 1 Jan 1983. Contact at least 2 QSO’s from at least 5 different DXCC countries, including your own on 70 cm.

A total of 50 points must be earned as follows:
a. QSO's from 50-100 km = 1 point,
b.101-200 km = 2,
c. over 201 km = 3 points.

QSO's with a distance of under 50 km are not valid for the award. Send GCR list which shows the grid numbers of your station and each of the stations contacted with fee of 10€ to: Reinhold Brechtel, OE3RBS, Flugfeldstrasse 35, 2401 Fischamend, Austria.

E-mail: oe3rbs@oevsv.at
Internet: http://www.afcs.at/index.php/diplome.html

Tks PA3CUZ 4/2012

KAZAKHSTAN - VHF                  "Soyuz-Apollo" Diploma

The Soyuz-Apollo Diploma is issued by Committee of the Kazakhstan Federation of VHF radio sport and amateur radio for conducting two-way radio contacts on VHF and UHF amateur radio bands using satellites, as well as radio QSOs made with the cosmonauts (astronauts), located on orbiting space stations.

During any calendar year beginning from 17 July (the date of docking of spacecraft "Soyuz" and of "Apollo" - July 17, 1975) of the current year to 17 July next year, you must earn the number of points corresponding to the number of years that have elapsed since the event (1975). One QSO with an amateur located on the orbital space station (eg, ISS) is required. Each QSO made through any artificial Earth satellite carries the value of 1 point.. Contacts with an amateur located on an orbiting space station = 3 points.

Repeat radio contacts, but not more than five, shall be counted only from cosmonauts (astronauts), located on an orbital space station.

Any mode or band is valid. The cost of the diploma for Kazakhstan and CIS countries is EUR 5, and fee for all other stations is 10 euros. Send log extract and GCR list to: Soyuz-Apollo, Box 39, Almatyl, 050000, Kazakhstan. Applications may be made by e-mail sent to: UHF_KFRR@mail.ru .

E-mail: UHF_KFRR@mail.ru
Internet: http://www.ukw.cqun.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57 Tks QRZ.ru 3/22/12

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