Very Short Time Awards Page

Starting Date	Ending Date	Country	Name of the Award	FREE DOWNLOAD	Source
15 February 2013	30 August 2013	Romania	YP0FOTE Diploma (Olympic Festival of European Youth)		PA3CUZ
1 April 2013	30 April 2013	Italy	2766th anniversary of the Founding of Rome		PA3CUZ
10 April 2013	10 June 2013	Czech Republic	Diploma DIG 2013 OK		DH1PAL
27 April 2013	27 May 2013	Ukraine	Diploma "Morse 222"		OH3GZ
1 May 2013	30 June 2013	Italy	Castel Del Monte Award		PA3CUZ
1 May 2013	31 May 2013	Italy	Canova Award		PA3CUZ
1 May 2013	31 May 2013	Ukraine	Victory 68 Diploma		OH3GZ
1 May 2013	31 May 2013	Slovenia	DIPLOMA S51DSW - 45th Anniversary of RadioClub Mozirje	X	OH3GZ
1 May 2013	31 May 2013	Germany	Brave Radio Friends: European Spring Award 2013	X	DE3EAR
1 May 2013	31 May 2013	England	75th Anniversary of the First Class Operators Club (FOC)	X	Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin
3 May 2013	9 May 2013	Russia	Victory 68 Award UPDATED 4/29/13	X	SP9JPA
5 May 2013	25 May 2013	Italy	ITALIAN EVEREST EXPEDITION MEMORIAL AWARD	X	OH3GZ
6 May 2013	21 May 2013	France	GRAND PRIX DE PAU 2013	X	PA3CUZ
10 May 2013	16 May 2013	Poland	Second Military Vehicle Rally - Wapienniki 2013	X	M3NMQ
11 May 2013	12 May 2013	Netherlands	Dutch National Windmill and Waterpumpstation Weekend Award	X	PD5JFK and PD7BZ
12 May 2013	13 May 2013	Russia	230th Anniversary of the Black Sea Fleet	X	OH3GZ
15 May 2013	29 May 2013	USA	Celebrating the 100^th Episode of Ham Nation on the TWIT.TV network	X	PA3CUZ
15 May 2013	30 June 13	Romania	100th Anniversary of Scouting in Romania		PA3CUZ
18 May 2013	19 May 2013	France	The Day of YL's - 18 & 19 May		PA3CUZ
20 May 2013	5 June 2013	Italy	9th COTA Award 2013 (Carabinieri On The Air)		PA3CUZ
21 May 2013	19 August 2013	USA	W9IMS Certificate		PA3CUZ
25 May 2013	30 June 2013	Poland	Visegrad Amateur-Radio High-Altitude Balloon Days Award	X	SP9JPA
31 May 2013	2 June 2013	Northern Ireland	Grey Point Fort Rememberance Award		PA3CUZ
31 May 2013	2 June 2013	USA	2013 Museum Ships Operating Event	X	DIG Website: Special Calls and Events
1 June 2013	15 June 2015	Russia	385th Anniversary of the founding of Krasnoyarsk	X	QRZ.ru
15 June 2013	24 June 2013	Poland	Chojnów Days Award		PA3CUZ
1 July 2013	6 July 2013	USA	13 Colonies Special Event Award		ARRL Listing

a. HF: 68 pts.; one QSO/HRD is equivalent to 2 pts.
b. 160 m: 15 QSO’s/HRD’s.
c. VHF: 5 QSO’s/HRD’s.

The Award is free of charge when sent via the Bureau. Otherwise, the fee of 120 rubles (or equivalent in US dollars) applies. Send your application not later than on June 1, 2013, to: memorial_pobeda@mail.ru or D.A. Sokolov, P.O. Box 13, Sertolovo, Leningradskaya oblast, 188655, Russia

Members of the Dolphin Radio Club will activate the memorial call sign of R230CF on board the cruiser "Mikhail Kutuzov", to commemorate the 230th anniversary of the Black Sea Fleet on May 12-13, 2013. RV6AWW will operate digital modes, RU6CH will be active on SSB and RK6AX on CW.

For the radio station will be issued a diploma in digital format similar to the one used in last year’s activity. Send log extract showing at least one contact with any of these stations to RK6AX by e-mail.

am Nation premiered on the TWIT.TV network on May 25, 2011, and has been a continuous weekly internet show about Amateur radio. It is hosted by Bob Heil (K9EID), Gordon West (WB6NOA), George Thomas (W5JDX), and TWIT sponsor Leo Laporte (W6TWT). Its goal is to excite existing hams to become active again, and to help prospective hams obtain their license. The show covers various topics from simple antenna designs, FAQ’s about all topics in Amateur Radio, events by the different show host and viewers, to George building kits and different items during the show. Tune in and join the great fun with Ham Nation.

The special event duration: Starting on May 15^th and ending during the 100^thepisode on May 29^th, 2013.

Event operations will start on the net frequencies:
20 meters (14.268.00 +/-)
40 meters (7.272.00 +/-)
80 meters (3.847.00 +/-)
Plus 10 meter activity on 28.450.00 +/- for our Tech associates as band conditions permit.
There will also be day time and evening activity on all bands depending on the band conditions.

How to collect a Certificate:
Check back to this QRZ page frequently after the event: http://hamnation40.net/c.aspx
Click on the link below and enter your call sign in the prescribed box for notification of your certificate.
Certificates are only issued to stations that have worked all four (4) Special Event Stations and are confirmed in the database.
If there is no confirmation of certificate, please notifiy K5LN with a copy of log entry.

How to collect Individual QSL cards:
Send a #10 SASE to each Special Event Station, with your QSL card, to the above addresses and collect the unique QSL cards.
Complete the collection by adding each QSL card to the certificate of the special event.
QSL card submissions will not be concidered after December 31, 2013.
Join us every Wednesday evening at 0100Z at http://TWIT.TV/hn for Ham Nation Live, and have fun with Amateur Radio.

Romania celebrates the 100^th Anniversary of Scouting. Look for special event call sign YP100S and earn at least 150 points during the period 15 May to 30 June 2013 to earn award issued for connections. Look for activity on 40 SSB (7100 - 7150 MHz) and 80 SSB (3700-3750 MHz).

Point values:
a. club station YO7KRS and special station YP100S = 10 points each.
b. YO7AOG, YO7HKM, YO7GDB, YO7HUY, YO7GWA, YO7HUX, YO7HKR, YO7FWA, YO7FHV, YO7GNL, YO7HUZ = 8 points each.
c. Stations in the cities where five national Jamborees have been held in Romania = 3 points each. The cities are: 1932-Sibiu (YO6), 1934-Mamaia (Constanta) (YO4), 1935-Breaza (YO9), 1936-Bras,ov s,i (YO6), and 2011-Sa(lis,te (YO6).

At least one contact with the club station YO7KRS and one contact to the stations in the cities Jamboree is required.
Send the request no later than 1 October 2013 to Cercetas,ii României - Centrul local Mircea cel Batran, CP50, OP5, 240370 - Ramnicu Valcea, Romania.

This weekend is intended to gather on the air all amateur radio women around the world and of course all OM & SWL are invited to participate.

THE DAY OF YLs 2013 RULES:
1. Organiser : Carine F5ISY, Sandra HK3JJB, Petra DF5ZV, Katie WY7KRA, Dunia EA8MT, Helga IN3FHE
2. Aim of this day : To promote YLs activity around the world
3. Time : 2013-05-18 06h00 UTC to 2013-05-19 18h00 UTC
4. Bands : 3,5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz & for the first time VHF also but outside the relays, of course.
5. To help competitors to find each other we propose to use frequencies +/- 10 kHz from the following activity center frequencies:

6. Modes : CW, SSB, RTTY
7. Exchanges : RS(T) + YL/OM (e.g. 59(9)+ YL/OM)
8. The same station may be worked once on each band and mode
9. Award : An award will be issued to all participants (SWLs also) who has contacted or heard stations which earn up to 33 points with YLs (pdf file):

Point Values:
   For OM / YL 2 points
   For YL/ YL 3 points
   For YL / OM 1 point
10. Results will be published separately for OM and YLs according to the number of YLs logged
11. Logs : Mail log to f5isy at orange.fr not later than 2013-06-26
12. Mail object : call + OM/YL + Number of YL contacted + Total number of QSO
13. Log software : f1agw.free.fr/AGW_YL/AGW_YL.htm

You can use also and many tnx N1MM for that : http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=18:: & DOYLSRTTY.udc

This award recognizes the 199° anniversary of Carabinieri Force foundation.
Period for contacts: 0700 UTC, May 20 through 1900 UTC, 5 June , 2013
Objective: for amateurs and SWL around the world to contact COTA members amateurs, as many times as possible.
Bands : 3,5 MHz (80 mt.), 7 MHz (40 mt.), 14 MHz (20 mt.), 21 MHz (15 mt.), on the IARU recommended segments.
Mode: SSB, CW, PSK31, RTTY.
Contacts allowed: only one contact per day is allowed for the same band/mode/member. Make as many contacts as possible per day which are allowed with different band/mode/member.
The official list of C.O.T.A amateur members are found at http://www.cota.cc
Special event stations IIØCC, II5CC and HP1/IQ6CC will be active.

Point Values:
a. Contacts with COTA members using SSB mode =1 point.
b. Contacts with COTA members using CW, RTTY and PSK31 mode = 3 points
c. Contacts with special station IIØCC/area and II5CC/area using any mode = 5 points.
d. Contacts with special station IIØCC and II5CC using any mode = 8 points.
e. Contacts with special station HP1/IQ6CC on any band or mode = 10 points (this station can operate also on 10, 12 , 17 and 30 meters)
f. Contacts with "Jolly" station (wild card stations as declared by operator) on any mode = 3 points

Number exchange : RS-T report plus progressive number (i.e. 59-001)
Call: SSB, RTTY and PSK31 " CQ 9th COTA Award " , CW "CQ COTA "

Scoring:
a. All stations: the final score is the result of the total QSO points.
b. Points required for the award: :
OM/YL/SWL Italian : 15 points
OM/YL/SWL Foreign : 10 points

The request of the award must be postmarked or sent via electronic mail no later than 30 June, 2013 to: Associazione Radioamatori Carabinieri COTA – P.O.Box 28 – 60022 Castelfidardo (Ancona),
ITALY. Address for e-mail is diploma@cota.cc

Application should show:
a. Category of participation
b. Call OM/YL/SWL of applicant
c. Name, surname and address where send the 9th COTA Award
d. Your electronic mail address
e. The paper Log signed complete with: COTA member call sign, date, time in UTC, all sent and received exchanges are to be logged, band, mode, score applied, total score achieved.
f. The proof of payment (copy of bank transfer or paypal confirmation)
1) 10,00 Euro (European stations)
2) 12,50 Euro o 15,00 USD (Stations outside of Europe)

The payment must be made in favour of: Associazione Radioamatori Carabinieri COTA – P.O.Box 28 – 60022 Castelfidardo (Ancona), ITALY.
Account IBAN: IT 04 L 07601 02600 000060567955 ; BIC: BPPIITRRXXX"
The payment can be made also by PAYPAL (see at www.cota.cc )
Send a copy of your QSL card.

Notes:
The official list of stations COTA member, the additional information and classifications will be published on the website http://www.cota.cc .
The stations COTA can send the QSL card to their discretion.
The special stations IIØCC - II5CC and HP1/IQ6CC will send their special QSL:
- Via bureau through the manager IZ4SUC
- Via direct sending a pre-paid envelope and SAE plus green stamp for foreign OM to: IZ4SUC LORENZO IANNONE , Via Raggiolo 17, 47863 - Novafeltria (Rimini) ITALY,

Work the Special Event Station W9IMS during each of the three auto races, beginning with the Indianapolis 500 in the same year and receive a high quality photo certificate

Name of Race and Dates of operation:
1. Indianapolis 500 - May 21 - 27, 2013.
2. Brickyard 400 - July 23-29, 2013.
3. Red Bull Indianapolis GP - August 13-19.

W9IMS will be active and on the air from 1500Z through 0300Z on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the race weekends.

FREQUENCIES: W9IMS will operate on or near: 1.840, 3.840, 7.240, 10.140, 14.070 PSK31, 14.245, 18.140, 21.350, 28.340, 50.140, 144.205, 144.240 SSB and 146.52 simplex FM. Watch for spots at sites such as DX Summit http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com .

The $5 covers:
Custom printed certificate
Cardboard stiffiner
Cards for each of the three races
Envelope for all of the above
Postage

Apply to: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Amateur Radio Club, PO BOX 30954, Indianapolis, IN 46230, USA..

Instructions:
1. NON-USA STATIONS- QSL direct or via the bureau. For a certificate, please follow the directions below for USA STATIONS FOR CERTIFICATE.
2. USA STATIONS (FOR CERTIFICATE)- you must work all three races in the same year. Working us three times for one race or on three bands for one race does not count and you will not receive a certificate. If you qualify, please send a QSL listing the date, time, frequency, and report for the contacts for the three different races in the same year (you can list all three on one QSL card) along with $5. We will send back all three QSL cards and the certificate. The certificate is on high-quality photo paper.
3. SWL STATIONS- Follow the directions above for USA or NON-USA stations and substitute an SWL report for a QSL card.

The Visegrad Group (V4) is an informal regional association of co-operation between four Central European countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, bound not only by their neighborhood and similar geo-political conditions, but above all, by common history, tradition, culture, and values. Our Award contributes to the integration of the amateur-radio organizations of the V4 Group countries, furthering co-operation of our amateur radio operators under the projects related to the Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon (ARHAB) flights.

Earn 50 points:
1. A mandatory QSO with the Sponsor’s special-event station SN0VBD = 20 pts.
2. QSO’s with the special-event stations of the Visegrad ARHAB Days, operating from:
     A. Hungary: HG0VBD = 15 pts.
     B. Czech Republic OL13VBD = 15 pts.
     C. A QSO with an individual operator co-operating with the Sponsor: 5 pts. (A regularly updated list of valid stations will be published at www.nearspace.eu/stacje )

Any band or any mode, HF or VHF may be used.
A QSO may be repeated with the same station on other bands or with other modes for award credit.
QSO’s via terrestrial repeaters are not valid.
Same conditions apply to SWL’s.
QSL cards from the ARHAB Project stations are not required.

The electronic version of the Award is free of charge and will be delivered as an image file that you may print on your own equipment. You may ask for a hard copy. Fee: PLN 15, or EUR 5. Bank account: Bank PEKAO S.A., Account No. 25 1240 1936 1111 0010 4689 5371. Paypal payments are accepted, please ask for details.

Award Applications: Only in electronic form sent on or before September 30, 2013.
The application form is available at: http://nearspace.eu/award_application
These Rules are valid from May 25 to September 30, 2013.
The Copernicus Project Foundation, Rozgarty, ul. Sarnia 12B, 87-134 Z?awies' Wielka, Poland.
Andrzej Hoffmann SP2FRY, Award Manager, Copernicus Project Foundation.

Contact the 3 special event stations during the 2013 Museum Ships Operating Event which will be held 0000Z 31 May through 2359Z 2 June 2013. Each of the stations will be commemorating the loss of a merchant ship on the Great Lakes.

This operation is sponsored by Ships Amateur Radio Club and commemorates the loss of the "Edmund Fitzgerald, Carl D Bradley and the Daniel J Morrell". Send details of the contact via e-mail to W8CDB at their QRZ.com address. All QSLs for the three ships should be sent with an SASE to W8CDB via QRZ address as well.

Information on the World Wide Museum Ships Operating Event can be found at www.nj2bb.org Information on the SS Carl D Bradley can be found at www.carldbradley.org . The K8B operation will be from Rogers City, MI. Frequencies used in this operation will be on 80,40,20,17 and 15 meters SSB.

The diploma is dedicated to 385th anniversary of the City of Krasnoyarsk. To celebration the "Day of the City", the hams of Krasnoyarsk will hold special operating events to help other stations earn this award. The Days of Activity will commence on 1 June 2013 through 15 June 2013.

Requirements: Earn at least 20 points.
Foreign radio amateurs: make 20 conntacts (QSO) with stations located directly in Krasnoyarsk (20 points)
Stations in Krasnoyarsk - make 20 contacts (QSO) with stations located outside Krasnoyarsk (20 points), or 40 contacts (QSO) with stations located in Krasnoyarsk.

Other point values:
All stations - 1 contact (QSO) with the Jubilee station RZ0AZZ = 10 points.
All stations - 1 contact (QSO) with YL operator = 5 points.
All stations - 1 contact (QSO) with the operator working the Chapel (a historical site) = 5 points.

All bands and modes may be used. Repeater contacts in Krasnoyarsk are OK for the award.
Repeated contacts with the same station are ok if made on different bands.

To obtain the award, you must send an application by e-mail to info@24dx.ru. The application should indicate your name and call sign plus a list of the contacts with the following information: - Date of the QSO, Time of QSO, Call of station contacted and band used for the QSO. After receiving the email and process the results, you will receive a diploma (in electronic format) for self-printing. There is NO charge for this award.

To help celebrate the Chojnow Days, two special event stations, SN0KWF and SN0DCH will be active during the period 15-23 June 2013. The purpose of the event is to promote the history the town and municipality. A special event award will be offered for QSOs with the stations operating from Chojnow (municipality LG01, Legnica County, Lower Silesia Region) during this period. At least one QSO with either special event station is mandatory.

SPs need 5 QSOs, EU 2 and all others just 1. If you cannot find other stations operating from Chojnow, you may make additional QSOs with the special event stations on different bands or modes.

Send log extract of contacts and fee of PLN - 20, EUR - 10E, $US15 or 8 IRCs to: Henryk Karczewski, PO Box 52, 58-400 Kamienna Gora, Poland.

The USA celebrates its Independence Day on July 4^th each year. In 2013, special event stations operating in each of the 13 Colonies, now states, will operate from 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (1300Z),on July 1st, to 12:00 PM (midnight) Eastern Daylight Savings Time, July 6 (0400Z, July 7) . There will be at least two Special .Event stations per colony/state: CT-DE-GA-MA-MD-NC-NH-NJ-NY-PA-RI-SC-VA. The total QSO count for 2012 was 62,079 and more contacts are planned in 2013! The theme for 2013 will be "Banners of the Revolution". The certificate is printed on heavy card stock. Stations working at least one state or, as many as all 13, will be eligible for the certificate.

Applications:
1) Download and print out the Colony Log sheet, from their web page. Fill-in all applicable information. NOTE: this also applies to SWLs requesting a certificate. .
2) A $US5 donation is requested AND A RETURN SELF ADDRESSED LABEL for your certificate return envelope. Your address should be on the label!
3) Cash, check or Money Order is OK. Check or Money Order should be payable to the order of Ken Villone-Award Manager.
4) Send your return label, donation & log sheet to: Ken Villone-KU2US, PO.Box-185, Conesus NY. 14435-0185, USA. Nothing else is needed.

LOG FORMS: You may download and print out the form, below, for your log (right click and save). This is a fillable PDF form. Open the form in Adobe Reader, fill in the information fields and print (make two copies as you cannot save the filled-in form - one to send in and one for your station records).

Award fees:
1. The "Olympic Flame" award is free of charge to all amateurs of the world, and is delivered by an electronic image.
2. During the period of the Winter Olympics, (7 Feb to 23 Feb 2014), all awards may be obtained free of charge by applying through e-mail.
3. Members of the Dolphin Radio Club may receive any of the awards Free of Charge.
4. Fees for applications not made during the period of the Winter Olympics are:
     a. 10 EUR WEB MONEY E274818294114
     b. 10 IRC only RECOMMANDE post service to award manager: (Send by Registered Mail).
     c. Send fees to: Valentin Lukashov, RK6AX, P.O.Box 77, Sochi, Russia, 354200, Russia.

Diploma «SOCHI-2014"

Earn a total of 2014 points in the period from 7th February to 23rd February, 2014.

Year Winter Olympics Host City and Country	Year Winter Olympics Host City and Country	Year Winter Olympics Host City and Country
1924 Chamonix, France 1928 St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932 Lake Placid, N.Y., United States 1936 Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany 1940 Scheduled for Sapporo, Japan* 1944 Scheduled for Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy* 1948 St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952 Oslo, Norway	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960 Squaw Valley, California, United States 1964 Innsbruck, Austria 1968 Grenoble, France 1972 Sapporo, Japan 1976 Innsbruck, Austria 1980 Lake Placid, New York, United States 1980 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	1988 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1992 Albertville, France 1996 Lillehammer, Norway 1998 Nagano, Japan 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 2006 Torino (Turin), Italy 2010 Vancouver, Canada