Summary of RSGB HF Awards 

The RSGB have the following awards, which should be read in conjunction with the General Rules, for activities on the HF bands. 

For further details, or specific enquiries about these awards please e-mail hf.awards@<no spam>rsgb.org.uk 

The IARU Region 1 Award is for contacts with countries that are members of IARU Region 1. This award is available in 3 classes for contacts with 40, 60 and all member countries, with endorsements for single band or mode contacts available. 

The Commonwealth Century Club (CCC) series of awards are for contacts with call areas of the Commonwealth of Nations. The basic award is for 100 call areas, with a Supreme Award for contacting all call areas. There is also a 5 Band (80,40,20,15, 10 m) award in five classes with additional endorsements for WARC and 160m bands. 

The Worked ITU Zones (W ITU Z) series of awards are for contacts with stations located in ITU Zones. The basic award is for working 70 of the 75 ITU Zones, with a Supreme Award for contacting all 75 Zones. There is also a 5 Band (80,40,20,15, 10 m) award in five classes with additional endorsements for WARC and 160m bands. 

The "advanced" levels of the CCC and W ITU Z Awards offer a difficult challenge to even the most active DXer. In recognition of this difficulty there are plaques available for the higher classes of these awards. 

The RSGB 136kHz Award is an operating award for both 2-way, cross-band and SWL, for confirmed contacts (or reception reports) between stations in different countries on 136kHz amateur allocation. 

DARC, AMRAD & RSGB 136kHz Transatlantic Challenge is a memorial to the late Peter Bobek, DJ8WL/DA0LF, for his work on 160m and 136kHz.  The DARC, AMRAD and RSGB are collectively sponsoring the Challenge. Two pairs of trophies are to be awarded one for each of the pair of amateur stations who make the first confirmed 2-way LF Transatlantic QSO on the 136kHz amateur allocation.  Awards will also be issued for reception and distance records twice a year. 

All RSGB Awards are open to SWLs but there is also the DX Listeners Century Award (DXLCA) especially for SWLs. The basic award is for obtaining QSL cards from amateur stations in 100 countries, with subsequent endorsements for additional countries in steps of 25 to 200 countries, in steps of 10 from 200 to 300 countries and in steps of five beyond 300 countries. 

The Worked All Continents (WAC) Award, issued by IARU Headquarters, may be claimed through the RSGB HF Awards Manager. 

Applications and enquiries should be sent to the RSGB HF Awards Manager at the address given below. A booklet containing the full rules, check lists and application forms is available for £1.50 or US$3 or 5 IRCs. 

John Dunnington G3LZQ
Box-36
Gilberdyke
East Yorkshire
HU15 2WX
England

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you can contact John by e-mail: hf.awards@<no spam>rsgb.org.uk

QSL cards for the ARRL DXCC Award may now be checked in the UK.  This applies to QSL cards from a list of selected countries taken from the full DXCC list.  For a list of the countries eligible for field checking and details of the checkpoints, please send an SAE to G4BWP QTHR or via email to fredch@<no spam>homeshack.freeserve.co.uk

CQ Awards Checkpoint

The UK Checkpoints for CQ Awards are Rob Ferguson, GM3YTS gm3yts@<no spam>btinternet.com and John Dunnington G3LZQ, hf.awards@<no spam>rsgb.org.uk

Further information about the CQ Awards can be found at www.cq-amateur-radio.com/infoc.html