ISWL ALL YEAR Contests

As part of the League's Contests and Awards programme,
the Awards Manager arranges some ALL YEAR contest for members,
with an annual trophy for the member, gaining the most points
in each category during the year.

These Contests Run Every Year from:

 0000z on January 1st to 2400z on December 31st

The ISWL Contests are open to "Current "  Members Only

Please Note that contacts made via "Echo-Link", "CQ-100"
and similar Computer Modes
ARE NOT VALID for any ISWL Awards or Contests

2011 - All Year contest Logs must reach the contest manager
 by 10th February 2012

2012 - All Year contest Logs must reach the contest manager
 by 10th February 2013

Entries arriving late will automatically be Rejected

The 2010 Line Up of ISWL Trophies

Contests are open to ALL " Current" ISWL members


The ISWL Contests and Awards Manager is:

or email to :-

   

Contest Rules which refer to all Amateur Band Contests:

  Stations operating outside their own Country will count as follows:

G3DDD/EA8 counts as EA8 Canary Islands.

PY/DL8GGG counts as PY Brazil.

Stations operating as /M, /MM

CQ calls are allowed

Prefixes must be listed as per the ISWL, ARRL, RSGB or AC6V lists.

Countries must be as listed on the ISWL, ARRL, RSGB or AC6V lists.

  Points to be Awarded 

The following points are available for each ALL YEAR contest: 

1st  Place:                    

25 Points

2nd Place:                    

20 Points

3rd Place:                    

16 Points

4th  Place:                    

13 Points

5th  Place:                    

11 Points

6th  Place:                     

10 Points

All other places:

  8 Points

 

ALL YEAR CHALLENGE

  The object is to log a station from each country on as many
of the NINE bands as possible.

Mixed Modes are accepted

Scoring is 4 points for stations on 160M,  2 points for 80 and 40M, 
 1 point for all the other bands. Including WARC bands.

This total is then multiplied by the total number of countries
heard throughout the year.

ALL YEAR PREFIX CHALLENGE

The object of this contest is to log as many different prefixes as possible
during the year on the NINE bands.

Once the prefix is heard on one band it  CANNOT
be claimed on another band

Scoring is one point per prefix multiplied by the total
number of countries heard

BROADCAST BAND ALL YEAR CHALLENGE

 The object is to log ONE station per country on
each of the 11 Broadcast Bands

Scoring is 1 point for a station in your own continent
and 2 points for all other continents

This total is them multiplied by the total number
of countries heard throughout the year.