ISWL Contest Calendar 2010

The League's Contests and awards Manager arranges monthly events for members,
with a certificate being awarded to the winner of each contest, and an annual trophy
is presented to the member, gaining the most points in each category during the year.

The ISWL Contests are open to "Current"  Members Only

21 Trophies were won by ISWL members at the end of 2008.
However with some members winning more than one trophy
and those concerned, receiving one trophy engraved with details
revealing trophies they have won, the number of actual trophies
presented, is reduced to the 11 (eleven) shown above.
 Congratulations to all the 2008 winners

The President's trophies for 2008

Contests are open to ALL "Current "  ISWL members

All contest entries must reach the contest manager by the date shown.


The ISWL Contests and Awards Manager is:

or email to :-

 

The Contest's Manager must receive member's logs
by the time and Date stated for each contest.

Late submissions will NOT be accepted

Member's Contest Calendar 2010

Contest Information:

  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 /A, /P, /M, /MM

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.

As some Computerized Logbooks only show "Bands" and not "Full QRG's",
The Awards Manager is prepared to accept this format if used.

Prefix & Country lists can be downloaded from our home page

  Points to be Awarded 

The following points are available for each contest:

1st  Place:

15 Points

2nd Place:

13 Points

3rd Place:

12 Points

4th  Place:

11 Points

5th  Place:

  9 Points

6th  Place:

  7 Points

All other places:

  5 Points

ALL TIMES ARE UTC UNLESS MENTIONED BELOW

Contacts made via "Echo-Link", "CQ-100"
and similar Computer Modes

ARE NOT VALID
for any ISWL Awards or Contests

Prefix & Country lists can be downloaded from our home page

 Good Luck in the contests

2010 CONTESTS

Good Luck in the contests

NEXT ISWL CONTEST

MARCH

1st ISWL HF Broadcast Band Contest

 

The aim of this contest is to log as many Broadcast stations as
possible on the 31, 25 and 19 Metre HF Broadcast Bands between:

0001 hrs March 13th to 2359 hrs March 14th

Logs must show Date, UTC, Frequency, Station ID, Country and Points claimed

 Scores will be one point for stations in own continent, two points all other stations.

If the same country is logged on all 3 bands an extra 5 points are scored.   

Final score being the total points multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.

Stations count once only, Relay stations count as country in which the
station located
i.e. BBC Seychelles counts as Seychelles.

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by April 10th 2010.

 

MARCH

CQWPX Weekend Prefix Contest

The aim of the contest is to log as many prefixes as possible on the Amateur bands.

The Contest will run during the CQWW weekend contest from:

 0001 hrs March 27th to 2359 hrs March 28th

 Scores will be one point each prefix, with the final score being
the total points multiplied by the total Countries logged.
(
Countries only count once as a multiplier )

Prefixes will count once only.
(
GW4 on 80m will not count on any other band )

 Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Country.

( DL2RTY  7056.0  1856  28/03/10  Germany )

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by April 10th 2010.

 

APRIL

HF Contest

The aim of this Contest is to log up to five Amateur Stations per
Country on the HF bands (
including WARC ).  Between:

0001 hrs April 10th to 2359 hrs April 11th

Scores will be one point per QSO, with the final score being the total
points multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.
(
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Country.

( DL3STS  7008.9   1857    11/04   Germany )

Entries must be sent to the Contest Manager by May 10th 2010.

 

APRIL

East of the Prime Meridian Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur radio stations per HF band
per Country in as many Countries as possible located East of the Meridian Line
(
0 degrees ). This includes stations in some parts of the UK etc.

All stations must be located at a Longitude of East.

0001 hrs April 24th to 2359 hrs April 25th

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Location*, Country.

( * only for QSO's from Countries which are both East and West. IE: England )

You will need to get the atlas out for this contest!

The score's will be one point per QSO, with the final score being all points
added together and multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.
(
Countries count once only as a multiplier )

Logs must reach the contest manager before May 10th 2010.

MAY

May Day VHF Airband Contest

The aim being to log up to 10 flights per airline on the VHF Air Bands between:

0001 hrs May 1st and 2359 hrs May 3rd

 Flights can be logged once only.

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Airline Points.

( BA119   124.200   1538    03/05   British A/W  1 )

Scores will be 1 point for aircraft based in the UK, with 2 points for all other
aircraft, the final score being the total number of points multiplied by total
number of Airlines logged.
(
Airlines count once only as multiplier )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before June 10th 2010.

 

MAY

Any Ten Hours HF Amateur Bands Contest

The aim is to log up to five stations per Country in as many Countries
as possible during a time period of ten hours of your choice, the time can
be split in hourly portions. The ten hours must be between:

Saturday 8th May and Friday 14th May

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS, Country.

( GW4OXB  21335.0  1257  12/05  55  Wales )

Scores will be one point for QSO's in own Continent and two points for all other
QSO's, the final score being the total points multiplied by the total Countries.
(
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Entries must reach the contest manager before June 10th 2010.

MAY

North Atlantic  Selcall Contest

The aim of this Contest is to log as many Selcalls as possible
on the HF air bands between:

0001 hrs May 22nd and 2359 hrs May 23rd  

Logs must show Selcall, Flight No, Frequency, UTC, Date, Airline.

( BPFH, AA106, 5616 0845, 22/05/10, American Airlines )

Scores will be 1 point for each contact; the final score will be total
points x the total number of Airlines logged.
(
Airlines count once only a multiplier )

Selcalls can only be logged once unless used by different Airlines.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before June 10th 2010.

 

JUNE

Just Listening “Letters” Contest

The object of this contest is to log or work up to five Amateur radio
stations in Countries whose name starts with one of the letters in
ISWL Just Listening ” between:

0001 hrs June 5th to 2359 hrs June 6th 

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Country, Letter claimed, points

( JA4FFR 14MHz 1234 6/6  Japan 2 )

Scores will be one point for QSO's in own Continent and two points for all
other QSO's, the final score being the total points multiplied by the total Countries.
(
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Entries must reach the contest manager before July 10th 2010.

 

JUNE

West of the Prime Meridian Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur radio stations on each
of the HF bands in as many Countries as possible located West of the
Meridian Line (
0 degrees ). This includes stations in some parts of the
UK etc. Stations must be located at a Longitude of West.
The contest will run between:

0001 hrs June 12th and 2359 hrs June 13th 

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Location*, Country.
( *
only for QSO's from Countries which are at both East and West. IE: England )

You will need to get the atlas out for this contest!

The score's will be one point per QSO, with the final score being all
points added together and multiplied by the total number of Countries

Logs must reach the contest manager before July 10th 2010.

 

JUNE

All Continents Broadcast Band Contest

 

The aim of this contest is to log as many Broadcast stations as
possible on the 49, 41, 31, 25, 19, 16 and 13 Metre HF Broadcast
Bands between:

0001 hrs June 19th to 2359 hrs June 20th  

Logs must show Date, UTC, Frequency, Station ID,
Country and Points claimed

Scores will be one point for stations in own continent,
two points all other stations.

If the same country is logged on any 5 of the 7 bands an
extra 10 points are scored.
  

Final score being the total points multiplied by the total
number of Countries logged.

Stations count once only.
Relay stations count as country in which station is located
i.e.
BBC Seychelles counts as Seychelles.

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by July 10th 2010.

JULY

Selected Amateur Radio Band Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur Stations in
as many Countries as possible
on the HF band of you choice.
The contest will run between:

0001 hrs July 3rd and 2359 hrs July 4th

Scores will be 1 point for stations in own Continent, 2 points for all other
stations, the final score will be total points on each band added and then
multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.
(
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Logs must show callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Country, Points claimed.

( HA2DRE  ??????  1645  03/07  Hungary  1 )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before August 10th 2010.

 

JULY

Islands on the Air Contest

The aim will be to log as many Islands on the Air as possible during the
contest times on any of the amateur radio HF bands. Islands will count
once on each band, the scores will be one point per contact with the
total score being the totals on each band added together.

The contest will run at the same time as the RSGB IOTA Weekend between:

0001 hrs July 24th and 2359 hrs July 25th

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Location, IOTA Number.

( M1DZT 14200.0  1453   25/07 Seaton Delaval  EU005 )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before August 10th 2010.

 

AUGUST

World Wide Air Traffic Control Contest

The aim being to log as many flights as possible on the VHF/HF Air Band between:

0001 hrs August 7th and 2359 hrs August 8th  

Flights can be logged once only on VHF and HF.

Logs must show Flight, MHz, UTC, Date, Airline, Points, Bonus.

( BA119   124.200   1538    08/08   British A/W    01     - )

( BA119     5598      1830    08/08   British A/W   01      01 )

Scores will be 1 point for aircraft based in the UK, with 2 points for all
other aircraft
and one bonus point for flights heard on VHF and HF,
with a final score of the total points multiplied by total Airlines logged.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2010.

 

AUGUST

The International Lighthouse Weekend Contest

The aim is to log as many amateur radio stations as possible operating from
a Light / Lighthouse during the Lighthouse weekend. To allow for the fact
that stations will be operating at local times, ( ZL's will be on the bands from
Friday, while American stations will start midday on Saturday etc ).
This Contest will operate from:

1800 hrs Friday 13th August to 0800 hrs Monday 16th August

Logs :- Callsign, MHz, Local time, Date, RS, Lighthouse, LH No, Country.

( GB2BL 21330.0  1234  16/08  59  Bamburgh  ENG004  England ).

Scores will be one point for QSO's in own Continent and two points for all other
QSO's, with the final score being total points added together x total number of
Countries logged (
Countries count once only as the multiplier ).
Note:
 /A,  /P,  /L  and  /M  count for this contest.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2010.

 

AUGUST

Herbert Yeldham’s North of the Equator Contest

The object being to log up to 10 stations per country in as many
countries as possible located North of the Equator between:

0001 hrs August 21st and 2359 hrs August 22nd 

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS, Country, Points.

( MW1DZT  21MHz   1428   22/08   55  Wales )

Scores will be one point for each QSO, the final score being the
total points x the number of countries logged

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2010.

SEPTEMBER

Amateur Radio Callsign Numbers Contest

 Log up to five different stations in each Country on each of the HF bands
during the following times and numbers rules (
EG: Five different Callsigns
with the number 4 in can be logged in each Country on each band on 07/09/10).

From:

To:  No. shown in callsign
0001 hrs 4/09/10 2359 hrs 4/09/10

1

0001 hrs 5/09/10 2359 hrs 5/09/10 2
0001 hrs 6/09/10 2359 hrs 6/09/10 3
0001 hrs 7/09/10 2359 hrs 7/09/10 4
0001 hrs 8/09/10 2359 hrs 8/09/10 5
0001 hrs 9/09/10 2359 hrs 9/09/10 6
0001 hrs 10/09/10 2359 hrs 10/09/10 7 & 8
0001 hrs 11/09/10 2359 hrs 11/09/10 9
0001 hrs 12/09/10 2359 hrs 12/09/10 0

 Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS, Country

( GW4OXB    7MHz    1854     07/09  59   Wales  1 )

Score as follows:
one point for each QSO, with a final score of all points added together,
then multiplied by the number of DAYS used to monitor the bands.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before October 10th 2010.  

 

SEPTEMBER

Worked All Americas (N'th & S'th) Amateur Radio Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur Radio stations per Country
per band in as many Countries as possible on the Continents of North and
South America monitoring any of the HF bands. The contest will run between:

0001 hrs September 18th and 2359 hrs September 19th

Logs must show Call Sign, Frequency, UTC, Date, RS, Country.

( VA3XXZ  21MHz  1456  18/09  54  Canada  1 )

Scores will be one point for each QSO, with the final score being
the total number of points x the total number of Countries logged.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before October 10th 2010.

OCTOBER

2nd ISWL HF Broadcast Band Contest

 

The aim of this contest is to log as many Broadcast stations as possible
on the 49, 41 and 31 Metre HF Broadcast Bands between:

0001 hrs October 2nd to 2359 hrs October 3rd  

 Logs must show Date, UTC, Frequency, Station ID, Country and Points claimed

Scores will be one point for stations in own continent, two points
all other stations.

If the same country is logged on all 3 bands an extra 5 points are scored.   

Final score being the total points multiplied by the total number of
Countries logged.

Stations count once only, Relay stations count as country in which station
is located
i.e. BBC Seychelles counts as Seychelles.

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by November 10th 2010.

OCTOBER

Jamboree On The Air 2010

The object is to log as many Amateur radio operated Scout stations
as possible on all of the HF bands between:

0001 hrs October 16th and 2359 hrs October 17th   

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS, Scout Group, Country.

Scores will be one point per QSO.

The final score will be the total number of
points x the total number of Countries logged.
(
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

A Scout station can be logged once only on each band.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before November 10th 2010.

OCTOBER

2nd CQWPX Weekend Prefix Contest

The Contest will run during the 2nd CQWW weekend contest between:

0001 hrs October 30th and 2359 hrs October 31st 

The aim of the contest is to log as many prefixes as possible
on the Amateur bands.

Prefixes will count once only.
(
GW4 on 80m will not count on any other band )

Scores will be one point each prefix, with the final score being
the total points multiplied by the total Countries logged.
(
Countries only count once as a multiplier )

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Country Prefix.

( DL2RTY  7056.0  1856  30/10  Germany  DL2 )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before November 10th 2010.

 

NOVEMBER

Worldwide HF Air traffic Control Contest

The aim of the contest is to log up to 10 flights per airline on the HF Airbands.
Flights can be logged once only. The contest will run between:

0001 hrs November 6th and 2359 hrs November 7th   

Points will be 1 point for Airlines on the NAT frequencies, 2 points for all
other flights. The final score being all points added together x the
total number of Air Traffic Control Areas logged (
NAT A, NAT B, etc).

Logs must show Callsign/Flight, MHz, UTC, Date, Airline, ATCC, points.

( BA253R    5616   2143   06/06/10 British A/W  NAT A  1 )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before December 10th 2010.

 

NOVEMBER

Worked All Africa Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur Radio stations per Country
in as many Countries as possible on the Continent of Africa on any of the HF bands.
The contest will run between:

0001 hrs November 13th and 2359 hrs November 14th   

Logs must show Call Sign, Frequency, UTC, Date, RS, Country.

( EA8BYR  21330.0 1456  14/11  54  Canary Islands )

Scores will be one point for each QSO, with the final score being
the total number of points x the total number of Countries logged.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before December 10th 2010.

 

DECEMBER

Any Set Six Hours HF Amateur Bands Contest

The aim is to log up to five stations per Country in as many Countries
as possible
during a time period of six hours ( in one block )
of your choice, which can be between:

0001 hrs December 4th and 2359 hrs December 5th   

 Logs must show Call sign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS, Country Points.

( GW4OXB  21MHz  1257  05/12  55  Wales  1 )

Scores will be one point for QSO's in own Continent and two points
for all other QSO's, the final score being the total points multiplied
by the total Countries. (
Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before January 10th 2011    

 

DECEMBER

Herbert Yeldham’s South of the Equator Contest

The aim of this contest is to log up to ten Amateur Radio stations per Country
in as many Countries as possible located South of the Equator between:

0001 hrs December 11th to 2359 hrs December 12th   

Logs must show Call Sign, Frequency, UTC, Date, RS, Country.

( VK3FYT  21330.0 1456  12/12  54  Australia )

Scores will be one point for each QSO, with the final score being the
total number of points x the total number of Countries logged.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before January 10th 2011

DECEMBER

Christmas 2009 DXCC Contest

Log up to five Amateur Radio stations in each Country on the HF bands
(
inc WARC ).  The Contest will run between:

0001 hrs December 25th and 2359 hrs December 28th

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, RS Country, Points.

( PY2RRR    14MHz    1236    25/12    59    Brazil  2 )

Scores will be 1 point for stations in your own Continent,
2 points for all other stations, with the final score being
all points added together and then multiplied by
the total number of Countries.
(
Countries count once only as a multiplier ).

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by January 10th 2011.

 

DECEMBER

 Christmas Broadcast Band Contest

 The aim of this contest is to log as many Broadcast stations
as possible on the shortwave bands between:

0001 hrs December 25th to 2359 hrs December 28th 

Logs must show Date, UTC, Frequency, Station ID, Country
and Points claimed

Scores will be one point for stations in own continent, two points
all other stations.

Final score being the total points multiplied by the total number of
Countries logged.

Stations count once only, Relay stations count as country in
which station is located
i.e. BBC Seychelles counts as Seychelles.

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by January 10th 2011.

 

2010 - Completed Contests

Members Logs can still be submitted
for the Contests below, providing they
arrive
BEFORE the closure dates.

The Contest's Manager MUST receive member's log's
by the time and Date stated for each contest.

Late submissions will NOT be accepted

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

FEBRUARY 2010

This Contest has ENDED:
Entries must be sent to the Contest Manager by March 10th 2010

VHF Airbands Contest

 The aim being to log up to 10 flights per Airline on the VHF Air Bands between:

 0001 hrs February 6th and 2359 hrs February 7th   

 Flights can be logged once only.

 Logs must show Flight, MHz, UTC, Date, Airline.

( BA119   124.200   1538    07/02   British A/W )

 Scores will be 1 point for aircraft based in the UK, with 2
points for all other aircraft, with a final score of total
points multiplied by total Airlines logged.

  

FEBRUARY 2010

This Contest has ENDED:
Entries must be sent to the Contest Manager by March 10th 2010

Single Band Contest ~  20 Metres


The aim of this contest is to log up to five Amateur Stations in as
many Countries as possible on the 20m HF band between:

0001 hrs February 13th and 2359 hrs February 14th  

Scores will be 1 point for stations in own Continent, 2 points for all other
stations, the final score will be total points on each band added and then
multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.
( Countries count once only as the multiplier )

Logs must show callsign, MHZ, UTC, Date, Country, Points claimed.

( HA2DRE  21335.0  1645  13/02  Hungary 1 )

This Contest has ENDED:
Entries must be sent to the Contest Manager by April 10th 2010

MARCH 2010

ARRL Weekend DXCC Contest

 The aim of the contest is to log up to 5 Amateur radio stations per country,
 USA State and Canadian Province on the HF Amateur radio bands.
The Contest will run during the ARRL weekend contest from:

 0001 hrs March 6th to 2359 hrs March 7th   

 The same station can be logged once on each band.

 Scores will be one point each QSO with the final score being the total points
multiplied by the total Countries, USA States and Canadian Provinces logged.
(
Countries count once as a multiplier )

Logs must show Callsign, MHz, UTC, Date, Country.

( DL2RTY  7056.0  1856  07/03 Germany )

Good Luck in the contests