ISWL Contest Calendar

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
19 Trophies were won by ISWL members at the end of 2007.
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
is reduced to the 11 (eleven) shown above.
 Congratulations to all the 2007 winners

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 2008

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 /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.

  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

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

Details of Completed 2008 Contests with current submission
dates for member's logs, are listed at the bottom of this page.

MAY 2008

THIS WEEK'S ISWL CONTEST

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 10th May and Friday 16th 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). 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before June 10th 2008

NEXT ISWL CONTEST

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 24th and 2359 hrs May 25th 

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

(BPFH, AA106, 5616 0845, 24/05/03, 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. 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before June 10th 2008 

JUNE 2008

 

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 7th to 2359 hrs June 8th 

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).

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before July 10th 2008

 

 

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. All stations must be located at a Longitude of West.
The contest will run between:

 0001 hrs June 14th and 2359 hrs June 15th   

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

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before July 10th 2008

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 21st to 2359 hrs June 22nd 

 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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager by July 10th 2008

JULY 2008

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 5th and 2359 hrs July 6th  

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  05/07  Hungary  1). 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before August 10th 2008

 

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 26th and 2359 hrs July 27th  

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

(M1DZT 14200.0  1453   26/07 Seaton Delaval  EU005).

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before August 10th 2008

AUGUST 2008

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 2nd and 2359 hrs August 3rd   

Flights can be logged once only on VHF and HF.

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

(BA119   124.200   1538    09/08   British A/W    01     -).

(BA119     5598      1830    09/08   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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2008

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 16th August to 0800 hrs Monday 18th August 

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

(GB2BL 21330.0  1234  17/08  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 /P, /L and /M count for this contest

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2008

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 23rd and 2359 hrs August 24th

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

(MW1DZT  21MHz   1428   19/07   55  Wales).

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

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before September 10th 2008

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

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 09/09/08).

From
To
No. shown in callsign
0001 hrs 6/09/08 2359 hrs 6/09/08 1
0001 hrs 7/09/08 2359 hrs 7/09/08 2
0001 hrs 8/09/08 2359 hrs 8/09/08 3
0001 hrs 9/09/08 2359 hrs 9/09/08 4
0001 hrs 10/09/08 2359 hrs 10/09/08 5
0001 hrs 11/09/08 2359 hrs 11/09/08 6
0001 hrs 12/09/08 2359 hrs 12/09/08 7 and 8
0001 hrs 13/09/08 2359 hrs 13/09/08 9
0001 hrs 14/09/08 2359 hrs 14/09/08 0

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

( GW4OXB    7MHz    1854     16/09  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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before October 10th 2008  

 

Worked All Americas (N & Sth) 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 20th and 2359 hrs September 21st    

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

(VK3FYT  21MHz  1456  27/09  54  Australia  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. 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before October 10th 2008

OCTOBER 2007

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 4th to 2359 hrs October 5th 

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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager by November 10th 2008

Jamboree On The Air 2008

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

 0001 hrs October 18th and 2359 hrs October 19th     

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. 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before November 10th 2008

2nd CQWPX Weekend Prefix Contest

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

 0001 hrs October 25th and 2359 hrs October 26th   

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  26/10  Germany  DL2). 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before November 10th 2008

NOVEMBER 2008

Worldwide HF Airtraffic 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 1st and 2359 hrs November 2nd  

 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   01/06/02 British A/W  NAT A  1). 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before December 10th 2008

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 15th and 2359 hrs November 16th   

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

(EA8BYR  21330.0 1456  22/11  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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before December 10th 2008

  

DECEMBER 2008

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 6th and 2359 hrs December 7th     

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

(GW4OXB  21MHz  1257  13/12  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).

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before January 10th 2009      

 

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 13th to 2359 hrs December 14th   

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

(VK3FYT  21330.0 1456  30/08  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. 

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager before January 10th 2009 

Christmas 2008 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    24/12    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).

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager by January 10th 2009. 

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.

 Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager by January 10th 2009

 

2008 - 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 logs
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

 

THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED

Member's entries must reach the Contest Manager by June 10th 2008

MAY  2008

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 3rd and 2359 hrs May 5th )

 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).

 

 Good Luck in the contests