ISWL Contest Calendar 2013

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

These trophies were won by ISWL members at the end of 2011.
Some members won more than one trophy, so those members
received one engraved trophy, with details revealing all the
categories they have won. So the number of actual trophies
presented, is reduced to the 12 shown above.

Congratulations to all the winners

The President's Cups for 2011
One was presented for TX and one for RX

5 trophies were presented for TX and 5 for RX

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 2013
Contest Information:

Contest Rules which refer to all Amateur Band Contests:

Stations operating outside their own Country will count as follows:

example - G3DDD/EA8 counts as EA8 Canary Islands.

example - 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.

Contacts made via "Echo-Link", "CQ-100" and similar modes
are not valid for ISWL Awards or Contests.

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
Please refer to the Member's Contests Booklet sent out
with the November 2012 issue of the Monitor magazine

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
(Contact Cliff, if you did not receive the 2012 Contest Booklet)

Good Luck in the contests

JANUARY 2013

New Year HF DXCC Contest
The aim of this contest will be to log up to five amateur radio stations per band
on each of the HF bands in as many DXCC Countries as possible between:

0001 hrs December 31st 2012 and 2359 hrs January 1st

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

(GW4OXB 21335.0 1743 03/01 48 Wales 1)

Scores will be one point for QSO's in own Continent and 2 points for all other QSO's,
with the final score being the total points multiplied by the total number of Countries
logged (Five stations can be logged in each Country on each band but Countries
count only once as a multiplier).

EA8/G4RTU counts as EA8 Canary Islands, DL6TYU/CT counts as CT Portugal.
/P or /MM will not count

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before February 10th 2013

North Atlantic HF Airband Contest
The object is to log up to 10 flights per airline on the
North Atlantic (NAT) HF air bands between:

0001 hrs January 12th and 2359 hrs January 13th.

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

(BA115 5598 1030 16/01 British A/W 1)

Scores will be one point for airlines based in the UK, and two points for all
other airlines. The final score will be the total number of points multiplied by
the total number of Airlines (Airlines count once only as the multiplier).

The same Aircraft can be logged once on each frequency.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before February 10th 2013

Worked All Europe Contest
Log up to five Amateur stations in each Country on the Continent of Europe
including the European parts of Russia and Turkey between:

0001 hrs January 19th and 2359 hrs January 20th

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

(SV2FGY 14230.0 1556 24/01 59 Greece)

G3***/EA will count as Spain, DL*/G3*** will count as Germany,
/A, /M, /MM and /P will not count for this contest.

Scores will be one point for each QSO, the final score will be the total points
multiplied by the total number of Countries logged.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before February 10th 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

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

0001 hrs February 2nd and 2359 hrs February 3rd

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.

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before March 10th 2013

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 9th and 2359 hrs February 10th

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)

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before March 10th 2013

MARCH 2013

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 2nd to 2359 hrs March 3rd

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 06/03 Germany)

Logs must reach the Contest Manager by April 10th 2013

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 9th to 2359 hrs March 10th

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 April 10th 2013

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 30th to 2359 hrs March 31st

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 2013

APRIL 2013

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 6th to 2359 hrs April 7th

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 10/04 Germany)

Entries must be sent to the Contest Manager by May 10th 2013

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 20th to 2359 hrs April 21st

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 2013

MAY 2013

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

0001 hrs May 4th 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).

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before June 10th 2013

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 11th May to Friday 17th 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 2013

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 25th and 2359 hrs May 26th

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

(BPFH, AA106, 5616 0845, 23/05/10, 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 2013

JUNE 2013

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 1st to 2359 hrs June 2nd

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 2013

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 8th and 2359 hrs June 9th

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 2013

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 22nd to 2359 hrs June 23rd

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 2013

JULY 2013

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 6th and 2359 hrs July 7th

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 04/07 Hungary 1)

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before August 10th 2013

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 in own continent and two points for all
other QSOs 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 27th and 2359 hrs July 28th

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 2013

AUGUST 2013

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 3rd and 2359 hrs August 4th

Flights can be logged once only on VHF and HF.

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

(BA119 124.200 1538 07/08 British A/W 01 -)

(BA119 5598 1830 07/08 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 2013

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 19th 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 2013

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 24th and 2359 hrs August 25th

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

(MW1DZT 21MHz 1428 22/07 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 2013

SEPTEMBER 2013

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 10/09/13).

From To No. shown in callsign

0001 hrs 7/09/13 2359 hrs 7/09/13 1

0001 hrs 8/09/13 2359 hrs 8/09/13 2

0001 hrs 9/09/13 2359 hrs 9/09/13 3

0001 hrs 10/09/13 2359 hrs 10/09/13 4

0001 hrs 11/09/13 2359 hrs 11/09/13 5

0001 hrs 12/09/13 2359 hrs 12/09/13 6

0001 hrs 13/09/13 2359 hrs 13/09/13 7 and 8

0001 hrs 14/09/13 2359 hrs 14/09/13 9

0001 hrs 15/09/13 2359 hrs 15/09/13 0

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

( GW4OXB 7MHz 1854 07/11 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 2013

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 21st and 2359 hrs September 22nd

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

(VA3FYT 21MHz 1456 18/11 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 2013

OCTOBER 2013

2nd ISWL HF 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 October 5th to 2359 hrs October 6th

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 4 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 2013

Jamboree On The Air 2013
The object is to log as many Amateur radio operated Scout stations
as possible on all of the HF bands between:

0001 hrs October 19th and 2359 hrs October 20th

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 2013

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

0001 hrs October 26th and 2359 hrs October 27th

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 2013

NOVEMBER 2013

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 9th and 2359 hrs November 10th

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 07/11/10 British A/W NAT A 1).

Entries must reach the Contest Manager before December 10th 2013

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 23rd and 2359 hrs November 24th

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 2013

DECEMBER 2013

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 7th and 2359 hrs December 8th

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 2014

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 14th to 2359 hrs December 15th

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

(VK3FYT 21330.0 1456 11/12 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 2014

Christmas 2013 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 29th

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 2014

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 29th

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 2014

Completed Contests

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

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

Late submissions will NOT be accepted