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| North America SWL Award | North America SSB Award | North America Award |
The UKSMG North America Award is presented to Radio Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners who demonstrate their operating skills on the 50 MHz band. The award is recognised by a certificate for working five DXCC North American countries. Each certificate is numbered sequentially and a list of certificates awarded will be published in Six News, the quarterly journal of the UK Six Metre Group.
The certificate can be endorsed for contacts made using a single mode, i.e. SSB / CW.
This award has the following rules:
The certificate is available to members and non-members of the UK Six Metre Group although we would encourage you to join.
No cross band contacts permitted.
For SWL, station logs must show both the claimed station and the station being worked.
Beacon reports and CQ calls are not permitted.
QSL cards are not required but both stations must consider all contacts complete and a signed declaration is required from the applicant on the application form.
The start date for eligible QSO’s is January 1st 1988.
The cost of the award is as follows:
UK members - £4.00.
UK non-members - £5.00.
Overseas members - $5.00.
Overseas non-members - $8.00.
These charges are to defray the cost of printing media, packing and postage
To apply for the award, complete the application form and return it to the UK Six Metre Group awards manager.
