II9P CQ WW Award 2023

 

1. Purpose
Awarding stations working II9P Arcibessi Dx & Contest Team during its CQWW SSB 2023 activity

2. Award  Start / End dates
Start SSB leg: at 00.00 UTC 28 Oct  2023 end  23:59 UTC  29 Oct 2023

3. YL / OM QSO
Award is issued logging the QSO with II9P in the period indicated at point 2.
2xSSB QSOs with exchange of reports are valid (RS for SSB CQ zone).

4. Valid Bands
HF  1.8 - 3.5 – 7 – 14 – 21 - 28 MHz

5. Valid Modes
SSB

6. Scores / QSOs
To obtain the award, a minimum of 20 points is required as the sum of all logged qso with II9P station.
Award ranking will be available online (https://www.qrz.com/db/ii9p) for operators making QSOs with II9P station, based on the total sum of points as on point 7:
Real time QSO will be available online (https://www.qrz.com/db/ii9p) for operators making QSOs with II9P station

7. Point values
10 points for each SSB QSO on 10 m
8 points for each SSB QSO on 15 m
5 points for each SSB QSO on 20 m
8 points for each SSB QSO on 40 m
10 points for each SSB QSO on 80 m
20 points for each SSB QSO on 160 m

8. QSO accreditation
II9P station can be worked only once on each band.
A "dupe" QSO will not be considered as a penalty but will reduce II9P station efficiency for the competition.

9. Score listings
Ranking is calculated for overall and continental scores:
highest and fastest score SSB

10. Award release
A minimum of 20 points is required to obtain the award, within the times and methods indicated in these rules. Issue of the award is free and does not require paper QSLs.
The award is issued by downloading the file in digital format, in high resolution A4 format, without registration, through the page https://www.qrz.com/db/ii9p, at the end of every contest.