To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of GPDX - PORTUGUESE DX CLUB, that will be held in May 2024 Award Start / End Dates The Award will start on May 01, 2024 (00:00 UTC) and ends on May 31, 2024 (23.59 UTC). STATIONS Three special event stations will be active , CS2GPDX (Continental Portugal) , CR2GPDX (Azores) and CR3GPDX (Madeira Island) representing GPDX-PORTUGUESE DX GROUP , and operated exclusively by GPDX members. Below we will refer as 'special event stations' meaning CR2GPDX or CS2GPDX or CR3GPDX. MODES SSB, CW , FT8, FT4 and RTTY BANDS HF, except 160 m, according to the IARU Band Plan SCORES Number of QSOs. QSO Accreditation Trophies - To be eligible for one Trophy attributable to QSOs with each special event station, these are the conditions: Trophy with CS2GPDX - a minimum of 15 QSOs are required (any band/mode) with CS2GPDX (R) Trophy with CR2GPDX - a minimum of 10 QSOs are required (any band/mode) with CR2GPDX (R) Trophy with CR3GPDX - a minimum of 8 QSOs are required (any band/mode) with CR3GPDX (R) Gold Award – minimum of 12 QSOs with CS2GPDX , 12 QSOs with CR2GPDX and 10 QSOs with CR3GPDX. No dupe QSOs in same band and same mode. However it is allowed to work the same special event station in same band but different mode. Silver Award – minimum of 10 QSOs with CS2GPDX, 10 QSOs with CR2GPDX and 8 QSOs with CR3GPDX. No dupe QSOs in same band and same mode. However it is allowed to work the same special event station in same band but different mode. Brass Award – minimum of 8 QSOs with CS2GPDX, 8 QSOs with CR2GPDX and 6 QSOs with CR3GPDX . No dupe QSOs in same band and same mode. However it is allowed to work the same special event station in same band but different mode. REPORTS Each special event GPDX station will exchange the RST report as usual. (R/S in SSB , R/S/T for CW and SNR for DIGI) CATEGORIES There are 4 categories: DIGITAL - FT8/FT4/RTTY SSB CW MIXED (ALL MODES) At the end of the competition, the winner of the EACH category, trophy or award - and only if that station is winning more than one trophy or award - will be contacted to choose which - trophy or award - he wants to be awarded. The second in the standings will automatically move to first place as the winner of that category/trophy/award. In the event of a tie, the participant that had reached the score sooner will be awarded. LOGS Logs are not accepted, and not needed, as rankings are managed by the HAMAWARD platform that automatically generates scores and rankings. DX SPOTS You can follow spots on the DX Cluster network here: https://www.dxwatch.com/dx/cr2gpdx,cs2gpdx and RBN spots here: https://bit.ly/GPDX_RBN RANKING VIEW It will be possible to follow the live updated status of the ranking on the website hamaward.cloud (with personal login). PRIZES TROPHIES Trophies will be awarded to the first 3 highest scores (category MIXED), with special event Callsign CS2GPDX Trophies will be awarded to the first 3 highest scores (category MIXED), with special event Callsign CR2GPDX Trophies will be awarded to the first 3 highest scores (category MIXED), with special event Callsign CR3GPDX AWARDS Gold Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CS2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR3GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category CW), with CS2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR3GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CS2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR2GPDX Gold Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR3GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CS2GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR2GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR3GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category CW), with CS2GPDX, Silver Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR2GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR3GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CS2GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR2GPDX Silver Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR3GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CS2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category SSB), with CR3GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category CW), with CS2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category CW), with CR3GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CS2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR2GPDX Brass Award - to highest score (category DIGITAL (FT8/FT4/RTTY mixed), with CR3GPDX Trophies and Awards cannot be combined. |
