IIxHQ Speed Award 2025

Cluster Hunters Rules

To encourage the presence of active stations in the IARU HF Championship 2025 contest and to support the activity of our National HQ Team, the "IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!" competition is established. This award aims to recognize both Italian and foreign stations that achieve a significant number of QSOs with IIxHQ stations across various bands (160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m) and modes (SSB and CW) in the shortest possible time, in accordance with the IARU HF Championship 2025 rules.

Participants:
All Italian and foreign OM can participate.

Date and Time:
From 12:00z on July 12, 2025, to 11:59z on July 13, 2025.

Log Submission:
There is no requirement to submit logs! Participation in the "IIxHQ SPEED AWARD!!" is automatic upon making QSOs with the II1HQ, II2HQ, II4HQ, II6HQ and II9HQ stations. Ensure that your call sign appears in the relevant rankings on the website: hqspeedaward.ari.it/

Points:
Each QSO with an IIxHQ station is worth 1 point

Rankings:
Six separate rankings will be created:

• Italy CW
• Italy SSB
• Italy Mixed
• Foreign CW
• Foreign SSB
• Foreign Mixed

Note: Participants cannot appear in more than one ranking. If a participant makes QSOs with HQ stations in both modes, they will be included in the mixed ranking.

QSOs will be uploaded in real-time via the HamAward platform, allowing participants to view continuously updated rankings. Rankings will be determined by the chronological order of QSOs; in case of a tie, the time of the last QSO will determine the ranking position. The official results will be published on the contest website hqspeedaward.ari.it/ and on the QRZ.com pages of the 6 Italian HQ stations. The leaderboards will become final at the end of the contest, from 12:00Z on July 13, 2025.

Winners:
The winner is the participant who makes the maximum number of QSOs with the special stations II2HQ, II4HQ, II6HQ, II9HQ, II0HQ in the respective bands in the shortest time during the contest period (starting from the first QSO).

AWARD GOLD – SILVER – BRONZE
All participants can download a .pdf award certificate from the official contest website hqspeedaward.ari.it/ based on their performance:

Mixed Mode Rankings:
• 12 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Gold AWARD
• 9 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Silver AWARD
• 6 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Bronze AWARD

Single Mode Rankings (CW/SSB):
• 6 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Gold AWARD
• 5 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Silver AWARD
• 3 QSOs – IIxHQ Diploma mixed Bronze AWARD

Special thanks to Max IW1FRU and Paolo IK3QAR for providing the HamAward platform and QARTest logging system and to Alessandro IU2IBU for the logo.

The decisions and judgments of the ARI HF Contest Manager are final and unappealable.

Filippo IZ1LBG,
A.R.I. HF Contest Manager

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