Terni, city of love Award 2026

Cluster Hunters Activators Statistics Rules

The ARI Section of Terni has organized this award on the occasion of the "VALENTINE EVENTS," under the patronage of the Municipality of Terni, as part of the official celebrations for Saint Valentine, the patron saint of the city of Terni and of lovers.
This new 2026 edition will be renewed thanks to the collaboration and valuable support of the Section's activating members, who will operate with their own callsign, the Section callsign IQ0TE, and the special callsign II0LOVE, which, like last year, will be activated for the event.
Previous editions have attracted numerous participation from radio amateurs from all over the world, confirming how well-known, appreciated, and celebrated Valentine's Day is everywhere.
To make the Award even more attractive, some changes have been made to the rules and regulations. These will be available for consultation on the Terni ARI Section website, on the QRZ page of the special callsign, and on the HamAward portal.

PERIOD
From 00:00 UTC on February 1 to 23:59 UTC on February 28, 2026.

PARTICIPATION
All Italian and foreign radio amateurs may participate.

BANDS
80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters.

ACTIVATING STATIONS
Special callsign II0LOVE. Section callsign IQ0TE, as well as stations registered with A.R.I. Terni.
The complete list of activators will be available on the websites www.ariterni.it, www.qrz.com/db/ii0love, and on the dedicated page on hamaward.cloud.
All activators and the special callsign may be connected only once per day for each transmission mode on each band.
Requests for a change in band or transmission mode are prohibited.

MODES
CW, SSB, FT4, FT8, RTTY, and PSK.
The SSB call will be "CQ Diploma Terni Città dell'amore"; the CW call will be "CQ II0LOVE".

RANKING
The Award includes log search and ranking for hunters, visible in real time on the QRZ page of the special callsign and on the HamAward portal. No station logs are required.

SCORES
QSOs with special station II0LOVE: 2 points (DIGI), 5 points (SSB), 8 points (CW).
QSOs with station IQ0TE: 2 points (DIGI), 4 points (SSB), 6 points (CW).
QSOs with ARI Terni member stations: 1 point (DIGI), 3 points (SSB), 5 points (CW).

AWARD SCORES
To obtain the award, 250 points are required for Italian stations, 100 points for European stations, and 50 points for non-European stations.
In addition to the award, this year we are introducing the "Bronze" award: 350 points, the "Silver" award: 400 points, and the "Gold" award: 500 points.
Each QSO will be confirmed with a special eQSL downloadable from HamAward.cloud.

AWARD
All eligible participants can download the diploma in PDF format from the HamAward platform.

Contest Manager
IZØTWI – Ivan Mancini

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