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QSO-A-DAY Award Comments: This award, which is renewed annualy, is designed to encourage hams to spend more time on the CW bands thus increasing the CW presence there which is so important in this day and age. The award was initially suggested by K4UK in a QSO with K3WWP late in 2004. It is based on K3WWP's 'streak' of having made (and continuing to make) at least one QRP/CW QSO each day since August 5, 1994. Time Frame For Qualifying QSO's: January 1, 0000Z through December 31, 2400Z of the current year. Basic Award Premise: Make at least one QSO per day. Categories: 1. FULL YEAR - Make at least one QSO on each of the 365 days during the calendar year. 2. PARTIAL YEAR - Make at least one QSO on each day of the following number of calendar months in the calendar year: 2A. 11 MONTHS 2B. 10 MONTHS 2C. 9 MONTHS 2D. 8 MONTHS 2E. 7 MONTHS 2F. 6 MONTHS 2G. 5 MONTHS 2H. 4 MONTHS 2I. 3 MONTHS 2J. 2 MONTHS 3A. 1 MONTH - Make at least 2 QSO's on each day of one calendar month in the current year. 4A. 30 DAYS - Make at least 2 QSO's on each day of a consecutive 30 day period during the year. The 30 days can span months. Equipment: YOU: Power: QRP Antenna: Any HAM YOU WORK: Power: Any Antenna: Any QSOs: Rag chew, DX and contest QSO's are acceptable. QSO's made via a regular sked or net check-ins are not acceptable. A particular station may be worked any number of different days for your QSO, but not by pre-arranged scheduling. Starting time of the QSO determines the date. That is a QSO starting on Feb 3 at 2330Z and continuing till Feb 4 at 0030Z counts ONLY as a QSO for Feb 3. Other: A ham can only earn one of the 12 categories of the award each year. For classes 2A through 2J, the months do not have to be consecutive. A day is defined as 0000-2400 UTC. Certificate: Issued for each award category at a cost of $3.00. Web Site Listing: All categories listed. Endorsements: An award endorsement will be issued if all 9 HF CW bands are used for making the QSO's. A special endorsement will be issued if all QSO's are made using simple wire antennas. Logs: Submit a log with one line for each QSO within 30 days of the last applicable month containing at least the following info sorted in ascending order by date: Date, Time, Call, Band. See General Award Rules for information applying to this and all other awards. |