Award Rules

2025C Award Program  from 18.01. to 31.03.2025   

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Phase 1 : In the period from January 18th (00:00 UTC) to March 31st (23:59 UTC) 2025, QSOs with the DL2025x-SES according to the team overview are valid for the online 2025C Award Program. (Rules)

Note on SES log uploads: In individual cases, this upload may be delayed by up to 24 hours for administrative reasons, which should be taken into account when querying log/award points. The upload for contests only takes place after the end of the contest! We ask for your understanding.

The awards can be acquired worldwide by all licensed ham radio amateurs and SWLs (with and without call signs). For the 2025C award program, only QSOs with the five DL2025x SES are valid. (see Teams):

Event-Team

Ham Radio Event 2025C

2025C-Awards

Ranking  TOP500

Ranking TOP SWL

AbschlussCERTIFICATES

paper checklist to tick off

Awards 2025C

Below is the number of award points for a QSO in the respective main mode per SES and per band and per calendar month (Only January, February, March / 2025):  // see example

5 points – CW
4 points – PHONE (e.g. USB, LSB, FM, Digital Voice)
3 points – DIGITAL (e.g. PSK, FT8, FT4, RTTY!) NOTE on FT4/FT8

The total number of points required for the awards are differentiated according to the participant categories DL, EU and Non-EU. The differentiation takes place automatically based on the call sign.

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Awards are awarded for the modes Mixed, CW, Phone and Digital, each in three levels: BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD. All awards can be personalized and are numbered when first downloaded.

Conditions for SWLs

The award points apply analogously to SWLs. But there are special things to note. /Award conditions SWL


Numbered awards for download

A completed award is automatically numbered in the order of the issued awards when it is first (!) downloaded. For each participant category DL. EU, non-EU extra! The awards are free of charge and can only be obtained via this website until December 31st, 2025. ( via Query/Log-Awards-dQSL)

NOTE: The organizer reserves the right to exclude stations from the award and certificat in the event of unsportsmanlike conduct or violations of applicable law.


Abschluss-Zertifikat

After the end of the award event 2025C (> March 31, 2025), every diploma hunter (OP and SWL), who has already successfully downloaded at least one 2025C award, can download a special certificate (the Abschluss-Zertifikat). It documents the total number of QSOs, the number of downloaded awards and the ranking positions.


For the period  from 01.04. to 31.12.2025 

Phase 2 : In a second phase from April 1st to the end of 2025, all SES will continue to embody the European Capital of Culture theme, but they will now operate more sporadically and more than a single SES on the bands. The focus here is on distributing the individual special DOK and the associated offer to secure further external diplomas (e.g. DLD, Saxony Award and KIDS DIPLOM) through a QSO with the SES and direct confirmation via the DCL.