DXCC Phone Award
DXCC PHONE {SSB-FM-AM)
Award Description
This award is available to all Radio Amateurs who submit evidence of having worked 100 approved current entities using the PHONE mode.
(The word "entity" denotes Countries and Special areas combined.)
QRP endoresement also available.
Rules
General Information for All Awards
1. Applications [and updates] are to be emailed to awards@wia.org.au.
2. All applications must use the official form. These can be downloaded, in Excel format. Files are available for download at bottom of the "Awards Information" page [MMDXCC].
3. Contacts for the awards must all be made from within the boundaries of a single DXCC entity.
4. All QSO’s must have been made since 1 January 1946.
5. Applicants are required to possess QSL cards
as confirmation for all QSO's claimed.
6. Do not send QSL cards with application. However, all QSL’s must be in possession of the applicant and may be requested at anytime.
7. A valid QSO, for HF award purposes:
a. must be made from and to, land-based, or permanently moored vessels [proof required], using direct terrestrial propagation via the same mode and band without assistance of the internet or anyone for each claimed contact.
b. QSO’s made on ‘nets’ are acceptable as long as the basic QSO information [callsign & signal report] is exchanged and confirmed unassisted.
c. Contacts made via any other means are not acceptable, such as cross-band, via a repeater, airborne, IRLP, or any other means that is deemed to be unacceptable by the Awards Committee.
8. Prearranged contacts [skeds] or via ‘nets’ are acceptable as long as the other criteria are met.
9. Electronic QSL methods such as eQSL and LoTW are not accepted as confirmation of QSO's. All paper QSLs must be in the possession of the applicant.
10. All information supplied in an application for an award must be accurate and truthful.
11. The information listed on application must accurately match the information on the QSL cards.
12. Email addresses must be provided for witnesses so that they may be contacted to confirm verification of the application entries and that they have sighted the QSL cards for each entry.
13. Dates must be in the format shown on the application [d-m-yy, ddmmyy, dd-MMM-yy are all acceptable...but any date with “.”[dot] separators is not acceptable, such as dd.mm.yy.
14. Contacts must be entered on the form as instructed on each award application.
15. Data sheet must be signed either by an officer of an IARU member society, two licensed radio amateurs or such other person(s) that may legally witness an application as true and correct [such as Police Officer, Senior Public Official, Lawyer, etc). The name, as well as position/title or callsign of the persons signing the declaration, and date signing the declaration must be included on each sheet. Electronic applications are deemed to have been signed by the witnesses.
16. QSO’s may be made using multiple callsigns providing each call used was issued to the applicant at the time of the claimed QSO(s) and all contacts were made from the same DXCC entity. Scanned copy of multiple licenses may be requested to prove the license(s) was/were issued to you at the time of the claimed QSO(s).
17. All QSO’s claimed must be on bands/sub-bands/modes/power-levels permitted by the licensing authority for that class of license at the time of the contact.
18. All individual contacts must have been made using the same mode & band in both directions.
19. Awards are available in the following modes: OPEN, CW, PHONE and DIGITAL.
20. Mode definitions:
a. OPEN: any mix of modes may be used
b. CW: commonly known as “Morse code”... but is more technical defined as interrupted continuous wave; MCW [modulated CW...’Morse code’ transmitted as a single-interrupted- audible-tone on a steady carrier frequency]
c. PHONE: SSB, ISB, DSB, AM, FM, NBFM, PM and other forms of voice transmission/reception.
d. DIGITAL: RTTY [FSK/AFSK], PSK, AMTOR, PACTOR, OLIVIA, CLOVER, JTnn, SSTV*, HELL, and all other forms of digital transmission/reception.
* Note: although SSTV mode can be either analog or digital, all versions are considered to be in the Digital category. If in doubt, contact Awards Manager for a ruling.
21. Club and Society Stations may also apply for awards. Certificates will be awarded to the Club. An officer of the club or society must sign the application, indicating their position.
22. QRP endorsement is available for all awards. QSL cards must clearly indicate that the applicant’s power was 5-watts or less output. Description of QRP transmitter and method used to measure output power must be provided.
23. If one or more QSL is requested as part of the processing procedure, they may be posted by airmail (with return postage or 1 IRC and return envelope) or scanned and emailed as attachments in “.JPG” format and of a high enough DPI to be clearly viewed.
24. Applications that are considered unacceptable by the Awards Committee will be rejected and the applicant notified of the reason for rejection. The rejected application can be resubmitted once the reasons for rejection have been corrected. An application rejected three (3) times will not be further considered.
25. The award .xls file is a dynamic master file that is used for processing, updated and returned to the applicant for use for the next update. This master file is also transferred into our award master database.
26. If callsign of applicant has changed, they may apply to have the change shown on the standings instead of the old callsign, as long as it relates to the same country as the original application.
27. We follow the ARRL Rules for DXCC approved & deleted entities and operations.
28. Signatures of witnesses are not required on electronic applications, but, each witness must understand that they may be contacted to verify that they have witnessed the application as being accurate and truthful.
29. Decisions of the Awards Committee are final and not subject to dispute.
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Rules applicable to ALL DXCC Awards
1. The basic DXCC award is available for confirming 100 or more approved DXCC entities.
2. DXCC awards may be endorsed for SINGLE BAND, SINGLE MODE, QRP, SWL based on applicant data.
3. Holders of new and existing DXCC awards may apply for endorsements.
4. Applications for increased totals are to be made in multiples of 25 from 100 to 325; thereafter in single units.
5. The W.I.A. DXCC Honour Roll achievement endorsement is issued to applicants who have confirmed nine less than the total on the DXCC entity list.
6. The W.I.A. DXCC Excellence achievement award is issued to applicants who have confirmed the total DXCC entity list at time of application. A beautiful Plaque is available for a nominal charge. Contact Awards Manager for details.
7. Direct two way un-assisted contacts via Satellites (SAT) is available as from 1st of March 1965 as a unique award. Satellite assisted contacts are not valid for any other award.
8. Should an entity be deleted from the DXCC list by the ARRL, credit for that entity will be allowed if worked before the date of deletion but will be indicated for credit only in the “deleted Country” category.
9. DXCC rankings will be published in Amateur Radio Magazine, and updated on the WIA website on a regular basis. If you do not want your call in the listing, then contact the awards manager. When a listing is no longer licensed or has died, the entry will be removed at the first opportune time.
10. The DXCC ranking list will show two numbers in determining the ranking: (1) total, minus deleted credits, (2) total including deleted credits, e.g. 200/220 meaning 200 current entities and an extra 20 that have been deleted at some time, but were worked before the date of deletion.
11. Awards are available in the following categories:
o Open [mix of bands]
o Single band
o 3 band
o 5 band
o 7 band
o 9 band
o VHF
12. Single-mode awards must include 100 or more DXCC entities exclusive to the mode claimed.
13. Multi-band awards must include 100 or more DXCC entities exclusive to the bands claimed.
14. Single-band awards must include 100 or more DXCC entities exclusive to the band claimed.
15. For clarity, the ‘common’ name is used to indicate the type of modulation. Mode may be shown as the common name or the technical indicator on applications. If in doubt, contact the Awards Manager for clarification awards@wia.org.au.
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Rules specific to the PHONE DXCC Award
1. Contact & Confirm a minimum of 100 DXCC entities on PHONE mode.
2. Use the official MULTI-MODE application form available on the "Awards Information" page [MMDXCC].
3. Update stickers (self adhesive labels) are issued at increments of 25 entities. (Purchased separately) (125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 330, 335).
4. WIA "Honour Roll" achievement is available for 329 entities.
5. WIA "DXCC Excellence" achievement is available for working all current entities.
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Recent Award Recipients
How To Apply For The Award
Applications must be sent electronically as an email attachment.
A 'paper' copy of the cover-sheet with signatures is still required to complete the processing and must be posted to WIA, attention: Awards Manager (as well as fees if not using Paypal).
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Schedule of Fees - All WIA Awards
These fees apply to all applications for WIA Awards received on or after 1 January 2010.
Fees include postage and packing materials by first-class mail.
Contact Awards Manager for other sending options.
Fees:
• WIA Member applications FEE .
o One Award certificate per year - Free within Australia, $5 posted worldwide
o One Award update label per year Free within Australia, $5 posted worldwide
o DXCC Standings update by email Free
o Additional DXCC certificate AU$15 within Australia, $20 posted worldwide
o Additional Award update incl. label AU$5 within Australia, $10 posted Worldwide
o DXCC STANDINGS update by email Free
o Replacement certificate - AU$15 within Australia, $20 posted worldwide
• Non-WIA VK applications
o General Award certificate AU$25 within Australia, $30 posted worldwide
o Multi-Band Award certificate AU$30 within Australia, $35 posted worldwide
o Award update, incl. label AU$5 within Australia, $10 posted worldwide
o DXCC STANDINGS update by email Free
o Replacement certificate - AU$15 within Australia, $20 posted worldwide
• DX Applications
o General Award certificate - US$20 or equiv* posted worldwide
o Multi-Band DXCC certificate - US$25 or equiv* posted worldwide
o Award update, incl. label - US$10 or equiv* posted worldwide
o DXCC STANDINGS update by email Free
o Replacement certificate - US$15 or equiv* posted worldwide
* refers to any internationally convertible currency, such as EUR/GBP/JPY/NZD/etc...
Payment Instructions:
1. Where applicable, fee must accompany application.
2. Payment by Australian applicants must be made in Australian dollars, by cash, Postal Money Order, cheque, payable to "WIA" drawn on an Australian bank, or direct-deposit (contact WIA HQ for bank account information.
3. Payment by International applicants may be made in United States dollars or any other internationally convertible currency in cash, Paypal [contact award manager for Paypal account details], International Postal Money Order payable to "WIA".
4. "General Award" means all WIA awards, except multi-band DXCC awards.
5. The fee for multi-band DXCC reflects the additional resources and effort required to check and process.
6. Fees are not refundable.
7. NOTE: IRC’s are no longer accepted for payment (Paypal allows for convenient international payment).
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