SN0HQ
RULES OF THE SN0HQ AWARD
Rules
The SN0HQ Award has been issued in its current modified version since 2021.
1. The Award is granted every year to the Polish and foreign amateur radio stations for making at least six contacts, from all twelve various contacts possible to be made with the central PZK station - SN0HQ - representing the Polish Amateur Radio Union (PZK) in the IARU HF Championship that is held annually on the second full weekend of July.
2.
Contacts made
on the CW and PHONE
modes on 6 bands:
160, 80, 40, 20, 15
and 10 meters are
counted for the
Award.
3.
The Award is free of
charge for the
stations that will
make contacts with
the SN0HQ station on
each of 6 bands on
both modes – 12
contacts in total,
and that will submit
an application for
the Award to the
Award Manager of the PZK together with
the list of the
contacts (the
application form
here:
https://awards.pzk.org.pl/files/Aplikacja_p_1.pdf).
The application for
the Award can also
be submitted in the
form of e-mail
containing the list
of the made QSOs,
directly in the
e-mail content or as
an attachment – a
text, Cabrillo or
PDF file.
The electronic
applications have to
be submitted to the
following address:
sq9v@pzk.org.pl,
and the paper
applications – to
the address of the
Award Manager
provided in the
„General Rules”.
4.
For the stations
that will make from
6 to 11 contacts
with the SN0HQ
station, the Award
is payable – see the
„General
Rules”.
Proof of payment to
the PZK account or
its xerocopy has to
be attached to the
application for the
Award (the
application form
here:
https://awards.pzk.org.pl/files/Aplikacja_p_1.pdf).
The application has
to be submitted to
the Award Manager of
the PZK.
If the application
is submitted in
electronic form, a
scan of the proof of
payment should be
attached to the
e-mail.
5. To be granted the SN0HQ Award, it is not necessary to confirm the contacts specified in the application by two fully licensed amateurs. The list of the itemized contacts will be compared with the SN0HQ station log during the issuing of the Award.
6. The deadline for submitting the applications for the Award for a given year is 31st December of that year – the postmark date applies.
Translation: Paweł Zakrzewski SP7TEV