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(Changes made 10/2009)

-----  BELGIAN AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY SERIES (UBA)  -----                  Combined the two awards offered by this National Society.10/09
         (Union Belge des Amateurs-Emetteurs)

General Requirements: Unless otherwise noted in the rules, apply by sending GCR list and fee of 5€, $US7 or 10 IRCs to: Egbert Hertsen ON4CAS, Postbus 85, Mechelen 2, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium. 

Internet: http://www.uba.be/en/uba/awards

Worked All Belgian Provinces

Issued by Union Belge des Amateurs-Emetteurs (UBA) to amateurs and SWL's. Contacts after 1 Jan 1995. All bands and modes.  Europeans must contact all 10 Belgian provinces and the city of Brussels on at least 2 bands - 22 contacts in all.  DX stations (and Europeans on VHF/UHF) need one QSO in each province and Brussels - 11 contacts.

The provinces are:

Antwerpen (AN) Hainaut (HT) Luxembourg (LU) Brussels (BR) Limburg (LB) Namur (NM) Brabant Walon (BW) Liege (LG) Oost-Vlaanderen (OV) Vlaams-Brabant (VB) West -Blaanderen (WV) (Contacts with VB (Vlaams Brabant) and BW (Brabant Walon) count only starting 1 Jan 1995)

3/31/08 A PDF version of this award is now offered at no cost.  Print the award in your own shack. When you apply for the award, request that the PDF file version be e-mailed to the address you supply.  (The PDF [Portable Document Format] is widely used for document distribution, and the software is available for no cost at:  http://www.adobe.com/ )
Tks ON4CAS. 

(Chg 02/04)

The UBA Post Code Award is available for contacting Belgian stations in towns and villages each having a different post code. SWL OK.  No date limits.   All bands and modes, however no use of packet or repeaters. Each post code should be contacted only ONCE, regardless of bands or modes used. The postal code is a 4 digit number shown immediately before the city or town. Your score is the SUM of all different Belgian post codes confirmed by QSL cards. 

The basic award requires 500,000 points. 
1st endorsement sticker requires 750,000 points with 8 different provinces 
a second endorsement sticker requires 1,000,000 points with 9 different provinces. 
A trophy is available for a score of 1,500,000 points with all 10 provinces. 

A special Excel worksheet has been created to facilitate application and score calculation. Applicants are encouraged to use this worksheet when applying for the award. This file on diskette may be accepted as application form. The file can be downloaded from the UBA Award Mailing list webpage at the "files" section. Anyone not wishing to use this file may send his/her application in form of a GCR list. Besides the usual QSL data, this list must contain the post code of each contacted station. Every GCR list should be sorted by ascending post codes. The award fee is 5€. Endorsements are free if applied for at the same time as the initial award application. If not, a SAE + 1€ should be provided. The cost of the trophy is 30€

3/31/08 A PDF version of this award is now offered at no cost.  Print the award in your own shack. When you apply for the award, request that the PDF file version be e-mailed to the address you supply.   (The PDF [Portable Document Format] is widely used for document distribution, and the software is available for no cost at:  http://www.adobe.com/ )
Tks ON4CAS. 

HONOR ROLL In order to promote activity towards this award, the UBA has created a Honor Roll. The HR is open to all licensed HAMs and SWLs worldwide. Closing date for the HR is December 31st. each year. The Belgian UBA member with the highest score will receive a free plaque. The foreign station with the highest score will receive a free certificate, if he/she is a member of his/her national IARU society. Anyone who applied for the award, one of the endorsement stickers or trophy will automatically be included in the HR listing of the year of his/her application. For inclusion in the HR following the year following one's initial application, it is necessary for the applicant to submit his/her new score using the Excel file or a GCR list as explained in the award rules. Applications for HR inclusion must be mailed before December 31st of each year. Anyone who has not been able to increase his/her score during the following years but who would like to be included in that year's HR listing, should inform the award manager. The HR will be published on the award web page and in the UBA's magazine CQ/QSO. Every participant should be prepared to submit any of the listed QSL cards to the award manager upon simple request. Failing to do so may result is disqualification. Participation in the HR is free of charge. Every participant declares to accept the above rules. The rules may, if it appears necessary, be changed at any given time. The decisions of the award manager are final. First HR listing will be published early 2004. 

Internet: http://users.pandora.be/egbert.hertsen/tk/Postcode.html

(Chg 12/04)

 ---Antwerp C.W. DX Series---

General Requirements: Fee for each of the awards is 5€ or $US5 - no stamps please. GCR list OK. All bands and modes. SWL OK. Apply to: ON4NM   Jan Van der Auwera ON4NM,  WOMMELGEMSTWG.30 B5,  B-2110 WIJNEGEM,  ANTWERP,  BELGIUM.

E-mail: on4nm@skynet.be 

(CHG 08)

Benelux Award

Contact stations in the BENELUX countries of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Europeans need 7 ON, 7 PA, 2 LX. Others need 5 ON, 5 PA and 2 LX. Contacts since 1954.

WOSA Award

Contact stations in the City of Antwerp, Belgium since 1954. ON's need 12, Europeans 10 and rest of the world 8.
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Chg 8/2003 

AMBI Award 

Issued by the UBA section ZLB for contacting its members after January 1, 1998. SWL OK. HF or VHF/UHF but not mixed. All modes, except packet radio & SSTV. Collect 10 points. Each member counts 1 point (440 MHz and above : 2 points) while the club station ON4ZLB counts 3 points. To get extra points, each member may be worked once each month. Send log extract and fee of 8€ to : Pieter-Paul Custers, ON1DIH, Albertwal 42, B-3700 Tongeren, Belgium.

Tks ON4CAS 9/02

BAFARA Award

Sponsored by the Belgian Air Force ARA to all amateurs and SWL's for contacting members on or after 1 Jan 1992. 

ON's need 10 points, 
other Europeans 5, 
all others 3. 

Each BAFARA member = 1 point, 
BAFARA clubstations = 2. 

Each station may only be contacted one time. All bands and modes OK. No use of repeaters. (SWL's should submit the cards which will be returned).  GCR list and fee of 6€ or $US6.  to: Lode Kenens  ON6KL, Oudestraat 8, B-3560 Lummen, Belgium. 

(Chg 8/2003)

Members: ON1AEW  AFF AKK  APF  ATZ  AYH  AZF  AZH  BCS  BMH  BNF  BLW  BOZ  BPP  BPS  BSX  BUX  BXO  BZK  BZU  CDK  CGD  CIP  CIX  CLM  CLO  CMO  CV  DBP  DDN  DEE  DEV  DFR  DHC  DIH  DJT  DJU  DKK  DKY  DNZ  DPS  DSA  DWN  HU  ILL  IR  KFE  KGC  KJU  KLZ  KVE  KYC  LAL  LJL  LOF  LVE  MAN  MAS  MEF  PF  RE  TY  WG  XC.
ON2ADX  AFD  AHI  AHJ  AIT  AJW  AML  BAM  BFQ  BIA  BID  KDF  LAK  LAW  LBI.
ON4ABP  AGV  ALL  ALV  ANE  ANM  AQB  AWK  AWM  AWN  AXV  AYP  BAJ  BAN  BCG  BDK  BEV  BZ  CAN  CBS  CBY  CCB  CCG  CCT  CDI  CFC  CFL  CGN  CHL  CJD  CJW  CLA  CLB  CLJ  CZ  DD  DW  DY  FG  HG  KBL  KR  KZF  LAC  LDK  LDR  MS  MW  NG  OK  PD  PK  TE  TJ  WL  YA  ZL.
ON5AB  AP  DT  EN  GX  HL  HO  JI  JR  ME  MN  OW  PK  SX  VG  YS.
ON6AS  CT  CY  EB  HI  JE  KL  KN  NU  TA  TJ  VP  WR  XI  XP.
ON7AA  AV  BQ  EB  EC  EN  GG  HO  HQ  II  JF  NW  NY  OG  PV  QI  QJ  SR  SU  SV  UT  VZ  WG  WZ  YP  YZ.
ON8JC  MC
ON9CMR
ONL2674  2727  2943  3060  6522  7956  8858  9028  AB7KW  DA1BO  DA4BC  EB7FQY  KB8RUI  KC5GBM  KJ7MG  VE2GOO.

Clubstations: ON4BAF ON4BFS  ON6AF ON6AP 

Internet: http://www.bafara.be/

Member list.

(Chg 2/04) 

Belgian Castle Award

Contact stations who are operating from a castle, fortified castle or a farm-castle. They will be identified by a two part reference number using two letters for the province and three numbers for castle ID number.

(Operation must take place within a distance of maximum 500m around the castle. To be validated by the BCA Committee, a minimum of 25 contacts should be made within one single operation period by the respective castle. Stations operating from the castle should provide some info about the history of the castle. Operators who participate in a valid operation will be automatically credited with the point available.)

The award is available in CW, phone or mixed on all HF bands or on VHF/UHF 2m or 70cm. No use of repeaters, satellites, packet.

Basic Award - 50 castles with at least 3 in each province and region.

Endorsements - stickers each additional 25 castles, with minimum 1 additional castle in each province or region.

GCR list with complete QSO info needed. Some cards may be requested by the sponsor. SWL OK. Apply with list and fee of 10 Euro (endorsement fee is 2 Euro) to : Eric Vancraenbroeck ON7RN, Rue du Wimpelberg 105, B-1120 Bruxelles, Belgium. 

E-mail:  on7rn@eudxf.de 
Internet: http://www.cyc.ucl.ac.be/users/g.berger/bdx/BCA_gb.html 

(Chg 9/2008) 

 Belgian Castles Radio-Operators

This award is available to any foreign station who activates 3 Belgian Castles or or after 1 January 2006 using their personal call sign. (Belgian amateurs must activate 7 castles.) The award can be e-mailed to you to be printed with your equipment at no charge, or if you wish to pay postage, for just the cost of postage to your QTH for surface mail.

E-mail:  on7rn@eudxf.de.
Internet: http://users.skynet.be/on5ud/BCA_Op/annonce_bcaradop.htm

Tks F5NQL and ON3WAB  6/2008

Belgian Mill Award

General Requirements: Only windmills with valid reference number may be used. Contact ON6WV@qsl.net , supply SASE to sponsor, or review http://www.qsl.net/bma for complete list of valid numbers.

Award is available in 3 forms.

1. Activating windmill references.
2. Contacting active windmill references.
3. SWL reports of windmill operations.

Fee for each award is 10€. No use of repeaters. Contacts must be all HF or VHF, not mixed.  Application log to be sent either by e-mail or on diskette (Exel) or in a sealed envelope to the following address:Maurits NOLF,Sparrentuin 29,B-8793 St. Eloois-Vijve, Belgium

Log lists must be sign by two radio-amateurs with a valid license.

E-mail Maurits_Nolf@hotmail.com.
Internet: http://www.qsl.net/bma/molenvbeterderegleng.htm

1. Activating. Contacts may be made while /P or /M within 250 meters of the windmill. No use of repeaters and either HF or VHF, not some on each mode. You must activate at least 10 windmill references with a minimum of 30 contacts per windmill. May be done on different dates.
2. Contacting Windmills. Contact at least 30 different valid windmill references.
3. SWL Windmill Operations. Submit a log of at least 30 different valid windmill references you have heard.

(Chg 12/04)

^{This award is issued by the OSA – Antwerp division of the UBA for contacts with Belgian lighthouses and OSA members after June 1st 2005. SWL OK. You must earn 100 points to achieve the award.}

^{For QSOs made in FM mode, only half of the points are attributed. No band or mode restrictions, but repeater contacts are not valid. A list of Belgian lighthouses & ships can be found at http://osa.uba.be/speceven/baken05/vuurbel/belvuur.htm}

^{A list of clubmembers can also be found at http://osa.uba.be}

^{GCR list + fee of 6 Euro (7 Euro for stations outside Europe) to: Alfons Wittoeck (ON4AWT), Curiestraat 2, B-2660 Antwerpen, Belgium.}

<sup>Internet: http://osa.uba.be/lslh/award/awrule.htm

(Chg 2/09)</sup> 

Belgian Telegraphy Award

BTC is a group of CW enthousiast who want to keep the art of CW alive.  In order to keep promoting CW contacts among radioamateurs (and encourage SWL’s to listen to CW QSO’s) on all amateur bands they issue a membership award to all who can provide contact with Belgian radioamateurs. Applicants will prove contacts with Belgian radioamateurs as follows:

Email: Marc.Domen@skynet.be

(CHG 12/02)

Bokkerrijders Award

Issued by the UBA District North East Limburg for any amateur or SWL making contact with Limburg Province in Belgium and the Netherlands after 1 January 1985: Limburg Province in PA = 1 point, Limburg Province in ON = 3 points each. At least one from each province is needed. PA and ON need 12 points, other Europeans need 8, rest of the world need 5. 6 colored award on heavy paper stock. GCR list and fee of 5€, $US7 or 7 IRCs to: Carlo Houben ON4BR, Koebaan 73, B-3600 Genk, Belgium.  

Internet:  http://www.qsl.net/on7yp/award.htm 

(CHG 6/2005)

Worked Active Bruges Amateur Stations (WABAS)

Earn 15 points by contacting members of the OSB/UBA on or after 1 January 1983.  Each member counts 1 point, member SWL cards = 2, and the club station ON6BR  = 5.  No use of repeaters. Each station may be contacted once per month and accumulated for the award except ON6BR.  SWL OK.  GCR list and fee of 10 IRC or 5€ to: Frans Descan ON4ASF, Fort Zevenbergen 55, B-8200 St. Andries (Brugge), Belgium.

Internet: http://www.qsl.net/on6br/awards.html

(Chg 2/2005)

Canadian Liberation March Award (ON4CLM)

Each year, during late October and early November, station ON4CLM operates to commemorate the liberation of Knokke, at great cost to Canadian life, on 1 November 1944. Each successive year honors one of the nine Canadian regiments that participated in this action. Only one contact with ON4CLM is required to earn a six-color printed award. Excess funds received from this program are used to maintain memorials and displays. GCR and fee of 5€ or $US10 to: Radio ON4CLM, Postbus, Postbus 1006, B-8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium.  

Internet: http://www.on4clm.be/ 

(Chg 12/2004)

CANTONS OF BELGIUM AWARD

Sponsored by the Radio-Club of Lessines to encourage contacts with the cantons of Belgium on or after 1 January 2000. SWL OK.

As of 1 January 2003, there are 208 cantons in Belgium broken by province as follows:

A list of the cantons is found at the club website. (see below). The cantons are identified in a special format where the first two characters are the province abbreviation and the last two digits are the canton number. (For example: HT-09 represents Hainaut province and Lessines canton.

Cantons may be identified on the QSL card, or by the postal code and name of the city printed on the QSL card. If the card has none of these identifiers, it is not valid for the award. Portable or mobile stations are valid for the award only if they have sufficient information to identify the canton.

There are four categories of awards: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The bronze, silver and gold awards are paper certificates. The platinum award, for its part, is a plate in tin and walnut.

Bronze Award: ON need 30 different cantons, other EU need 20, all others 10.

Silver award requirements:

Gold award requirements:

Platinum award requirements:

The award may be earned using HF or VHF contacts, but not mixed using HF and VHF. All modes OK. Endorsements for single mode or mixed. No use of repeaters. Contest QSO’s OK.

Belgians must submit cards. GCR accepted for all others, although photocopies of cards may be sent in. For Bronze, Silver or Gold levels, the fee for European stations is 10E and 2 IRC. For all others, the fee is 10E, $US11 and 3 IRC. Fee for the platinum level plaque is 25E + 4 IRC for all Europeans and 25E, $US27 + 6 IRCs. Apply to: Daniel VANDEWALLE ON7VZ, Mazenque 25 B-7866 Ollignies, Belgium.

Internet: Http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/dcb_dho/

Tks ON7VZ 4/2003

City Of The Playing Cards

Available to all licensed radio amateurs & SWL’s for contacting Belgian stations with the following postal codes after 31 December 2001. All modes OK, except repeaters or packet radio.   

2300 (TURNHOUT) = 10 points
23xx = 5 points
2275, 2460 and 2470 = 1 point

(The Carta Mundi company is located in Turnhout, Belgium, a world center of playing card production for more than 250 years. This one company has a capacity to produce 180,000,000 decks of cards per year.) The things you learn from ham radio awards. 

Belgian stations need 70 points, European stations need 50, all others 30. May be endorsed for either multi_band or Single band. GCR list and fee of $US5 or 5€ verified by two (2) licensed Amateurs must be send to: BAUWERAERTS FRANCIS, LOKERENSTRAAT 110/5, B_2300 TURNHOUT – BELGIUM

Chg 12/04

European Community Award

Issued by the European Community to publicize the objectives of its member countries. The basic requirement consists in working 225 different stations from the member countries. The countries and associated prefixes are as follows:

There are two ways to log 15 x 15 different stations, either in CW, SSB or Mixed. No mode restriction or endorsement.

1. Outside UBA contests: Work or log 225 different stations from the EC member countries, with at least 6 different stations from each of the fifteen member countries. No more than 30 stations from a single country can be used to reach the 225 contacts.

2. During the UBA contest: Work or log 225 different stations from EC member countries. At least two different stations from each of the fifteen E.C. countries are required. No more than 35 stations from a single EC country may be used.

All contacts should be logged during the UBA contests from up to 4 consecutive years, starting not earlier than 1994. Only QSO's from UBA contests for which a log was submitted to the contest manager within the stated contest time limit may be considered. A missing LX or SV QSO during the contests may be replaced by 3 other stations from the same country outside the contest.

Joker - a contact with OR5EEC, club station of the EC in Brussels may be used to replace a maximum of 3 missing contacts.

GCR list and copies of all referenced contest logs if using this method. The fee for non contest mode applications is 7€ or $US7. Contest mode applications fee is 5€ or $US5. Apply to: UBA HF Awards Department, Egbert Hertsen ON4CAS, Postbus 85, Mechelen 2, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium.

Internet: www.uba.be/uba/awards_en.html

(Chg 02/04)

Club Francophone Telegraphist (CFT) Award

Contact members of the CFT, a Belgian group of French speaking CW enthusiasts. Contact at least 10 members using CW mode. GCR list and fee of 5E or 5 IRCs to: Club Francophone Telegraphiste, Rue Neuve 124, B-6061 Montignies/s/Sambre, Hainaut, Belgium.

Member list on web site: http://www.on5cft.be/tf/

Tks DIG Seite 1738 5/2006

Limburg Award

Contact stations in the province of Limburg after 1 Jan 1980.  SWL OK.  Each station may be worked only once for the award, except ON4ANL.  All bands and modes.  ON stations need 30 points; other Europeans need 20; all others need 10.  Each station in the province of Limburg = 1 point on HF and 2 on VHF or higher.  Club station ON4ANL = 6 points.  Limburg province stations may be identified by postal codes from 3500 to 3999.  GCR list and 10€ or $US10 to: Willy van Uystel ON2ACN, Maneshoeve 21, B-2440 Geel, Belgium.

(Rewrite 11/02) 

MCL Award

Contact members of the Mechelen division of the UBA after 1 Oct 1981. SWL members also count. Available in 2 classes: Class 1 - Belgians need 15 points, other EU 7, all others 5. Class 2 - Belgians need 10, other EU 5 and all others 3. No band restrictions. Each station may be contacted once. Point values: FM = 1, SSB = 2, other modes = 3. Belgians must include at least 8 MCL members for Class 1 and at least 5 for Class 2. MCL club stations ON4MCL and ONL-486 count 1 point extra in each mode. Member list from sponsor or K1BV for SASE. If contacts are made during the annual ON contest, log extract will be accepted. GCR OK. Fee for Class 1 = 7€ or $US7. Fee for Class 2 = 5€ or $US5 . Apply to Egbert Hertsen ON4CAS, Postbus 85, Mechelen 2, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium. 

(CHG 2/03)

Castles of the Province of Namur Award 

The Radio Club de Durnal (CRD) sponsors this award for contacting 10 different castles in the province of Namur. SWL OK. All bands and modes. No QSLs required. Send log extract and fee of 10€ to Club Radio de Durnal, Rue Thomas 10,  B-5530 Durnal, Belgium. 

Email : on4crd@uba.be 
Webpage (in French) : http://www.crd.uba.be/crdd.htm
Listing of all valid castles is on the WWW site. 

(Chg 10/09) 

Noorderkempen Award

Contact or hear members of this group. Cards will be marked "Member NOK". Points needed: ON = 50, other Europe = 40, all others = 30. Each contact with member worth 10 points, other Belgians = 1. SWL OK. No band or mode limitations. GCR list and fee of  3.78€, $4US or 5 IRCs to Marcel Sterkens ON4ASW, Moerenweg 6, B-2310 Rijkevorsel, Belgium. 

Member list: http://on4nok.tfe.be/leden%20nov06.htm 

(Chg 10/2009)

ON6RM Award

Work members of the ON6RM Club. HF/VHF, 20 points are needed.  Any station from Hainant province counts 1 point; members of ON6RM = 2 points and club station ON6RM counts 5 points. ON SSTV, 50 points are needed. Each DXCC station counts for 2 points, ON6RM member = 5 and the clubstation = 10. ATV 432 = 25 points, ATV 1255 = 35 points. Satellite: 30 points needed.  Each DXCC station counts 1 point, ON6M member 5 and the clubstation 10.  SWL OK.  GCR list and fee of 8€ or $US10 to: Claude Deman ON4CN, Pave de Warquignies 119, 7340 Colfontaime, Belgium.

E-mail: claude@on4cn.org 

(Chg 12/04)

OR0OST Award

Make one contact with special club call OR0OST, OR0OST/SUB/ or OR0OST/LGT on any band or mode. SWL OK. No repeater. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US6 to: Award Manager Luc Danneels OR0OST, PO Box 1006, B_8300 Knokke_Heist, Belgium. 

E-Mail:  on4cjj@pandora.be  

(Rewrite 12/2004)

OSA AWARD 

Issued to all who make contact with club station ON4OSA or with members of the OSA club. Amateurs or SWLs. All bands and modes, but no use of repeaters. Contacts on or after January 1, 2001 are valid. 

ON stations need 20 points, EU need 15 points, DX need 10 points. 

Point values are: 

 GCR list and fee as follows: ON stations : $US5 or 10€;  all others $US10 or 10€.   Apply to: Marc DOMEN, ON7SS, FERDINAND COOSEMANSSTRAAT 32, B-2600 BERCHEM, ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM.

(Chg 5/2006)

Passchendaele Award

This award commemorates the sacrifices endured by all sides in the battle of Passchendaele which formed the last part of the third battle of Ypres (July 31-Nov 10). The radio club Zuid West Vlaamse (VZW) is active each year during the dates mentioned above and identify themselves by calling "CQ REMEMBER" on all bands. Each QSO with a member = 1 point, ON4AZW and ON4AVV = 3 extra points. A special QSL is used also. Belgians need 10 points, other EU 5, rest of world = 3. The award is a large (12" x 17.5") multicolored certificate with photos and art work. GCR list and fee of 12€, $US12 or 12 IRCs to ZWVRAC V.Z.W., Passendaelestraat 109, B-8980 Passendale, Belgium.

  (Chg 7/2002)

Hercule Poirot Award

The Belgian division of IPARC (International Police ARC) issues this award for contacting club station ON4IPA (/ON4IPA also qualifies)  and 2 different members. No mode restrictions. SWL OK. Contacts after 1 Jan 1984 are valid. GCR list and fee of 10€ or $US10 to: Eddy West ON6ZV, Kweepeerstraat 16, B-9940 Evergem, Belgium.

E-mail: ON4IPA@pandora.be 

Internet: http://users.pandora.be/on4ipa-on6zv/ 

(Chg 12/2004)

Members:
ON1ABD ACT ASE ATU AWD BEI BPJ  CBU  DIH  FY  KF  KJH  KTK  KXY  LG  LP  LJF  
ON2AAW  
ON4AAR  AJO  AJV  APJ  CJT  CLL  FW  KL  KMS  PJ  WP  YP  ZR  
ON5EU  JJ  NH  PC  WY  NO  
ON6AD  BG  DG  PE  SF  TF  TZ  VM  ZV  WR  
ON7CZ  JN  MJ  RZ  SX  TK.

(Chg 3/2003)

Tall ships Award

Make 10 QSOs with members from at least 3 different clubs: BMARS, RNARS, MARAC, ANARS, MF, INORC, FNARS and YO-MARc or MFC plus one qso with one of the following club stations: ON4BRN, OR0OST, OE6XMF, OH1AJ OI1AXA, PI4MRC, PI5KOM, PI5DD, PI6MRC, PA6MLD, PA6SDH, R2MWO, DL0MF, DL0MFH, DL0MFG, DL0MFS, DL0SWA, DL0MFL, DL0MFE, DL0MFB, DL0DAU, DF0MV, DL0MFF, DA0GF, DK0DW, DL0MFK, DL0MFW, DL0SMD, DL0MFM, VK1SEA, VK2SEA, VK3SEA, VK5SEA, VK6SEA, VK7SEA, ZL1SEA, GB2RN, GB3RN or GB2PLY.

The Tall Ships Award is available to licensed amateurs and SWL. Send log extract including date, time, call, mode, rst, maritime number such as BMARS001 or RNARS001 signed by 2 licensed amateur stations. Modes: CW, SSB, FM or mixed. All bands including WARC.

Fee is $US5, 6 IRC or Euro 5. Apply to: PO Box 1006, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium.

Internet: http://www.geocities.com/on4brn/nieuwe_pagina_voorwoord.htm

Chg 2/2004

TOR Award 2000

This nice diploma is offered by the local UBA - Section of TOURNAI. To obtain this diploma you need to contact or to listen to 22 different ON _ stations with the last character of the callsign forming the following sentence: "TOR SECTION UBA DE TOURNAI".  All contacts made after January 1st,2000 are valid in CW,SSB and/or FM. QSOs via relay and digital modes are not permitted. Send GCR list and fee of 5€, 7 IRC or $US7 to: Valérie Boucher (ON4LBG), 160 Grand Route, B-7530 Gaurain, Belgium

Website: http://user.online.be/on1lja/tor.html

(Chg 7/2002)

U.B.A. Vrienden Award

Contact the net control station ON4UVW (West Flanders Fields) of this 80 meter net at least 15 times.  The net meets on 3.744 Mhz LSB 7:30 AM until 11:00 AM GMT.  SWL OK.  GCR list and fee of €3 or 3 IRCs to the award manager:L Noel Schillewaert ON4CHL, Guido Gezellelaan 115, B-8210 Loppem, Belgium.

E-Mail: on4chl@qsl.net 

Relisted 11/2005 Tks PA3CUZ

Worked all Waasland

The WLD-Award is issued by one of the Oldest Radio Clubs in Belgium to promote contact between members and amateurs/SWLs in general and to promote greater awareness of the Waasland region of Belgium.

Point values:
1. QSO with WLD-members = 1point.
2. QSO/SWL with a portable WLD-station = 2 extra points
3. QSO/SWL with a xyl member = 1 extra point
4. QSO /SWL with a WLD-station outside Belgium = 2 extra points

(These points are cumulative, for example : a QSO with a portable XYL-station on holiday outside Belgium is worth = 6 points.)

Points needed:
Europeans need 20 points. (One contact with ON6WL/ON60WLD is mandatory).
All others need 15.

Each WLD-member may be worked or heard only once per band. Member list is available on their Web site. All modes OK. No use of repeaters. Contacts must be made on or after December 31 2005. The use of an official application (available on their web site or requested from the custodian) is needed. . The fee is 10E or $US15. Complete the application and send to: ON5JE Willy "Bill" Broucke ON5JE, Julius Peestraat 12, 9160 LOKEREN, BELGIUM

Internet: http://www.wld.uba.be/award/wldaward.html
E-mail: on5je@uba.be

Tks OH3GZ 1/2007

The award is a multicolored modern design showing the coats of arms off the different regional communities of Waasland.

Diplome de Wallonie

Contact stations located in the Belgian region of Wallonie. This includes the provinces of Namur, Luxembourg, Hainaut and Brabant Wallon. Contacts after 1 Oct 1980, except contacts with new province of Brabant Wallon must be after 1 Jan 1995. Before that date, only contacts with French speaking part of Brabant are valid. Brussels QSO’s are not good.

Non-Europeans need 5, EU 10 and ON’s need 15 different stations. All of the provinces do NOT have to be included. GCR list and fee of € 5 or $US 10 or 7 IRC’s, to: Pierre Aubry ON6GB, Rue des Champs 3, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium. 

Internet: http://www.on6gx.be  
E-mail: on6gb@on6gx.be

(Chg per ON6GB)(08)

WESTERN HAINAUT AWARD

Sponsored by the Radio-Club of Lessines to promote the Belgian region of Western Hainaut. Available for contacting (SWL OK) stations in the region after 1 January 2000.

Basic Award: Belgian stations need 20 points HF / 10 on VHF. Others need 10 points HF / 5 points VHF.

Honor Award: Belgians need 40 on HF, 20 on VHF, others 20 HF / 10 points VHF.

Excellence Award: Belgians need 60 points HF / 30 on VHF, others 30 HF / 15 VHF..

Point values:

Station of the Radio-Club Lessines operating portable = 5.

Radio-club Lessines = 3 points.

Individual stations in Western Hainaut: = 1 point and /P = 2 points. 

Each station can be contacted only once per band. Radio-club stations can be contacted twice each band including once in /P. The award may be earned by either HF or VHF contacts, but not by a combination of HF and VHF. Modes permitted are: AM, SSB, CW, RTTY, PSK 31, SSTV. No use of repeaters. Portable or mobile stations operating in Western Hainaut are OK. Contest contacts are OK.

An official list of cities/communes in Western Hainaut are found on their website. Look for notice on QSL cards: "Valid for D.H.O. Award". Postal codes 7320-7322, 7500-7866 and 7880-7973 are in the province. Valid club stations include: ON4JX, ON4LSN, ON4TOR, ON4RAM, ON5RC. Belgian stations operating /P or /A must indicate on their QSL cards the city of the Western Hainaut from which contacts were produced. In the absence of registration of the name of the city on the QSL card, the contact will not be valid for obtaining the award.

GCR list and fee of 10E and 2 IRC for Belgian stations and 10E ($US11) and 3 IRC all others. Send request to: Daniel VANDEWALLE, Mazenque 25, B-7866 Ollignies, Belgium.

Chg 12/04

Woodland Award

DX and SWL earn 3 points working member stations of TRA (Torhout R.C.) after 12 May 1979. Each member = 1 point, club station ON7TR = 2. GCR list and 2€ or $US2  to: Vercruysse Leon ON4AYQ, Berkenstraat 17, B-8820 Torhout, Belgium.

Member List: 
ON1AKI  CFK  CFR  
ON3AAC  AIX  AJ  AV  EV  EQ  IC  JD  JLA  TDS  TMG  WIL  
ON4ADI  AEW  ANE  APU  ASG  AVO  CEZ  CGX  CJ  DBI  DCM  IR  TO  VC  WY  YP  
ON5ABK  JDB  LP  TOM  VG  WAB  
ON6CQ  DG  EO  IZ  UY  PV  
ON7AS  CFZ  CHV  CN  EQ  JA  LX  LZP  RD  TK  TR  UC  XV  
ON8DM   ONL-10765

Internet: http://tra.uba.be/tra_docs/activiteiten_award.html

(Chg 4/2007)

Wool City Award

Contact members of GDV after 1 Jan 1980. All phone, cw or mixed mode. The same station may be worked up to two times for the mixed award as long as contacts are made over 24 hours apart.  SWL OK. On HF, Europeans need 14 points; all others 8. VHF/UHF: stations in the Province of Liege need 20 points, other ON's 8 and outside ON4 need 5. Phone qso's = 1 point, ON4GDV and ON4SPA  on phone = 2 points, cw or rtty = 2 points, ON4GDV or ON4SPA on cw or rtty = 4 points. SWL cards from their members = 1 or 2 points depending on mode. GCR list and 3€, $3US or 7 IRC to GDV Group, PO Box 11, B-4800 Ensival, Belgium. 

Eligible stations: ON1DR, IS IY IZ JU KAL KDD KEB KLC KKLP KML KN KPS KSG KSJ RF VT. ON4AU BH BQ DN FC HD HJ HL JS KL LH LU NB PL RV RZ SG SN TY UB UU WR XJ YY. ON5GD HI HM MH NR OB PA PL VF VU WG WI WR. ON6FN IY KP KU PL RD SN SP. ON7AE CG HS ML RJ SG TV. ON8JC XA. DA1FJ DA1LS F6GMR.

E-mail: on4gdv@qsl.net    or    on4gdv@excite.com 
Internet: http://www.qsl.net/on5pl 

(Chg 12/2004)

WXBAS

Work 10 stations from the following ON districts: Brugge, Knokke, Oostende and Torhout. (Postal codes 8000-9000). All bands and modes ok. SWL OK. No endorsements. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US6 to Danneels Luc ONL-7428, De Klerckstraat 49, B-8300 Knokke, Belgium. 

(Chg 3/2003)

Zelzaatse Award         Rewrite 11/09

Contact members of the Zelzaatse Radio Asso. to earn handsome 6 color award. SWL OK. Earn 10 points.  All bands and modes, except no use of repeaters or Internet. 

Point values: 
each member = 2 points 
SWL members of the club = 3
Club station ON7ZT = 4.
Special calls ON50ZLZ (1998), OT0CQ (2000) and ON6OZ (2004) = 6 points. 

GCR list and fee of 6€ or $US7 or 12 IRCs to: ON7ZT, PO Box 53, 9060 Zelzate, Belgium. 

E-mail: on3tt@uba.be 
Internet: http://www.uba-zlz.tk/ 

(Chg 11/09)

Members: ON1ARY AET BBI BSY BQS DDT DET DHA DHP DPA ON2ABT AIC ON4ADR AET APG ABV CFJ CIN CIQ ON5AB FY SO ON50ZLZ ON6NA QN VF ON7AC JC KK LB MQ MX ZT ONL2309 3352 3450 3572 6975 7221 7563 9711 9751 10120 10280.

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