Nevada Rodrigues Trophy

The Nevada Rodrigues Trophy

Applications for the Nevada Rodrigues Trophies closed at the end of May 2004.

The winners will be announced in July 2004.




Here were the rules

The objective of the Nevada Rodrigues Trophy Programme encouraged individual stations of all types worldwide as well as local club stations to make contact with the 3B9C DXpedition during March/ April 2004.

We were very keen to encourage all amateurs to participate, particularly those with low power, relatively poor antennas or who are new to HF. We also wanted to encourage members of local clubs to participate.

 Trophies will be awarded to stations who worked 3B9C on the highest number of band-slots, but an application is required. There are also trophies for SWLs.

Band-slots
Only contacts made on the following bands and modes will qualify for the Nevada Rodrigues Trophies:

CW: 160m to 6m (10 bands)
FM: 10m only
PSK: 20m, 15m and 10m
RTTY: 20m, 15m and 10m
SSB: 160m to 6m excluding 30m (9 bands).
There are 26 band-slots available in total.

The 3B9C team operated on further bands and modes such as SSTV, EME and the FO-29 satellite but these contacts will not count towards these trophies.

The Trophies
Details of the various trophies are set out below. Note that low power stations must have only single element antennas (e.g. a dipole or a vertical). We will adopt the CQ Worldwide Contest definition of low power i.e. 100 watts or less.

Club Awards: In the case of a reasonably active club well over 100 contacts (and perhaps many more) could be made.

Certificates will be awarded for the third and fourth places (second and third for Rest of the World - ROTW) providing there are at least 10 entries in the particular category.

Section 1: UK High Power (See note 1)
Trophies will be awarded to the two high power stations based in the UK who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 2: UK Low Power (See note 1)
Trophies will be awarded to the two low power stations based in the UK who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 3: UK Local Clubs (See note 1)
Trophies will be awarded to the two UK local clubs whose members work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 4: UK M3 Licencees (See note 1)
Trophies will be awarded to the two M3 licencees who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Sections 5: UK Newly Licenced HF Stations (See notes 1 and 2)
Trophies will be awarded to the two stations licenced since 1 January 2003 to operate on HF and based in the UK who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 6: Europe (excluding UK) High Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two high power stations based in Europe (excluding the UK) who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 7: Europe (excluding UK) Low Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two low power stations based in Europe (excluding the UK) who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 8: European (excluding UK) Local Clubs
Trophies will be awarded to the two local clubs based in Europe (excluding the UK) whose members work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 9: European (excluding UK) Newly Licenced HF Stations (See note 2)
Trophies will be awarded to the two stations licenced since 1 January 2003 to operate on HF and based in Europe (excluding the UK) who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 10: Asia High Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two high power stations based in Asia who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 11: Asia Low Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two low power stations based in Asia who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 12: Asian Local Clubs
Trophies will be awarded to the two local clubs based in Asia whose members work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 13: Asian Newly Licenced HF Stations (See note 2)
Trophies will be awarded to the two stations licenced since 1 January 2003 to operate on HF and based in Asia who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 14: North America High Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two high power stations based in North America who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 15: North America Low Power
Trophies will be awarded to the two low power stations based in North America who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 16: North American Local Clubs
Trophies will be awarded to the two local clubs based in North America whose members work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 17: North American Newly Licenced HF Stations (See note 2)
Trophies will be awarded to the two stations licenced since 1 January 2003 to operate on HF and based in North America who work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 18: Rest of the World (ROTW) High Power
A trophy will be awarded to the high power station based in ROTW who works 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 19: Rest of the World (ROTW) Low Power
A trophy will be awarded to the low power station based in ROTW who works 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 20: Rest of the World (ROTW) Local Clubs
A trophy will be awarded to the local club based in ROTW whose members work 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 21: Rest of the World (ROTW) Newly Licenced HF Stations (See note 2)
A trophy will be awarded to the station licenced since 1 January 2003 to operate on HF and based in ROTW who works 3B9C on the most band/mode slots.

Section 22: SWLs
SWLs worldwide may participate.
Trophies will be awarded to the two SWL stations who log 3B9C on the most band/mode slots. Three consecutive QSOs must be logged for each band/mode slot, indicating the station being worked by 3B9C. SWL applications here.

Claims for the same number of band/mode slots
In cases where several stations claim the same number of band/mode slots the station(s) making the contacts in the shortest time from the start of the DXpedition will be the winner.

Applications:
Applications should be sent using the special online form.
Award section name and number, name of operator (club), callsign, e-mail address and postal address are required together with log extract showing the following:
Date, Time (UTC), Band, Mode. The approved application form should be used.
For club applications send one form per member together with a summary.
No individual may apply for more than one award.
There should be no duplicate contacts on the same band and mode.
An individual entry may be used for only one club entry.

Charges
There are no charges for these awards.

Note 1
For the purpose of this award the UK includes G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW.

Note 2
Newly licenced HF stations are defined as:
1. Those amateurs whose licence conditions did not, prior to 1 January 2003, allow them to operate on the HF bands, or,
2. Complete newcomers to HF, licenced since 1 January 2003.

Application Form
The online application can be found here.

For club and SWL entries, there will be a special application, which needs to be completed and returned by post.