Centenary HF Award

HF Bands from 160m through 10m (exc 60m) may be used in accordance to your licence conditions. This award adds additional scope for progressing with the existing RSGB lifetime achievement Commonwealth Series and the Worked ITU Zones Awards.

Each HF Award uses contacts with the

  • Regional SES Gx100RSGB in each of the 13 Regions
  • 24 UK IOTA Islands
  • 138 Commonwealth Call areas
  • 77 ITU Zones

Basic HF Award

This award requires the claimant to have accumulated 250 points; scored on the basis of 1 point per QSO with any UK IOTA Islands, any Commonwealth Call areas and ITU Zones on any mix of bands, and must include QSOs with the Regional SES in at least 7 different Regions/Bands.

Gold HF Award

This more challenging award requires the claimant to have accumulated 450 points, as for the Basic award, but including QSOs with the Regional SES in at least 10 different Regions/Bands.

Scoring guidance