Awards for Coronation activities
Three one-off Awards are available:
- The Coronation Operating Award for licensed and listener stations working or hearing UK stations that use the “R” prefix during the celebration period. There are several achievement levels based on total stations worked/heard as well as band-slots worked or heard
- The Coronation Activation Award for licensed stations operating using the R prefix
- The Beaconnect Award for beacon site activators. Levels start with simple participation in a local, county or regional net and there will also be a high-level award that celebrates the completion of a net that loops around the whole UK
If you achieve an Award level, you will receive an email with a link to enable you to download your certificate from our website.
Coronation Awards
These awards recognise participation in the Coronation celebrations by UK and Crown Dependency stations that use the “R” prefix in their call sign during the period 1 May 2023 to 30 June 2023.
The awards are available to stations using the “R” prefix and those hearing/working them, at several achievement levels. They are for both licensed stations and short wave listeners, details are described below.
Coronation Operating Award (working or Hearing “R” stations)
| Award level | Number of R Stations Worked or Heard | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HF Band-slots [1] | VHF/UHF Band-slots [2] | ||
| Serf | 10 | or | 8 |
| Knight | 15 | or | 12 |
| Cleric | 20 | or | 16 |
| Noble (1) | 25 | and | 10 |
| Noble (2) | 40 | or | 20 |
| Royal (1) | 40 | and | 20 |
| Royal (2) | 50 | or | 30 |
| [1] "Band-slots" mean that you can count QSOs with the same station on different bands, but you cannot count QSOs using different modes on the same band. | |||
| [2] VHF/UHF bands are defined as 50MHz and higher | |||
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Coronation Activation Award (operating as an “R” station, eg GR3XXX)
| Award level | Number of QSO's Made by "R" station | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HF Band-slots | VHF/UHF Band-slots | ||
| Serf | 10 | or | 8 |
| Knight | 15 | or | 12 |
| Cleric | 20 | or | 16 |
| Noble (1) | 25 | and | 10 |
| Noble (2) | 40 | or | 20 |
| Royal (1) | 40 | and | 20 |
| Royal (2) | 50 | or | 30 |
| [1] "Band-slots" mean that you can count QSOs with the same station on different bands, but you cannot count QSOs using different modes on the same band. | |||
| [2] VHF/UHF bands are defined as 50MHz and higher | |||
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To apply for either of the above awards, please complete the Coronation Awards application form and submit it together with an ADIF or CSV file list of the QSOs made or heard to support your application at the appropriate level.
Beaconnect Award (running a Beacon Activation station in a Net)
| Award level | Number of Stations in Net | |
|---|---|---|
| Local | 4 Beacon sites in Net | |
| Counties | 3 Beacon sites in different Counties in Net | |
| Region | 5 Regional Beacon sites in Net (RSGB Regions) | |
| UK | All 13 RSGB regions in Net[1] | |
| [1] RSGB Regions are defined at RSGB Regions | ||
To apply for the Beaconnect Award, please complete the Beaconnect Award application form and submit it together with a list of the stations that participated in your net on the specified day, identifying the beacon site name, callsign, county and RSGB Region for each station. The list can be in ADIF, XLS, CSV or Word format.
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