CROATIAN LIGHTHOUSE AWARD
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Croatian Lighthouse Award (CLHA)
Croatian IOTA Hunters Group – CIHG , in
collaboration with Croatian Amateur Radio Association, issue a diploma called ‘Croatian Lighthouse Award’ (CLHA).
This award acknowledges the
importance of lighthouses and their crews in maritime navigation. The award
pays tribute to people located on small, desolate islands and islets, daily
exposed to hardship andd danger, and we acknowledge and honour their dedicated
work.
The aim of the award is to
encourage and promote amateur radio activity from Croatian lighthouses, both by
local hams and those from abroad, which also will promote Croatian tourism.
The idea and design for the Croatian Lighthouse Award came from
Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K. Diploma is issued for confirmed contacts with
hams operating from Croatian lighthouses. All QSOs after 1st July,
2000 are valid.
Diploma CLHA is obtainable both for Activators (operators from Croatian lighthouses) and Hunters (for contacts made with Activators).
A total of 200 Croatian lighthouses count for the Award. Each lighthouse is allocated its permanent CLH reference number (ie, lighthouse Palagruza is CLH–100).
In order to have an expedition recognized and validated, regardless of the fact that CLH number is, or is not assigned, Activators must comply with the following requirements:
a) Contacts
must be made from inside the lighthouse or closely nearby
(proven by photograph showing lighthouse, antenna or equipment),
b) Photograph with all operators during expedition must be submitted,
c) Minimum QSO requirement is 101 contacts made from each lighthouse (proven by log copy or email list).
Activators must
submit required data to Award manager 2 months after the ending of expedition
at latest (photos and log excerpts may be scanned and emailed as files).
Each
activator must reply to all QSL cards
received.
Manager has a privilege to disqualify an expedition, if he decides it did not comply with the requirements or the rules of ham spirit.
A list of all Croatian lighthouses
for CLHA is obtainable from the Award manager on request. List is free of
charge, however, return postage cover is required (3 USD or 3 EURO or 6 IRCs). Each copy of CLH Directory is numbered.
Diploma
Art. 9
Each award applicant must be in
possession of a CLHA Directory.
Application sheet is inside this Directory and each activator or award
applicant must fill it out and return to Award manager.
Art. 10
Diploma has 6 levels:
Diploma Levels |
Activators |
Award Applicants |
Basic |
10 CLH |
10
CLH |
Silver endorsement |
50 CLH |
50
CLH |
Gold endorsement |
100 CLH |
100 CLH |
Medal |
150 CLH |
150 CLH |
CLH Trophy |
180 CLH |
180 CLH |
CLH Honour Roll |
200 CLH |
200 CLH |
Diploma is issued in
categories: CW, Phone and Mixed. All contacts in short-wave and WARC bands are allowed.Diploma is available
for both 50 MHz and 144 MHz contacts as well, but only in category Mixed.
Contacts through repeaters,
packet radio or satellites are not allowed.
Basic CLH award fee is 5 USD or
5 EURO for hams outside Croatia. Croatian hams shall pay a fee in local
currency of 25 kuna.
Additionally, applicants need
to submit 2 IRCs for postal expense. Each endorsement fee is 10 kuna or 2 USD,
or 2 EURO, plus 1 IRC for postal expense.
Medal fee is 10 USD or 10 EURO,
or equivalent in local currency kuna, plus 3 IRCs for postal expense.
CLHA Trophy fee is 25 USD or 25
EURO, plus 4 IRCs for postal expense.
Diploma CLHA Honour Roll is free-of-charge for all hams.
Activators do not pay fees for diploma/endorsement/medal. However, when submitting their application, they must provide cover for sufficient postal expenses (applicable 2, 1, or 3 IRCs).
All diploma holders (both
activators and hunters) are entitled to use CLHA logo on all their
correspondence and QSL cards.
All applications for CLH should be directed to CLH Award manager:
CLH
Award Manager
Krešimir
Juratović, 9A7K
P. O.
BOX: 88
HR-48001
Koprivnica
Croatia.
All additional information is available on request from the manager,
either by
post-mail, e-mail, packet radio, or Internet web pages :
a) packet radio: [email protected]
b)
e-mail: 9a7k@hamradio.hr or [email protected]
c) web page: http://www.qsl.net/9a7k
All information on previous and recognized expeditions on Croatian lighhouses, as well as current number of activated lighthouses and a list of diploma holders will be regularly announced in ham magazine Radio HRS, on packet radio BBS 9A0BBS and 9A0YKZ, column CLHA, and the following web page:
Diploma creator holds the right to
change or amend certain criteria or requirements. If certain changes do occur,
expeditions’ approval or recognition
will be held under the criteria existing at the time of expedition.
All CLHA copyrights are reserved by diploma creator.
CLHA award manager
Kresimir Juratovic, 9A7K