Award programm «175 Years of Swiss Railways» – HB175RAIL
- The award programme “175 Years of Swiss Railways” (https://175-jahre.ch) was launched by the board of the Radio Amateur Club Swissair (www.hb9vc.ch) and is sponsored by the USKA (www.uska.ch).
- The diploma program is available to all licensed radio amateurs worldwide. The same criteria apply to SWL (Short Wave Listeners).
- All logs are combined in a central database and are then available for retrieving the individual diploma. No QSLs of any kind must be submitted for the diploma application.
- The organizer is not liable if a QSO has been logged incorrectly.
- The diploma program is not a contest. The issue of the diplomas is numbered consecutively, according to the time of receipt.
- Diplomas must be appointed by 30 September 2023 at the latest. The diploma is free.
- All QSOs are also connected to LOTW. Confirmations via eQSL or paper QSL card are not provided.
Rules
Valid 2-way radio connections with HB175RAIL between the 1st September 2022, 00:00 UTC to 31st October 2022, 23:59 UTC. The IARU band plans must be adhered to. Connections on the same band and in the same mode (CW, Phone, DIGI) count only once.
There are two diploma classes:
| CW-Mode | MIX-Mode | ||
| 2nd Class – | 4 QSOs | 4 QSOs | |
| 1nd Class – | 6 QSOs | 6 QSOs |
Award and QSL Manager
Andy, HB9JOE