ISWL ALL YEAR Challenge Contests

As part of the League's Contests and Awards programme, the
Awards Manager arranges some ALL YEAR contests for members,
called the "ALL YEAR CHALLENGE" with an annual trophy for the
member, gaining the most points in each category during the year.

These Contests Run Every Year from:

 0000z on January 1st to 2400z on December 31st

The ISWL Contests are open to "Current "  Members Only

 PLEASE NOTE

Contacts made or heard via any Internet Link, such as "Echo-Link",

"CQ-100", or any other mode of communication via an internet connection,
 including stations heard via a Web SDR etc,
 ARE NOT VALID for any ISWL Awards, Contests or Challenges.

2024 - All Year contest Logs must reach the contest manager
 by 10th February 2025

Entries arriving late will automatically be Rejected

The typical Line Up of ISWL ALL YEAR Challenge and Contest Trophies

 

The "Presidents Cup" - One was presented for TX and one for RX

 
A recent line up of ISWL ALL YEAR Challenge and Contest Trophies

 



A typical individual Contest Plaque

Congratulations to all the winners

Contests and all year Challenges are open to ALL " Current" ISWL members


The ISWL Contests and Awards Manager is:

   

Contest Rules which refer to all Amateur Band Contests:

  Stations operating outside their own Country will count as follows:

G3DDD/EA8 counts as EA8 Canary Islands.

PY/DL8GGG counts as PY Brazil.

Stations operating as /M, /MM

CQ calls are allowed

Prefixes must be listed as per the ISWL, ARRL, RSGB or AC6V lists.

Countries must be as listed on the ISWL, ARRL, RSGB or AC6V lists.

  Points to be Awarded 

The following points are available for each ALL YEAR contest: 

1st  Place:                    

25 Points

2nd Place:                    

20 Points

3rd Place:                    

16 Points

4th  Place:                    

13 Points

5th  Place:                    

11 Points

6th  Place:                     

10 Points

All other places:

  8 Points

 

ALL YEAR CHALLENGE

  The object is to log a station from each country on as many
of the NINE bands as possible.

Mixed Modes and CQ calls are accepted.

Scoring is 4 points for stations on 160M,  2 points for 80 and 40M, 
 1 point for all the other bands. (Including the WARC bands).
i.e. 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m & 10m.

NOTE: The 60m band is excluded from the All Year Challenge,
as it is not available to all Licensed operators.

This total is then multiplied by the total number of countries
heard / worked throughout the year.

ALL YEAR PREFIX CHALLENGE

The object of this contest is to log as many different prefixes as possible
during the year on the NINE bands.

Once the prefix is heard on one band it CANNOT
be claimed on another band

Scoring is one point per prefix multiplied by the total
number of countries heard

BROADCAST BAND ALL YEAR CHALLENGE

 The object is to log ONE station per country on
each of the 11 Broadcast Bands

Scoring is 1 point for a station in your own continent
and 2 points for all other continents

This total is then multiplied by the total number
of countries heard throughout the year.