| ISLAND
HUNTERS - POINT SCORING SYSTEM We hope to achieve some of the aims of
the SCOTIA programme by having a points system that will reflect these aims and be
appropriate to the different categories of participants. We hope that participants will
familiarise themselves with the relevant details and will not experience too many
difficulties, if any.
ISLAND HUNTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE SCOTIA AWARD PROGRAMME
(A) COSTS :
Click Here for details of
the costs of the Hunter Award.
(B) BASIC POINTS :
'Home' QTH of
Hunting Station |
UK / EIRE |
EUROPE* |
DX |
| For each different Island
worked or heard |
2 |
3 |
4 |
* For the
purposes of the SCOTIA award programme, a "European" applicant is one whose
national call-sign prefix appears on the list of countries qualifying for the Worked All
Europe (WAE) award/contest (click
here for the list), excluding the UK and EIRE. |
(C) BONUS POINTS :
| (i) |
SCOTIA GROUP POINTS : |
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a) |
All applicants may claim 2 bonus
points the first time each of the 6 SCOTIA island groups is worked or heard, namely DI
(Distant Islands), OI (Orkney Islands), SI (Shetland Islands), HI (Hebridean Isles), CN
(Coastal - North) or CS (Coastal - South) |
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b) |
All applicants may claim an
additional bonus of 5 points once ALL 6 SCOTIA island groups have been worked or
heard |
| (ii) |
IOTA POINTS : |
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5 bonus points may be claimed by
any applicant providing evidence of having worked or heard GM3VLB (or any GM3VLB
expedition member) from ALL GM IOTA island groups (excluding Rockall), namely :
EU-008, EU-009, EU-010, EU-012, EU-059, EU-092, EU-108, EU-111, EU-112, EU-118 and EU-123 |
| (iii) |
GM3VLB /Mobile or
/Portable POINTS : |
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All applicants may claim 1 bonus
point, up to a maximum of 5, for having worked or heard André, GM3VLB, at ANY time
(including prior to 1996), operating fixed, /A, /M or /P from ANY of the following areas
(represented by the national flags on the Award Certificate) :
Europe : CT, DL, EA, EI, F, G, GI, HB9, I, LA, LX, ON, OZ, PA, SM, ZB2, 4U1
N.America : VE6, VE7, VE8, VY1, W4
Africa : 5X5, 5Z4, 5Z5, 5Y4
Oceania : 3D2, KH6 |
| (iv) |
ANTARCTICA POINT : |
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André's Kenwood TS-50S has been
used, problem-free, /M or /P from over 200 different islands, in several cases more than
once, as well as from many European and DX locations. It was also used, along with his
infamous 4-metre fishing-rod vertical, at Patriot Hills Base in Antarctica. Any applicant
who worked or heard his son Niall, VP8NJS, may therefore claim 1 special bonus point. |
| (v) |
GM3VLB ASSOCIATES
POINT : |
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Applicants who have worked or
heard any GM3VLB associate activator or any other activator also "banned" by the
GMDX/IOSA Committee, may claim 1 (only 1!) extra-special bonus point (these activators
include, alphabetically, MM0BCR, MM0BPP, GM0DHZ, G3LWM/GM0PNS, G3KPU, GM3OFT, GM3THI,
G(M)4WSB, VP8NJS, W9DC and N5ET).
GMDX / IOSA Committee members at, and since, the date of the GM3VLB
"ban", are not eligible to claim this point. |
| (vi) |
ACTIVATOR'S
"HUNTER" POINTS : |
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Each individual activator, or
member of a team activating an island may claim the appropriate number of points (2, 3 or
4) towards their Hunter certificate for the island(s) being activated. |
C) POINTS REQUIRED FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS
OF THE AWARD :
| Basic Award |
30 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 2 islands |
from each of any 3 island groups |
| '40' Sticker |
40 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 3 islands |
from each of any 3 island groups |
| '50' Sticker |
50 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 4 islands |
from each of any 3 island groups |
| '60' Sticker |
60 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 5 islands |
from each of any 3 island groups |
| '70' Sticker |
70 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 4 islands |
from each of any 4 island groups |
| '80' Sticker |
80 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 2 islands |
from each of any 5 island groups |
| '90' Sticker |
90 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 3 islands |
from each of any 5 island groups |
| '100' Sticker |
100 points (including bonus points) |
with at least 4 islands |
from each of any 5 island groups |
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