We want to offer SWLs an easy way to participate in our event as well.
You can participate by registering an account, and filling in your SWL logs.
You can earn awards, just like the radio operators, but instead of by contacting them, you log contacts they make.
You can also request your own SWL QSLs on this website.
Feel free to register your callsign / nickname on our DYM website now.
If you have an official SWL call, please use that one as personal callsign.
If you don't have an official callsign, you can use a nickname, or your full name.
Please don't use just your first name, though.
Awards
To obtain an award you have to log QSOs (on-air contacts) between the YOTA special event stations listed on this page and other Amateur Operators.
Rules:
To obtain an award you have to make QSOs (on-air contacts) with the YOTA special event stations listed on this page.
Rules:
- Awards can be requested by licensed amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners.
- SWLs must submit 2-way communication details. Details of communication required: callsign, worked station, date and time (UTC), band and mode. This requirement also applies to enquiries towards organizers regarding your missing QSOs from the database.
- Awards are free, they will be electronically distributed.
- Awards can be achieved by fulfilling the requirements of award levels.
- Scores are calculated based on your QSOs with YOTA special event stations, following these rules.
- Only QSOs made between 1 December 2020 00:00 UTC and 31 December 2020 23:59 UTC can be used to apply for the awards.
- All bands and all modes are valid.
- Equation for calculation of your scores is simple: 'Number of points' = ('Worked stations' * 2) + 'Worked bandslots'. This also means, you get 3 points (+1 'station' * 2 + 1 'bandslot') for the first QSO with a station, and 1 point for every other bandslot with this specific station.
- Bandslots are combination of all amateur radio bands and CW, PHone and DIGI modes. Contacts made using the Morse Code count as CW, any mode using transmission of speech (LSB, USB, FM, AM etc) counts as PHone, and all other modes combined count as DIGI.
- For example, if you work 5 stations, OH2YOTA on 80CW, 40CW, HA6YOTA on 80SSB, 80CW, ON4YOTA on 40SSB, PA6YOTA on 40DIGI and II5YOTA on 40SSB, you have 5 'stations' * 2 + 7 'bandslots' = 17 points and you are entitled to a Bronze award.
In total there are 4 awards to achieve:
- Bronze: 15 points
- Silver: 35 points
- Gold: 65 points
- Platinum: 105 points