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Activator's Annual Reference Award

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Activator’s Annual Reference Award 2024

Description

This award is based on how many UKBOTA References an Activator has activated during the calendar year.

Duration

This award begins 1st January 2024 and finishes midnight 31st December 2024. All times in UTC/GMT.

Scoring and additional notes

An Activator may activate the same bunker Reference once each calendar month.

 

One point is scored for each valid activation. The maximum annual points that can be gained from activating the same bunker is therefore 12 per year, i.e. one per calendar month.

 

Valid activations: A minimum of 25 stations must be worked from the Reference to score a monthly point for that Reference, i.e. for the activation to be deemed valid. If 25 stations are not worked during an activation then repeat activations from the same UKBOTA Reference, within the same calendar month, may take place in order to gain the minimum 25 stations for the monthly point. An additional QSO is awarded for working the same hunter on any additional bands during the monthly activation in order to get to the 25 minimum.
 

There are no additional awards for working more than 25 Hunter stations from the same BOTA Reference in the same calendar month. However, activators are encouraged to continue to work Hunters if they are still being called, even if they have reached 25 QSO to validate the activation.

 

Update at 3 May 2024

Where an activator does not manage 25 valid QSO from a bunker in one outing, duplicate QSO from the same hunter, on the same band, but on a different day will now count towards the 25 valid QSO for the activator. There are no additional points for the Hunter.

 

Tiers

This award may be claimed in the following tiers, based on the following numbers of points gained:

Bronze = 10

Silver = 25

Gold = 50

Platinum = 100

Sapphire = 200

Diamond = 300

Other tiers may be added at a later date

Applying for the Award

Applications for this award can only be made through the UKBOTA BunkerBase website, anyone requiring additional support is requested to contact the UKBOTA Awards Manager.