Awards

The O’Meara-Braggio Award

During the month of May 2024, Branch 11 club members are encouraged to participate in the O’Meara-Braggio Award using the special event callsign ZL100AC to make DX contacts.

This is to honour the centenary of the first trans-Pacific radio communication by Carlos Braggio (Buenos Aires) and Ivan O’Meara (Gisborne) in 1924. There is more information on a QRZ page here: https://www.qrz.com/db/zl100ac

As well as acknowledging this amazing technical feat, the award will encourage Gisborne radio club members to get involved in DX communication on the HF bands and promote amateur radio in the Tairāwhiti region.

Conditions

• Operators must be members of Branch 11, Gisborne Amateur Radio Club.

• Operators must use the ZL100AC callsign.

• Logs must be kept electronically.

• Log entries must include the operator’s personal callsign in the 'Comment' field so that we can identify you for awards.

• The award ends on May 31/5/2024 2400hrs (UTC) 

• Logs are to be submitted within 7 days from the end of the event (UTC).

• Only confirmed contacts will be counted.

• You must submit your logbook in ADIF (*.ADI file) format via email to scottZL2AA@gmail.com

• Awards will be given for the following categories:

  • 50 Unique contacts Phone or CW

  • 10 Unique countries Phone or CW

  • 10 Unique Argentine stations

• Certificates will be awarded to all operators who fulfill the contest criteria and submit in the correct format.

• Printable certificates will be electronically mailed to the successful participants.