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Regional Competition

AOCC Contest Championship Program

 Updated effective October 7, 2024

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Purpose

The purpose of the Contest Championship Award Program is to:

  • Encourage member participation

  • Acknowledge member efforts

  • Reward member efforts

  • Promote the club through participation throughout contest community


Program Description

The AOCC Contest Championship Award Program is an annual medals-based
award system with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals awarded to members based on
their participation in identified contests. Points are awarded based on the number
of contacts made in eligible contests as opposed to the score. This methodology
levels the playing field between the Big Guns and the Little Pistols. There are also
multi-year awards and the program is open to all AOCC members.

Time Period

 

The AOCC Contest Championship Award Program ‘Contest Year’ Runs from
June 1 until May 31 of the following year.

  
Points

Points are awarded for each contest as follows:

HF Contests. Includes mobile operations

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  • 1 Point: 200 or more QSO’s in any eligible HF contest

  • 2 Points: 500 or more QSO’s in any eligible HF contest
     

VHF Contests. Includes mobile and rover operations

  • 1 Point: 50 or more QSO’s in any eligible VHF contest

  • 2 Points: 100 or more QSO’s in any eligible VHF contest

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Medal Awards

At the conclusion of the contest year, medals will be awarded based on the total
points accumulated by the member. The award consists of a physical medal and an
emailed PDF certificate. Physical medals will be awarded to individual winners at
the AOCC Roundup. For those not attending the roundup, a medal will be mailed
to them if requested by the medal winner.

 

  •  20 points: Bronze Medal

  • 25 points: Silver Medal

  •  30 points: Gold Medal
     

Eligible Contests

Eligible contests for the AOCC Contest Championship Award Program mirror that
of the Lifetime Achievement Award, as outlined in the annual eligible contests.


Eligible contests are:

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  • NAQP - CW, Phone, RTTY

  • ARRL 10 Meter

  • ARRL 160 Meter

  • ARRL International Digital

  • ARRL DX - CW and Phone

  • ARRL RTTY Roundup

  • ARRL Sweepstakes - CW and Phone

  • ARRL VHF Contests - January, June, September

  • CQ 160 Meter - CW and Phone

  • CQ WPX - CW, Phone, RTTY

  • CQWW - CW, Phone, RTTY

  • CQWW VHF

  • 7 th Area QSO Party

  • Arizona QSO Party

  • California QSO Party

  • World Wide Digi DX


To earn points for an eligible contest members MUST complete each the following:

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  • Submit their scores to the AOCC Groups.io platform

  • Post their score on 3830.com for the eligible contest

  • Submit their scores to the contest sponsor listing the AOCC as their club with the following exceptions:


• The NAQP does not have a club competition, rather has ‘team’
competitions. Members do not have to be a member of an AOCC team but
are encouraged to join one.


• AOCC member entries that cannot claim AOCC as their affiliated
club because they are outside the ARRL or CQ eligibility circles may
contribute their score to other clubs and still get Championship Medal
points.


• Members participating in multi-op efforts will be eligible to earn
points. The number of Championship Medal points will be awarded as the
final QSO total divided by the number of operators, as applied to the HF and
VHF points scales of the AOCC Championship Medal program. The
operator claiming their share of the QSO credits must be an AOCC member.
Members participating in multi-operator operations wishing to claim multiop
points must notify the awards manager of their desire to claim these points
after the claimed score is posted on 3830.com.


• Single-op guest operator or remote operator points will be awarded to
the operator.

 

 

Multi-Year Awards


There are two (2) multi-year awards. To earn these awards, the operator must be a
member of the AOCC in good standing for all years when medals are earned:

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  • The Gold-Silver-Bronze Award: Win a (minimum) Gold, Silver and Bronze medal in individual years. This takes a minimum of three (3) years to achieve. There is no time limit to achieve the award; does not have be consecutive years. The medals can be earned in any order. This award will also be awarded for any medal earned higher than a needed medal to complete the Gold-Silver-Bronze series: (for example, gold-gold-gold, gold-gold-silver, gold-gold-bronze or gold-silver-silver also earns this award)

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  • 5-year AOCC Champion Medal Winner: Achieve medals in 5 years. There is no time limit; does not have to be consecutive years. Any medal in any year counts (bronze, silver, gold). Takes a minimum of five (5) years to achieve.

     

For current score compilers' call signs by month and contest,

click on the icon below for full list in .pdf (view) format.

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