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PROVINCE/REGIO LISTING Many Dutch awards require QSO's from a combination of provinces and regions. Here's a cross reference as kindly provided by PA3EQU:

Province Regio Freisland 14 29 33 44 47 Limiburg 22 31 N. Brabant 7 13 25 35 39 19 N. 1 2 4 15 23 29 45 46 8 30 41 Drente 11 26 27 Overysel 10 32 34 40 49 3 5 6 21 24 35 43 48 S. Holland 9 12 16 17 18 20 28 36 37 42

--- VRZA Series --- General Requirements: For all awards, GCR is accepted. For the VHF-50 and LOC, the QTH and QRA-locator are needed. Repeater contacts not valid for VHF/UHF certificates. Satellite contacts valid only if all claimed contacts for the award are made by satellite. SWL OK. All contacts must have been made from within a radius of 25 miles. Fee for each certificate is Euro 4.55 Dfl 10, $6US or 6 IRCs. Seals are 1 IRC or $US1 and SAE. Apply to: Award Manager V.R.Z.A., Ben Horsthuis PA0HOR, Frans Halsstraat 95, 3781 EV , . Internet: http://www.vrza.org/ VRZA Divisional Award Contact different VRZA club stations after 23 November 1986. PA's need 15 on HF, 10 on VHF; Europeans need 8/4, all others 4/2. (TKS UB5FJA)(91) VRZA Clubstations: PI4ADH AML ARL AVG DBO DHG DUI EDE EHV EMN FLD GN HVB JUT KEI KGL LMW PLM RMB SDH TWN UTC VGZ VLA VPO VRL WBR YSM YSS ZLB ZWN PI4VRZ/A PA6VRZ/A PI6CQP/A. (CHG 97)

Locator Award VHF/UHF contacts with 10 stations in different European QRA-locator main fields JO33, JO34, JN21, etc. Seals for 25, 50, 75 up to 200 main fields.

VHF-50 Certificate VHF contact with 25 stations at least 40 Km (25 miles) and 25 stations at least 400 Km (250 miles) distance.

Worked All Continents Contact each of the 6 continents: Africa, Asia, , North America, South America, and Oceania.

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Worked All Provinces Contact each of the 12 Netherlands provinces: Groningen GR Gelderland GD Utrecht UT FR Flevoland FL -Holland NH DR Noord- Braband NB Zuid-Holland ZH OV LB Zeeland ZL The club station PI4VRZ/A and PA6VRZ may be used to substitute for any missing province.

Worked Prefixes VHF VHF contacts with different prefixes. The basic certificate is for 30; seals for 50, 75, 100 and 150 prefixes.

Worked All Netherlands. General Requirements: Contacts after 1 January 2006. SWL OK. Valid are all the sub WW locators from the mainland and the islands of the Netherlands, (for example JO33AA, JO33AB, JO33AC) worked and/or activated. QSO’s via repeaters are not valid. QSL cards not necessary. SWL’s can not activate locators. Radio Amateurs can only activated locators for the W.A.N locators, when they are in the Netherlands. A record book is mandatory in order to apply for the award. The book is intended to be used as a record of your W.A.N. contacts. A column is provided for this record. You should enter call sign, date and band. The W.A.N. record book is sequentially numbered and the book number assigned to the purchaser of the book. The book cannot be transferred to any other person or club. You can use a WAN record book for HF and/or VHF. After each application or endorsement, the book will be returned with the award or endorsement. The book costs € 10 or US$ 13 and is available from Martin Ouwehand, PF9A, Gruttoplantsoen 14, 1131 ME Volendam, Netherlands. The cost of the award is 5€ or $US6. Apply with the record book to: Ben Horsthuis, PAoHOR, Frans Halsstraat 95, 3781EV Voorthuizen Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] HF-LF-Mixed Underlying Award Level Netherlands Europe DX awards needed: Basic 250 200 100 None Bronze 500 400 200 Basic Award Silver 750 600 300 Bronze Award Gold 1000 800 400 Silver Award 500 (must have 900 (must have the 1200 (must have 6 VRZA the VRZA WAP Trophy (free) VRZA WAP and Divisional Gold Award awards or certificates) and Divisional Awards) Awards

VHF-UHF-SHF Award Level Netherlands Europe DX Basic 200 100 50 Bronze 400 175 90 Silver 600 250 120 Trophy (free) 900 350 150

Trophy level requires earning all lower levels of the awards as the HF-LF-MIXED rules.

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Afdeling Award Contact stations from the VERON region Amersfoort after 1 January 2005. SWL OK. Points needed on HF: Region 03: 15 points, Netherlands 10 and the rest 3 points. VHF (incl 50 Mhz): Region 03: 25 points, Netherlands 15 and the rest 5 points. UHF: Region 03: 15 points, Netherlands 10 and the rest 3 points. A contact with club station PI4AMF = 3 points, PI4AA = 2 and any station located within Region 03 = 1 point. Modes: FM, SSB, CW, Digi and Mixed. No use of repeater and satellite QSO’s, except when all the contacts are made by satellite. GCR list and fee of 5€ to: Gerard Overbosch (PD5GO), Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 67, 3862, SG , Netherlands. in Region 03: , Amersfoort, , , -Spakenburg, De Glind, Den Dolder, Doorn, Eemdijk, Ermelo, , Hierden, Hoevelaken, , Hooglanderveen, Huis ter Heide (Utr.), Lage Vuursche, Langbroek, Leersum, , Maarn, Maarsbergen, Nijkerk (Gld.), Nijkerkerveen, , Soest, Soesterberg, , Terschuur, Voorthuizen, , en . DX Certificate Sponsored by the Amsterdam DX Club for submitting proof of communication with 6 members of the club since 1957. Look for "Valid for ADXC on members cards. QSLs of ex-members are valid if contacts were made while members. All bands and modes. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 5€, $US5 or 6 IRC to: Amsterdam DX Club, Jan Visser, Weth. In 't Veldstraat 28, 1107 BJ Amsterdam, Netherlands. Member List: PA0ACM ANH ASD AWJ BEA CHN END FCM FL IF IWO JVB JWA KST LGJ LRK MFC MIR NLC OI PJE PRY RDY RHA VDW WFB PA1MM PA2JSL RPC SWL PA3ACC ADA ADI AJW ASD AWX BFX BKW BLV CQJ CUP CYA CYM CYN DLK DRZ EAL EAT ECT EHA EMN EPL EQG EWD FBC FBW FTF GFI HEO PA4T SDV PA5MM PD0BAK HAV HFB LBD MIZ OZB VOS PE1BMS GOA GXY IBA IXP JAN KDM KZK LZG PG2AA PH8GB PI4AML RAC VLA PI9ZKA Ex-ADXC members where contacts are valid up to: 2004: PA0JAC KHR LGR PA1V PA3ADA ASI BAC CSZ PD0DCR PD0DLL HWW MLP PE1AMT GRD 2003: PA0AEO PB0ANX PA3AGF AUB ELD PE1NIE PE4SDV 2002: PA0HPO NIC PA5DX 2000: PA0CLO DOG JEL MJA PAN PER IAP TKS WIK PA3AAI AGT AMI AUB AYA BHY BYS CFN CJG CLN DKU DUG FUV FVX GGS PD0AJQ FFB JMG LCV LKN LKX PE0WGA PE1BVI CDK DGZ FHS FYF GAY GBV GFI HLT IZL MAL OOQ PI4ASD. 1993: PA0FMK WIL PA3GGS 1992: PA0HIL JPC TKS WS PA2MAX PA3BAV PA3BRO BRR PD0HXZ JKU JOV LOH MBU MIA MVU NBN PDB PE1CRT DHN GSN HGR HSL HXL IPG ITP IVU LZH NWO NIP. 1991: PE1BFA EDY IHT 1988: PA0GAR KJH PD0LFZ LJJ PE1JUW. 1986: PA0HAL NMN PAU PA3EDV PE1DBQ DTY FKF LHU IOH IRF PD0JOI NHD PI1ZKA PI5ASD. 1984: PA0ANH PB0ADS PE1HQD HUQ PE1IGN IPW 1983: PA0ELD GPA RCA PA3BGD PD0GDZ PE1HNE IGN IMV. 1982: PI1ASD 1980: PA0ACG AMC AML AOB BDR BPN CEA CF CKV CWS FO GE GHB GZ HAN HOR JEM JSO JVZ KAP LVA MOR MOT MPH NIR PAF PEP POB PRF PRK PTR PUR QK RL RSA RTU UNT WAL WFS XRL XYL ZV ZWO.

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Arnhem Award Earn 25 points by contacting VERON Section stations after 1 Jan 1990. Point values are: - each station in Region 06 Arnhem = 1 point. - club stations PI4ANH PI5AH PI4AH PI5RYC = 2 points. - special event station PA6BTF = 5 points. Stations may be worked only one time. All bands and modes may be used. GCR list and fee of 3€, $US3 or 3 IRCs to: Bert Jansen NL-11889, Grondelstraat 59, NL 6833 DS Arnhem, The Netherlands. Internet: http://www.qsl.net/pi4anh Baronie DX Group Award Contact members of this group. PA's need 10 members, Europeans 5 and others need 3 members. Dutch amateurs from R06 need 25 from R06. SWL OK. Contacts on 432 MHz and higher are double. Repeater contacts OK. GCR list and 8€, or 20 IRCs to: A.A. Selders PA0ASL, Middachtensingel 67, 6825 HH Arnhem, Netherlands. Eligible Stations: PA0ASL ATG FRI JOL LSB LUS MUS TFM TMB PA3AJN AJX ALA APV BBG BDK BGA BJJ BLZ BMU CIL CXX DFX DPC EBT. PI1KMA 4ETL PE0GTM. PE1AAD ADQ AGT AMY ARC CPP DIC EBF FFO FKK FPI GVC LQF MII. PD0AKZCCI DCB EAF EBB EBF HBG HGS HNA HPN HQF HQT HWL IAT NME. QRP Club Award Contact 10 club members after 1 Jan 1983. At least one of the QSOs must be with a BQC member in a second country. Only 2-way QRP contacts. Output cw 5 watt and SSB 10 watt. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 3€ or 8 IRCs to: A.T.G. Willeboordse PA0ATG, Wilgenlaan 86, 4871 VE Etten Leur, Netherlands. Hart Van Brabant Award Contact different stations in Region 39 and earn 10 points after 1 Jan 1995. SWL OK. Each station = 1 point, PI4HVB = 5. All bands and modes, except for packet and repeater QSO's. GCR list and fee of 7.50€ or $US10 to: Ad Kwantas PA3GMR, Salesianenstraat 341, 5042 DT , Netherlands. Worked DIG PA Work PA members of DIG (Diploma Interest Group - See ) after 1 January 1984. PA's need 30, other Europeans 20, rest of world 10. The award is available mixed, all cw, VHF or VHF-cw for a special endorsement. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US7 or 10 IRCs to:G.R. Boomsa PH8GB, Beemsterstraat 430, 1024 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands. DIG-PA Postcode Award Sponsored by the DIG-PA section. Work PA stations and collect their postal codes. SWL OK. These codes are four digit numbers, and you will need a cumulative total of 500,000 points after 1 Jan 2000. PA stations must work all the nine first numbers (1425, 2334, 3951, etc.) at least 3 times. EU stations must work these first nine numbers one time. For DX stations, multiply the postal code value by two. All bands and modes. A special endorsement for CW or VHF. The postal code must be on the QSL card and each code may be worked one time only. GCR list including the postal code and fee of Fl 10, DM10, $US7 or 5 Euro to: G. Boomsma PE1NIE, Beemsterstraat 430, 1024 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands. Award The award is a color copy of a painting by Kees Bulder from 's Each confirmed QSO with a member of Section A24 = 1 point, Heerenberg and shows an old map of the surroundings of unless contact was made on 144 Mhz or higher and the Doetinchem with all the and villages within the VERON distance more than 200km. Such contacts are worth 2 points section A24 (Doetinchem). Around the map the "coat of arms" is each. Each A24 station can only be contacted only one time. shown of the major towns. Any confirmed QSO with clubstation PI4DTC = 3 points. No You must confirm QSOs with VERON members (both radio- contacts via repeater. Contacts made with members during amateurs and SWL's count), living in the region. Their QSL 1986 and 1987 counts for 2 points. cards are marked with a stamp: "valid for the Doetinchem You can apply for the award (temporarily) via email Award". Dutch amateurs need 15 points. Other Europeans need [email protected] . 10 points. All others need 5 points.

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Domstad Award Contact stations in the department of Utrecht VRZA after 1 April 1988. SWL OK. On HF, PA's need 5, EU 3 and all others 2. On VHF, PA's need 10, EU 5 and all others 3. A QSO with PI4UTC/PA6DOM counts for 2 members, on VHF 4. All modes valid, but not repeater. Black and red, heavy card stock, pen and ink drawing of Cathedral of Utrecht. GCR list and fee of 5€, or $US5 to: C. du Maine, Johan Uitenbogaertstraat 5, 3553 VM Urecht, Netherlands. UTRECHT Stations: PA3AGN AIQ BAZ DXS FCG FGD FJV FKU GDP GER HGG HBV PD0RJP PE1FOD KDN LXY MAO MVC NWI PGA PA9535 PI4UTC. Dutch Lighthouse Award This award is issued by section of VERON - Holland (Netherlands National Amateur Radio Society). Make QSO's with a Netherlands lighthouses; lightships do not count. Contacts on or after 1 Janaury 2002. The lighthouse must be confirmed by QSL card and clearly identified by the name of the lighthouse and/or number according to the ARLS LH- list. SWL OK. Any profit will be donated to the Royal Netherlands Lifeboat Society (KNRM).

Available in 3 different levels: Award 1: for confirmed QSO's with 5 lighthouses in the Netherlands; Award 2: for confirmed QSO's with 10 lighthouses in the Netherlands; Award 3: for confirmed QSO's with 15 lighthouses in the Netherlands.

In activating a lighthouse the station must be operating from the lighthouse building itself, or from a adjacent building belonging to the lighthouse, or from a mobile/portable site within a maximum distance of 500 meters land based from the lighthouse. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US5 to: . Bakkum - PA3EEQ, Wilheminastraat 96, 1931, BT Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands. The Dutch Police Regio Award Contact a radio amateur in the where the region police headquarters is located. Award available in 3 categories A: 10 regions (Award) B: 20 regions (Award) C: all 26 regions (Award + IPA crest with Call and number) You may use the maximum of 2 joker_stations: 2 IPARC_PA members. Contacts after 01_01_2001 are valid. No use of repeaters. SWL OK. Fee for A and B is: € 5 / $ 5, price for C : € 30 / $25. GCR list to: Award Manager: H.C.H.Hopstaken, PA3FBW, Pieter Aertszstraat 71_3, 1073SK Amsterdam, Netherlands. Internet: http://www.iparc.nl/uk/html 14 en Vechtstreek Hilversum No: Name police region Location H.Q. 15 Haaglanden ’s_ Gravenhage 01 Groningen Groningen 16 Hollands Midden 02 Friesland 17 Rotterdam_Rijnmond 03 Drenthe 18 Zuid_Holland_Zuid 04 Ijsselland 19 Zeeland Middelburg 05 20 Midden en West_Brabant Tilburg 06 Noord_en Oost Gelderland 21 Braband_Noord ‘‘s_ Hertogenbosch 07 Gelderland_Midden Arnhem 22 Braband_Zuid_Oost 08 Gelderland_Zuid 23 Limburg_Noord Venlo 09 Utrecht Utrecht 24 Limburg_Zuid 10 Noord_Holland_Noord Alkmaar 25 Flevoland 11 Zaanstreek_Waterland Zaandijk 26 Korps Landelijke Politie Diensten Drieber gen 12 Kennermerland 13 Amsterdam_Amstelland Amsterdam

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Eindhoven Certificate Contact stations from Region Eindhoven and/or members of Veron-Eindhoven. PA's need 15, EU 10, all others need 5. SWL OK. Contacts after 1 Janaury 1974. UHF/SHF contacts count double. GCR list and fee of 5€ or 7 IRCs to: Thom. van der Heijden PA3APW, De Hoeve 16, 5534 AD Netersel, Netherlands. Flevoland Certificate East and South Flevoland are recent , or areas of arable land reclaimed from the . Contact amateurs in area R41 to earn the award. SWL OK. PA stations need 12 points, EU need 8 and all others 5. All stations from R41 = 1 point. Club stations: PI4YPO, PI4FLV, PI4FLD, PA56VOC, PB6FL, PA6UrK and PA6F = 2 points each with a maximum of 3 club stations. No use of repeaters. Contacts must be on or after 1 Jan 1987. GCR list and fee of 3.50€, $US5 to: Dieuw Wildeboer PA3CEB, Visseringlaan 9, 8302 BJ , Netherlands.

E-mail: [email protected] Friese Elf Steden Award Contact stations in cities of the Dutch province of Friesland (QSL region 14) and with one of the 11 cities belonging to the famous 150 mile long ice-skating trip. QSOs on or after 1 Jan 1986. These cities are: Leeuwarden, Sneek, Ijlst, Sloten, Stavoren, Hindeloopen, Workum, Bolsward, Harlingen, and Dokkum. Stations in PA Region 14 need 15 points and at least 4 cities. Other PA stations need 10 points and 3 cities. Europeans need 5 points and 1 city. All others need 2 points. Contacts with Friesland = 1 point. Contacts with clubstations from Friesland = 2 points or may be used for one missing city. GCR list and fee of 3.40€, $US6 or 9 IRCs to: Elfstedenaward Manager, PO Box 1180, 8900 CD Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Friese Radio Amateur Group Award Work FRAG members as follows: Friesland stations need 15 points, other PA's need 10, Europeans need 5, all others 2. Each FRAG member counts 1 point and club station PI4FRG counts 3. Handsome award with Friesland engraved scenes with seal and ribbon. SWL OK. No date, band or mode limitations. GCR list and fee of 2.27€, $US4 or 6 IRCs to: FRAG AWARD MANAGER, PO Box 1180, NL-8900 CD Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Friesland Certificate Available for amateurs and SWL's for contacting stations in Friesland province (Regio 14) after 1 Jan 1975. All bands or modes accepted. Amateurs outside of Europe need 3 QSO's. Inside EU except DL, ON and G need 5 QSO's. DL, ON and G need 7 QSO's. Amateurs in Netherlands except Friesland need 10 QSO's. Amateurs in Friesland province need 15 QSO's. SWL OK. GCR list and 3.50€, $5US or 10 IRCs to: J.v. Polen PE1BVZ, Manager, Friesland Certificate, Schapestraat 18, 8921 PP Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Radio Club of Gooi Certificate Contact stations in region R15 after 1 Jan 1945. SWL OK. Stations from R15 need 30 points, other PA stations 15 and all others 5. Each contact with a member counts 1 point. Club stations PI4RCG = 3. All bands and modes, but not repeater. Same member may be worked on different bands and modes. GCR list and fee of 5€ to Radioclub ‘t Gooi, H. Smit PA3FYG, Egelpad 14, 3892 VT, Zeewolde, Netherlands. Internet: http://www.pi4rcg.nl/

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Groningen DX Certificate Contact stations in the Province of Groningen (Regio 19) after 1 January 1965. SWL OK. PA's need 10, other Europeans 8 and all others 4. GCR list and fee of 3 Euro, $US3, FL 3.50 or 7 IRCs to: Dirk de Wit PE2DDW, Robijnstraat 19, 9743 KN Groningen, Netherlands. Award Work members of the Dept. Den Haag R18 after 1 Jan 1969. PA's in R18 need 15, other PA's 10, all others 7. Repeater and mobile contacts are not valid. GCR list and fee of 3.40 Euro, FL7.50 or 10 IRCs to: Leo Rollfs of Roelofs PA0CVE, Steenvoordelaan 377, 2284 CR , Netherlands. Helderland Award Earn 10 points by contacting QSL Regio 23 stations after 1 Jan 1983. Each station = 1 point, special station PI4ADH = 2. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 3€ or $US3 to VRZA Helderland, Postbus 393, 1780 AJ DenHelder, Netherlands. Certificate Earn at least 80 points by contacting stations from Regio 13H of AFD VERON. SWL OK. Each VHF QSO = 1 point, UHF = 2, 50 Mhz = 6, HF QSO = 10. CW or RTTY count double. SWL OK and SWL cards count also. (Total score points times cities and you can use mixed bands. 2 HF QSO's and 2 cities: 20 x 2 = 40 points. On CW or RTTY 40 x 2 = 80 points.) . Valid contacts in the following cities/towns: Aarle-Rixtel, Asten, Bakel Milheeze, Beeken Donk, , Deurne, Helenaveen, Liessel, Neerkant, Vlierden, Erp, Gemert, Elsendorp, Handel, Mortel, Helmond, Stiphout, Lieshout, Mierlo and . Contacts after 9 May 1981. Each station may be counted once. No mobile or repeater QSO's. All bands and modes. Club station PI4HMD may substitute for any one contact. GCR list and fee of 3.5 Euro, $US5 or Fl7.50 to Jan Vriends PA0NDS, Willenstraat 7A, NL-5707 HK Helmond, Netherlands. R26 Award Contact or hear stations in Netherlands regio 26, any mode. Contacts after 1 Jan 1981. On HF, PA's need 5, others 3. VHF/2MTR requires 10 contacts. Other VHF/UHF needs 3. QSO's with PI4HGV count double. No repeater QSO's. GCR list and 2.5 Euro, $US5 or 8 IRCs to: S. Wittermans PE1OFJ, Wolgrasstraat 29, 7913 BN Hollandscheveld, Netherlands. Hoogovens-Estel Steel Award Available to all amateurs or SWL’s for contact/listening with amateurs who work at the Hoogovens Steel Works. PA’s need 10, EU 5, all others 3. Award is free. GCR list to: Fred J. Wessels PA3DLX, Nieuwland 23, 1911 bg, Uitgeest, The Netherlands. Note: before 1991, members identified themselves with a sticker on their QSL cards, after 1991, they use a special QSL. Hoorn Award Contact stations in the Dutch community of Hoorn after 1 August 1988. SWL OK. Contacts with nearby towns of Zwaag and Blokker are valid also. PA's need 6 on VHF, 3/UHF, 3/HF. All others need 3, 2 or 2 respectively. Stations PE1LME and PE1MUS (PD0PHX) count double. Four color award on smooth cardboard. All modes permitted, but no repeater QSO's. GCR list and fee of 2.50€, $US3 or 6 IRCs to: Evert Lampe PE1LME, Fred.Hendrikstraat 31, 1623 JW Hoorn, Netherlands. Kampen-Steur Award Contact or hear 5 different stations from Kampen. All modes and bands. No repeater QSO's. GCR list and fee of 4€ or equivalent to: S. Ten Cate PD0LTT, Kloosterplein 7, 8262 CS Kampen, Netherlands. Kanaalstreek R27 Award Contact Dutch stations located in Regio 27 since 1 Jan 1990. SWL OK. All modes OK. Class VHF/UHF - inside Holland, earn 5 points, outside, earn 3 points. Class HF - earn a total of 3 points.

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Each QSO with a R27 station = 1 point. Contacts with clubstations PI4KST or PI50KST = 2. No repeater QSO's. GCR list and fee of 4€, $US10 or10 IRCs or equivalent to: Rudy Rozema, Middenweg 75, 9645-BC Veendam, Netherlands. Lithoyen Award Sponsored by PA3DHN, the only ham in Lithoyen. Contact (or hear) all call areas 0-9 using only CW on HF and CW, SSB and FM for VHF, but not mixed. HF - must be from 10 different countries plus PA3DHN. VHF - must include at least 4 different countries plus PA3DHN. QSOs after 1 May 1991. No mobile or repeater QSOs. GCR list and fee of 3 Euro, DM6, $US5, fl6 or 6 IRCs to: W.v.d. Heijden PA3DHN, Margrietstraat 23, 5396 PM Lithoyen, Netherlands. MARAC Series General Requirements: Sponsored by the Dutch Navy Radio Amateur Club for working its members. Each member may be worked one time for awards purposes. Member list is available from K1BV for SASE/IRC. Do not send cards. GCR accepted. All bands and modes OK. SWL OK. Apply to: MARAC Award Manager, PO Box 54, 1760 AB Anna Paulowna, Netherlands. MARAC Award Contact members of the Marine Radio Amateur Club after 30 Sept 1985. Each member = 1 point, club stations PI4MRC PI5KOM PI5DD PI64MRC = 2. All modes and bands. Each member may only be worked one time. PA's need 15 points, other Europeans need 10, all others 5. Fee is 2.5€, $US3 or 8 IRCs. MARAC Trophy Contact members after 30 Sept 1990. PA's need 75 points, EU need 50 all others 25. Same point values as above. Fee is 16€, $US20, or £10. Middle Limburg Prefix Award Work different prefixes of stations in Middle Limburg, a section of the Dutch province of Limburg, after 8 August 1988. HF contacts, any Europeans outside of PA must contact 3 different stations, each with a different prefix. DX stations need 2 and 2 respectively. VHF Class 1 = 7 different stations with 4 prefixes, Class 2 = 6 stations with 3 prefixes, Class 3 = 4 stations with 2 prefixes. A different prefix may be substituted by working one of the contacts on 3 successive days. All modes and bands, except repeater or mobile stations may not be counted. GCR list and 4€, $US6, or 9 IRCs to: Nick Cox PA2NJC, Vlodropperweg 1 A, 6061 BA Posterholt, Netherlands. VALID STATIONS INCLUDE: PD0PKH PE1LXD MAE MPL MPP NHV PA0HEC PA2NJC PA3CHT EZY FDF FDE FYQ FYC GJU Mollebonen Certificate Contact stations in the Dept Hunsingu A60 or R19H after 1 May 1987. On HF, earn 4 points, VHF 6 and UHF 3. Each QSO = 1, contact with PI4HSG = 2. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of FL5 or $US3 to: Peter E.M. van Valen PA3DFU, Broeksterweg 42, 9968 TJ Pieterburen, Netherlands. NAFRAS Series General Requirements: Contacts after 1 June 1987. SWL OK. All modes and bands, except no use of repeater or satellite. NAFRAS members/sponsors have numbers, their QSL will show that number. Contact with club station PI4NAF count for 2 members/sponsors. They also have sponsor members; their QSL will show that number with a D (D44). Apply with GCR list and a fee of 5 Euro, or $US5 for each award. Fee for the "dish" and Trophy is 8 Euro, or $US8. Apply to: L. Ansems PA2LAD, PO Box 9011, 3301 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. NAFRAS Award

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Contact members and sponsors. On HF, VHF/UHF: PA stations need 10 members/sponsors, EU 7 and DX 5. On CW, all bands: PA stations need 7, EU 5 and DX need 3 members/sponsors. Nafras Metal Dish Work 50 NAFRAS members/sponsors. Nafras 75 Award Work 75 NAFRAS members/sponsors. Nafras Trophy Work 100 NAFRAS members/sponsors. Nafras YL Award VHF/UHF: contact 5 YL members/sponsors and club station PI4NAF. HF: contact 2 YHL’s and PI4NAF. (PI4NAF only when operated by a member.) Nafras Suffix Award Contact after 1 June 1998 38 NAFRAS members/sponsors and spell the term: "NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE RADIO AMATEUR SOCIETY" using any letter of their suffix. Each member/sponsor may be worked one time. You may use one SWL member/sponsor or a contact with PI4NAF as a joker for a missing letter. SWL’s may use PI4NAF as a joker. NLCC Award This award is available to amateurs who have confirmed at least 100 SWL reports. By answering these SWL cards, they have contributed to the education of a new generation of amateurs. The application should consist of a signed list with SWL-call, date, frequency, mode and the city of the SWL report which was answered. Endorsements for single band or mode upon request. Fee is 5€. For countries with currency problems, special arrangements are possible. Apply to: Peter van Kuristum NL-7909, Beukenlaan 16, 4751 JA Oud Gastel, Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Noviomagum Certificate Contact members of Nijimegen branch of VERON R35. SWL OK. No date, band, mode limitations. All valid QSLs will show the text: "THIS QSL-CARD IS VALID FOR THE NOVIOMAGUM CERTIFICATE". On HF, earn 10 points, 144 MHz and above, earn 30 points. Each confirmed contact = 1 point per band with multipliers as shown below: - Clubstations PA0NYM or PI4NYM = x 3 - HF bands, contacts from outside Europe = x 2. - only for Netherlands - contacts made by a station with a D- license = 2. - contacts 432 MHz and above = x 2. - contacts made on 144Mhz or above with QTH-Nijmegen (JO21WT) 50-100Km = x1.5. - if over 100 Km = x 3. GCR list and fee of 4€, $US5 or 10 IRCs. Apply to: Jan van PB0AEZ, Pandastraat 13, NL-6531 VC Nijmegen, Netherlands. Orange Cities Award Earn 4 points by working at least 2 of the following cities: (PA0), Dillenburg (DOK F26 in DL), Diest (ON) and Orange (F Dept 84). Members of the UBA section DST in count 1 point. All bands and modes, except repeater. Handsome six color award. Contacts after 1 June 1986. GCR list and 5€ or 6 IRC's to: A. Machielsen PA3DPC, Ginnikenweg 257, 4835 NB Breda, Netherlands. PA6HQ Award Work station PA6HQ on 6 bands (10, 15, 20, 40, 80 and 160). Award is free, but contribution of $US1 or equivalent is appreciated. Send list to: Theo Koning PB7CW, Rosa Manusstraat 2, 1991 SZ Velserbroek, Netherlands.

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Radio Interesse Stam The award is a home made scroll inscribed with your call. Eligible stations are involved in the scouting movement in the Netherlands and their cards will show a member number. Each member = 1 point. PA3EIE, PE1NPF PD0PGV (after 1 May 1990) and PD0PVQ (after 1 Jan 1991) = 2 points. PI4RIS = 3, and special RIS stations = 5. No JOTA, PA6JAM or PA6RSN contacts. Contacts after 21 Feb 1987. SWL OK. All bands and modes, except repeaters. PA's need 25 points, other EU 10, DX 5. GCR list and fee of DFl10, $US7 or 15 IRCs. Apply to: M. van Herk PE1PZO, Plantageweg 98, 2951 VH , Netherlands. RCK Award Sponsored by the Radio Society of the district of Kennemerland. Contact members and club station PI4RCK after 1 Nov 1980. 10 points are needed. Point values: members on VHF = 1, HF = 2, PI4RCK on VHF = 2, on HF = 4.. GCR list and fee of 4.55€, $US7 or 7 IRCs to: RCK Award Mgr, Westerduinweg 9, 1976 BV, Ijmuiden, Netherlands. Regio 17 Award Contact stations in Regio 17 of the VERON club after 1 Jan 1994. SWL OK. On HF, 5 points are needed; on VHF/UHF, 10 points. If HF/VHF mixed, you need to earn 10 points. All modes, but repeaters are not allowed. Satellite QSO’s OK. Each station in Regio 17 = 1 point, and club stations PI4GAZ, PI5MTG and PI9ZKG = 3. GCR list and fee of 3.4€ or $US4 to: F. Hofstede PA0F, Regulierenhof 27 2801 WB Gouda, Netherlands. . E-Mail: [email protected] Regio 28 Award Contact stations in Dutch Region 28 after 5 July 1989. SWL OK. On HF, stations in R28 need 15, all others need 10. On VHF, stations in R28 need 30, all others 20. Each R28 station = 1 point, PI4LDN counts 5 and is mandatory. Stations activated for special activities count double. All bands and modes, except no use of repeaters. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US7 to: Eric Jan Geertsen PA1EJ, Haven 174, 2182 JV , Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Regio 36 Award Contact stations from Regio 36 after 1 October 1986. SWL OK. PA's need 6 points, Europeans 3 and all others 2. Each station from R36 = 1 point, clubstation PI4VHW = 2. All bands and modes, except no use of repeaters. GCR list and fee of 5€, $US5 or 8 IRCs to: Wim de Baat PD0MDA, Schaweg 4, 3293 LA Mookhoek, Netherlands. Regio 43 Award Contact stations in Regio 43. SWL OK. Stations may only be worked once. No use of repeaters. Available in the following classes: 1) HF 160-10m, 2) 2 meters, )3 70cm or higher, 4) mixed mode, 5) SWL. 43 points are needed. But stations living in the Region need 86 points. Point values: HF = 8 per QSO, PI4WAG = 11 2M = 4, PI4WAG = 7 PA's 70cm = 8, PI4WAG = 11 23cm = 12, PI4WAG = 19 HF 8 per QSO, PI4WAG = 11 EU 2M = 8, PI4WAG = 11 70 & 23cm = 12, PI4WAG = 19 DX HF 8 per QSO, PI4WAG = 11.

Endorsements for band or mode on request. Contacts after 1 May 1985. GCR list and fee of 5€ or 10 IRC's to: H.P. Spits PD0NCF, Kievitsweide 7, NL-6708 BN , Netherlands.

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Robben Award (Dutch Seal Award) Contact stations in who have a Seal number. Most of them are in the Northern part of the Netherlands near the Wadden Sea (it includes the provinces of Friesland and Groningen or the islands: Texel, Vlieland, Schiermonikoog, Terschelling and Ameland). Other stations with a seal number count as well. SWL OK. Earn 10 points for the basic award. Each number is 1 point and the clubstations PI4FRG, PI4HSG, PI4LWD en PI5WB = 2 points. All bands and modes. Contacts after 1 January 1986. There are 2 small endorsement flags you can earn after the basic award. 1e small flag: stations in the prov. Friesland and Groningen needed 25 points and all others 13. 2e small flag: stations in the prov. Friesland and Groningen needed 50 points and all others 25. The points of the basic award may be used for the first flag and the points of the 1e flag are the first 25 (13) for the 2e flag. If you have the award and the two small flags, you can ask for a seal number by the manager. GCR list and fee of € 5 for the award or € 3 for each small flag ( incl. Award number) to: Piebe Jan v/d Berg, PE1LZS, Lyclamaweg 45, 8471 JV Wolvega, Netherlands. Rotterdam Award PA's contact 10 members of the Electronic Club of Rotterdam after 1 Jan 1987. Other Europeans need 5, rest of world need 3. All bands and modes, except repeaters. QSL cards have sticker: R'DAM ECR-AWARD. Club station PI4RDM counts 3 points and PI4RDM/A = 5. SWL OK. GCR list and 5€ to: ECR Rotterdam Award, Baarsweg 364, 3192 VW Hoogvliet, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Dredging Award Contact 3 stations (UHF/VHF need 5) in Sliedrecht since 1 July 1982. SWL OK. All bands and modes accepted except repeater QSO's. GCR list and fee of 3 Euro, HFl 5, $US5 or 10 IRCs to: J.v.d. Vlies PA3BMC, Schaperstraat 1, NL-3362 CS Sliedrecht, Netherlands. Pieter Stuyvesant Award This award honors Pieter Stuyvesant who was born in Wolvega . Stuyvesant was the fourth and last Director General of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, later known as New . (1610-1678). To earn the award, spell out the name PIETER STUYVESANT using the last letter of the suffix of Netherlands stations. Contacts must be on HF or VHF/UHF/SHF, but not mixed and must be after 1 Jan 1987. Two of these contacts must be made with members of Radio Amateur Club Wolvega Regio 14. For PA stations only, two of the required contacts may be substituted with contacts of members of the club. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 4€ or $US5 to: Radio Club Wolvega, J.Klaver PA3EOX, van Harenstraat 70, 8471 JG Wolvega, Netherlands. Truckers Award Contact 15 members of this group of "truckers" after 1 Mar 1982. SWL OK. One point per member, except PA3DCP and PD0ICS= 2 and PD0LLM =3. CEPT QSO's = 5 points each. Only mobile contacts. Member list available from sponsor or K1BV for SASE/IRC. GCR list and fee of 3.5€ or $US4 to: J.E. De Jonge PD0LLM, Sieper 19, 3448 WH , Netherlands. --- VERON Series --- General Requirements: Contacts on or after 1 June 1945. No use of repeater or satellite modes. Apply with a GCR list and fee of 5€ or 7 IRCs for each award. Endorsement stickers require only a SAE/IRC. Awards Manager: P.T.Koning PB7CW, Rosa Manusstraat 2, NL1991 SZ Velserbroek, Netherlands. PACC (PA Century Club) Work 100 different Dutch stations (PA PB PD PE PI) after 1 June 1945. Available for HF, VHF, UHF or SHF. Endorsements for each 100 more up to 900. Contacts made during the annual PACC contest also count and don't have to be confirmed by a QSL card, provided that the PA station has submitted a log in that contest.

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PAMC (PA Mille Club) Work 1000 different Dutch stations as above after 1 June 1945. Endorsement stickers each further 1250 up to 2500. Very High Speed Club Formed in 1961 to encourge the ability to send and receive very high speed CW. To join, be active on the HF bands using CW speeds of 40 WPM or higher and show your ability to read and send at this speed perfectly. VHSC members may give you a recommendation for membership. This may be earned by having a 2-way CW contct with a VHSC member for at least 30 minutes using telegraphy speed of 200 letters per minute or higher ( base, 40 WPM). No keyboards or decoders are allowed during these contacts. After receiving 4 recommendations, send with your application for membership together with a fee of 10 IRCs or eqivalent to: D.J. Hoogma PA0DIN, Schoutstraat 15, 6525 XR Nijmegen, Netherlands. All the recommendations must show the duration of the QSO and specifically mention the CW speed used. Your application should contain a statement that you did not use a keyboard or recorder. Certificate of membership is sent. List of VHSC members from sponsor or K1BV for SASE. (No, K1BV doesn't qualify, but he loves CW.) Voorne-Putten Award Contact Voorne and Putten departments R42 stations after 1 May 1981. SWL OK. PA's need 15 points. Europeans need 2 including one contact with club station PI4VPO, all others need just one station plus PI4VPO. Point values: HF/UHF/SHF = 3, and VHF = 1. Club station PI4VPO = 4 points for HF/UHF/SHF and 2 for VHF. All bands and modes, except repeater. GCR list and fee of 5€ to: Cor Nuis PA2CNR, Rog 19, 3225 XG , Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Wadden Island Award Work or hear on HF = 3 or VHF = 2 stations on at least 2 of the following Dutch islands: Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. SWL reports may be used for one of the required stations. Contacts after 1 Jan 1980. GCR list and 3€ or $US3 to Fred Tot PE1DJE, Ecuadorstraat 19, 8881 CT West Terschelling, Netherlands. Waterland Diploma Contact members of the Waterland Group after 1 July 1987. Their cards will often be marked with a circular hand stamp reading "WATERLAND AWARD 1 PUNT". PA's need 10, EU need 5, all others 3. For contacts after 1-4-96, stickers available for 20, 30 and 40 additional points; fee for stickers is SASE for PA, 1 IRC or $US1 SWL OK. QSO's with members in PA = 1 point, outside Europe = 3. QSO's with PI4WLD or PA3EHW = 5 points. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US5 to: Martin Ouwehand PA8MO, Gruttoplanstoen 14, 1131 ME Volendam, Netherlands. Member list: http://www.qsl.net/pi4wld/waterland_award_en.htm Windmill Award Contact 3 Dutch IPARC (International Police Association Radio Club) members. SWL OK. Stations in PA may qualify by making contact with 5 on VHF or 3 on HF. GCR list and fee of 5 Euro, DFl.5, DM5, $US5 or 5 IRCs to: Award Manager, H.C.H. Hopstaken PA3FBW, Pieter Aertszstraat 71-3, 1073 SK Amsterdam, Netherlands. Internet: http://www.iparc.nl/ Zeeuws Vlaanderen Award Contact 10 members of VERON Section Zeeuws Vlaanderen Regio 47 on or after 1 April 1982. QSL cards from SWL stations in R47 also count. GCR list and fee of 5€ or $US5 to: VERON Afd. Zeeuws Vlaanderen, Het Zand 41, 4576 CB Koewacht, Netherlands. Award Contact stations in Loetermeer after 1 June 1992. Loetermeer is in Regio 18. PA's need 15 points, other EU need 10, all others 5. Clubstation PI4RAZ = 5 points, others = 1. SWL OK. Multi-colored award. GCR list and fee of 4€ or $US5 to: Wim Sterk PD0JNG, Acaciazoom 23, 2719 GV Zoetermeer, Netherlands.

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Zuid-Limburg Award Work stations from Zuid-Limburg. PA's need 10, other Europeans need 7, rest of world need 5. Contacts after 1 Jan 1977. All bands/modes valid. 3 types of award: Black text for VHF, Red text for mixed VHF/UHF and/or SHF, Brown for HF contacts. Mobile contacts are valid, but only if one of the two is at their home QTH. SWL OK. GCR list and 3.5€ or $3US to: H.C. Knippers PA3EJT, Damiatetstraat 72, 6171 PK Stein, Netherlands. Eligible stations: PA0ADM AGT AHI ASA CYM DGL DUH EJH EJM FM FTL GJA HBB HDR HKD HWM JLH JRS LPE MCF ULT VBK VJ WJM. PA2HJS MCN. PA3ADQ AIX ALN ACK ATT BHG BJR BTF CGX CIX CUM CSN CVM DEK DFJ DFY DJF DMU DOZ EIO EJN ESE. PE0YDG PE1AAY ACG ADX AED AGN AHW BBC BJQ BPC BPY BSU BUW CED CFD CFN CJP COP CWO CXE DAP DBJ DCK DIT DKL DVN EYQ EOZ FCM FCU FKO FOO GAA GBP GFV GJA GQG GRT GUL GWU GZT HSV HVF IGL IIP ISP IZF JSA LPH PD0AGY BBB DFF DGK EGL EHN FFU FFY GAO GKE HAG HCE HFF HGG HIG HIS HJV HOB HOG HXW JCX JDD JQB KDS KJS KKZ LIV LJM LJN LVD MAF MDH MDL MNF MTK MWF NCO NDT NDO NOG OSN PBS PB0AFZ PI4AOM DB2EL/PE DC4KN/PE DK2WF/PA. Award Issued by the Zutphen Radioamateurs who belong to VERON and VRZA. Contact or hear at least 5 station in Zutphen on or after 1 Jan 1972. All bands and modes. Mobile contacts OK if one of the two stations is at their home QTH. Zutphen Field Day Station PI4ZUT or PI4YSS counts for two contacts. GCR list and fee of 2.25€, $US3 or 5 IRCs to: J.G. Altena PA0JAZ, Mulderskamp 108, 7205 BX Zutphen, The Netherlands. Zwolle-Lunen Diploma This commemorates the partnership between the cities of Zwolle (PA) and Lunen (DL) of more than 25 years. Class 1 - 2 contacts from Zwolle (Reg 49) and Lunen (DOK O-15) Class 2 - 8 contacts from Zwolle (Reg 49). Class 3 - 8 contacts from Lunen (DOK O-15). PI4AZL and DL0LX each count for 2. SWL OK. SWL cards from these respective cities are good for the award as well. All bands and modes. Contacts after 1 Jan 1988. GCR list and fee of 2.5 Euro, 5 Fl, DM5, $US5 or 8 IRCs to: Ge Rigterink-Zoer PA3DZG, Molenbelt 13, 8274 AK Wilsum, Netherlands. 88 Certificate Earn 88 points by contacting Dutch YL's after 9 May 1981. DYLC members are worth 8 points each for stations in Europe and 11 points each for all others. All other Dutch YL's count for 4/11 points respectively on HF, VHF 4/2. Associate members each 11 points after 1 March 1982. Half the YL's worked must be DYLC members which may be identified on their QSL with a membership number. After the HL88 certificate, you may earn the 73 sticker; 73 points under the same system but using different YL’s. SWL OK. GCR list and 5 Euro, DFl 5 or 5 IRCs or $US5 to: Miek Kolb v.d. Ven PA3GMK, Limburgiastraat 2, 6415 VT Heerlen, Netherlands.