When:

00:01 GMT 1^st September  to 23:59 GMT 30^th September

Where: 

15m, 12m, 10m and 6m only

Modes:  

Any within your licence

Power:

Any within your licence

Eligibility:

The HF Challenge is open to CDXC members world-wide but Awards (Trophies, Salvers and Certificates) are only available to those who are fully paid up members of CDXC for the full duration of the Challenge.

The HF Challenge is an individual operator competition.  Where an operator has multiple call signs, contacts with all call signs may be combined, but only if all of the call signs are used for single operator operation.  Call signs used or linked with multi-operator contest entries or multi-operator Special Event Call signs are not eligible for awards.

Robot generated QSOs are not considered to be within the spirit of the CDXC Challenges and should not be used on any mode. Perpetrators will be investigated and face disqualification.

Self-spotting on any cluster is not considered to be within the spirit of the CDXC Challenges and should not be used on any mode. Perpetrators will be investigated and face disqualification.

Scoring:

Each DXCC entity worked is counted once only, regardless of how many bands or how many modes that entity is worked on.  The object is to work as many DXCC entities as possible.  In the event of a tie based on DXCC entities, the higher score by Band-Slots will win.

Log entry:

Via upload to Club Log and electing to enter the HF Challenge on the Club Log website. Regular uploading of your log during the month is encouraged – registration and at least one upload must be made by 15^th September and once per week is preferred - as this helps to drive the Challenge and provides a spectator sport for all to see.  (If you are not QRV until after 15^th September but would still like to take part, please send an email to the Awards Manager.)

E-mailed or paper logs will NOT be accepted.

To assist with adjudication, all entrants are encouraged to upload their log to LoTW and to do so within a week of the end of the Challenge.

Log Verification:

No QSLs are required, but in the event of a question the CDXC committee may request verification via other means.  By entering, participants agree that their Club Log entries may be viewed and queried by adjudicators and that decisions made by the adjudicators will be final.

Closing date:

All logs must be uploaded to Club Log by 23:59 on 5^th October following the Challenge period. Any uploads after this date will not be taken into consideration.

Awards:

Awards include Trophies, Salvers and Certificates. Trophies will be awarded for each of three modes: (i) CW, (ii) Phone and (iii) Machine Generated Modes (MGMs). ‘MGM’ uses the IARU Region 1 MGM definition. RTTY and wsjt-x modes are MGMs. Digital voice counts as phone.

Trophies:

The Hinson Trophy (travelling cup) will be awarded to the CDXC member with the highest number of DXCCs worked using only CW mode.

The TBD Trophy (travelling cup) will be awarded to the CDXC member with the highest number of DXCCs worked using only Phone modes.

The Chairman’s Cup (travelling cup), sponsored by Chris, G3SVL, will be awarded to the CDXC member with the highest number of DXCCs worked using only MGM modes.

Salvers:

The three Trophy winners will each receive an engraved salver to keep.

The CDXC member(s) with the highest number of unique DXCCs on 15m, 12m, 10m and 6m (irrespective of mode) are eligible to receive a Salver on request. Any saving in cost for not providing a band salver will go to the DXpedition sponsorship fund and the effective donation will be acknowledged in the CDXC Digest.

Certificates:

Certificates of merit will be awarded to CDXC members placed runner up and third on 15m, 12m, 10m and 6m (irrespective of mode).

Certificates will be e-mailed to winners prior to the following AGM date.  

Notes:

Each Trophy may be won by an operator only once in any three-year period.

Trophies and salvers will be presented at CDXC events throughout the year. Travelling Trophies and Cups will only be posted to members who agree to meet the full postage costs and who agree to return them at the time stipulated when awarded (usually nine months after award). Travelling Trophies and Cups will not be sent overseas (i.e. outside of UK).