December YOTA Month 2025
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Awards

You're the hero that we need, but do not deserve

To obtain an award you have to make / log QSOs (on-air contacts) with / between the YOTA special event stations listed on this page.

Rules:

  • Awards can be requested by licensed amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners (SWL).
  • SWL's must submit 2-way communication details. Details of communication required: callsign, worked station, date and time (UTC), band and mode. This requirement also applies to enquiries towards organizers regarding your missing QSOs from the database.
  • Awards are free, they will be electronically distributed.
  • Awards can be achieved by fulfilling the requirements of award levels.
  • Scores are calculated based on your QSOs with YOTA special event stations, following these rules.
  • Only QSOs made between 1 December 2025 00:00 UTC and 31 December 2025 23:59 UTC can be used to apply for the awards.
  • All bands and all modes are valid.
  • Equation for calculation of your scores is simple: 'Number of points' = ('Worked stations' * 2) + 'Worked bandslots'. This also means, you get 3 points (+1 'station' * 2 + 1 'bandslot') for the first QSO with a station, and 1 point for every other bandslot with this specific station.
  • Bandslots are combination of all amateur radio bands and CW, Phone and DIGI modes. Contacts made using the Morse Code count as CW, any mode using transmission of speech (LSB, USB, FM, AM etc) counts as Phone, and all other modes combined count as DIGI. FT8 and FT4 in HF and QO-100 are only worth 0.1 points per bandslot.
  • Example:
    • You work / hear OH2YOTA on 80CW (first contact = 2 points, new bandslot = 1 point)
    • You work / hear OH2YOTA again, this time on 80SSB (2nd contact = 0 points, new bandslot = 1 point)
    • You work / hear PA6YOTA on 40M in PSK32 (DIGI) (first contact = 2 points, new bandslot = 1 point)
    • You work / hear PA6YOTA again on 40M, this time in FT8 (DIGI) (second contact = 0 points, duplicate bandslot = 0 points)
    • You work / hear HA6YOTA on 20M in FT8 (DIGI) (first contact = 2 points, new bandslot = 0.1 point) (FT8 and FT4 are worth 0.1 points per bandslot)
    • TOTAL: 9.1 points

 

Moreover, we are offering 7 different wooden plaques after the DYM activity in the following categories:

  • Best overall score OM
    Best overall achieved award score by an OM
  • Best overall score YL
    Best overall achieved award score by a YL
  • Best overall score OM Youngster
    Best overall achieved award score by a OM Youngster (< 26)
  • Best overall score YL Youngster
    Best overall achieved award score by a YL Youngster (< 26)
  • Most stations contacted
    First to contact the most unique active YOTA stations overall within the award program
  • Most stations contacted (CW)
    First to contact the most unique active YOTA stations in CW mode within the award program
  • Most stations contacted (SSB)
    First to contact the most unique active YOTA stations in SSB mode within the award program
  • Most stations contacted (DIGITAL)
    First to contact the most unique active YOTA stations in DIGITAL modes within the award program

Only one plaque will be awarded per entry.

A station winning a plaque will not be considered for a sub-area award; the plaque will be awarded to the runner-up in that area.

Example:

If you are the station who contacted the most stations overall, you cannot be considered for most stations contacted (CW, SSB, DIGITAL) as well as best overall scores anymore.
This applies to all categories.

We are pleased to congratulate the winners of the 2025 awards for outstanding performance and activity. A big thank you to all participants for their effort and contribution throughout the event.

Best overall score OM: Ronny Jerke, DG2RON
Best overall score YL: Petra Wurster, DL5PIA
Best overall score OM Youngster: Thomas Ratzke, DF7TR
Best overall score YL Youngster: Pia Wurster, DL7PIA

We also recognize the operators who achieved the highest number of stations contacted in each category:

Most stations contacted: César Izquierdo Serrano, EA1LT
Most stations contacted (CW): Frank Hänsel, DL8ABG
Most stations contacted (SSB): Philippe Mourot, F5NPL
Most stations contacted (DIGITAL): Michael Moulin, F1PBZ

In total there are 4 awards to achieve:

  • Bronze (15 points)
  • Silver (35 points)
  • Gold (65 points)
  • Platinum (105 points)