PRO- CW-CONTEST PRIZE 2026 
                                                    The award conditions apply to all categories and subcategories provided for in the current PCC competition regulations. 
                The award conditions below are those established before the contest. Depending on the number of ranked competitors, the referee may improve these conditions.    
                                                                                                          PDF certificates:
                       In no more than 30 days after posting the final result on the net, the certificates in PDF format can be printed by each competitor.
                   These certificates are located next to each competitor on the "RESULTS ARCHIVE" page in the ranking of the edition that interests you.
                                The certificates contain the place in the world, in the continent and in your own country at each edition of this competition.
                                                 
                                         Medals are awarded if there are valid QSOs from at least 5 DXCC entities in the competitors contest log
                                                                                                        and:
                                                                             at least 25 valid QSOs in the SO-10m, SO-15m, M-10m and M-15m categories 
                                                                             at least 50 valid QSOs for SO-20m, SO-40m, SO-80m, M-20m, M-40m and M-80m categories
                                                                             at least 100 valid QSOs for categories M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP, SO-LP and SWL 
                                                                             at least 150 valid QSOs for C&T category

                                         If these conditions are met, the medals will be awarded as follows:
        1 Medal: 1-10 competitors ranked in the M-HP, M-LP, SO-LP, SO-HP and SWL categories, 1-5 in SO-SB and M-SB, 1-3 in C&T, .

         2 Medals: 11-20 competitors ranked in the M, SO-LP, SO-HP and SWL categories,  6-10 in SO-SB and M-SB, 4-6 in C&T,
         
        3 Medals: at least 21 competitors ranked in the M-HP, M-LP, SO-LP, SO-HP and SWL categories, 11in SO-SB and M-SB, 7 in C&T.          
           
        Plate for the Champion of the contest: It is awarded when there are more than 400 ranked competitors                                                 
        (In the case of QSOs between two M category members, the 4 extra points received as a bonus will be deducted from the total score).                                       
     
         Plate for Champion by category will be granted under the following conditions:
         At least 125 competitors must be ranked in the M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP and SO-LP categories, 75 competitors in the SO-SB and M-SB ,
        10 competitors in the C&T and SWL category and the score of the ranked  competitors must be at least 1,000 points.
      
         GRAND TROPHY 
         This is awarded to the competitor who has obtained the highest score in the last 10 editions of this competition, and the minimum score for the last edition is 400,000 points.
         This scale will be established by the referee depending on the number of competitors.The first place winner can also receive the trophy if:
         - he/she has placed in 6 editions and the score of the competitor ranked in 2nd place represents at most 50% of the score of the competitor ranked in 1st place, or
            if after 8 editions the score of the competitor ranked in 2nd place represents at most 75% of the score of the competitor ranked in 1st place.
         If none of these conditions are met in that edition, this trophy will not be awarded.
          Competitors who do not rank in 3 editions subsequent to the first ranking will be eliminated from this list, except for those who have accumulated at least 2.500.000 points.
          After winning this trophy, the competitor will continue with zero points.

          TROPHY     
       This is awarded to the competitor who has obtained the highest score in the last 5 editions of this competition, and the minimum score for the last edition is 400,000 points.
        This scale will be established by the referee depending on the number of competitors.The first place winner can also receive the trophy if:
        - he/she has placed in 3 editions and the score of the competitor ranked in 2nd place represents at most 50% of the score of the competitor ranked in 1st place, or
           if after 4 editions the score of the competitor ranked in 2nd place represents at most 75% of the score of the competitor ranked in 1st place.
          If none of these conditions are met in that edition, this trophy will not be awarded.  
          Competitors who do not rank in 2 editions subsequent to the first ranking will be eliminated from this list, except for those who have accumulated at least 2,000,000 points.
          After winning this trophy, the competitor will continue with zero points.
       
         Loyalty Award is given to competitors who have placed in 12 consecutive editions of the thist comtest,       
         Only competitors who ranked in the top 75% in each category will be included in the Loyalty Award list,
         After the first ranking, it is allowed to be absent from the ranking from a single edition of this competition.
         In this case, the respective competitor will have to participate in an extra edition to achieve the 12 points.
         At the second absence, the respective competitor will be eliminated from the ranking, and in the next edition he will start from zero points.
         After awarding this prize, the contestants wil still start at zero points.
       
        The prizes for  PCC and PCC&PDC from the previous year together with those for the PDC from the current year will be sent between March and April .
        Prizes destined for RUSSIA or BELARUS will be sent only if the awarded competitor indicates, by  February 15, next year the address of a friend who
        is domiciled in one of the countries of the European Community. In the past editions, some of these prizes were returned, and others were lost.
          28-Dec-2025 at 11:50 UTC YO2RR