Trophies will be awarded to the individuals and clubs/groups who make the most contacts or raise the greatest amount of money for the charity. Certificates will be sent to all individuals and groups/clubs who either raise more than £10 for BWBF or who make a donation of at least £10 to BWBF. In order to qualify for one of the trophies you must be a current member of the RSGB and resident in the UK. However, overseas amateurs and non-members of the Society are also invited to join in the fun and raise funds for BWBF (they simply do not qualify for the trophies, although they are eligible for the certificates).

THE RULES:

1. Obtain an official sponsorship / pledge / donation form from: ‘Transmission 2008’, British Wireless for the Blind Fund, 10 Albion Place Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 01622 754757 Fax: (+44) 01622 751725; e-mail:info@blind.org.uk; or download one from the BWBF website here.

2. Ask as many people as you know - family, friends, workmates, other radio amateurs - to sponsor you for contacts made during ‘Transmission 2008’ on 20/21 September. Sponsorship can be for either a certain amount per contact or for a single sum, irrespective of the number of contacts made.

3. Sponsored contacts can be made at any time between 0000 UTC on Saturday 20 September and 2400 UTC on Sunday 21 September.

4. The definition of a “contact” for the purposes of ‘Transmission’ is a two-way exchange of call sign and signal report. Each station may only be contacted once per frequency band per day. In other words, every station contacted on 20 September may be contacted again, on the same frequency band(s), on 21 September and that second contact may also be counted towards the overall number of contacts made.

5. This is not an amateur radio contest, so sponsored contacts can be made on any band for which you are licensed, including 10, 18 and 24MHz.

6. Sponsored contacts may be made with your own call sign, a club call sign or a GB special event call sign. (Applications for GB special event call signs must be made in the normal way at least 28 days prior to the event. Full details from AR Dept, RSGB, Lambda House, Cranborne Road, Potters Bar EN6 3JE; tel: 0870 904 7373 or e-mail: ar.dept@rsgb.org.uk

7. Trophies will be presented to:
(a) the individual raising the most funds for BWBF;
(b) the group or club raising the most funds for BWBF;
(c) the individual making the greatest number of contacts during ‘Transmission 2008’; and
(d) the group or club making the greatest number of contacts during ‘Transmission 2008’.
(e) a young person or group of young people for special achievement. This award, aimed at the under 18’s will go to an individual or group who has made an outstanding contribution to the Transmission event. This may be in fundraising; helping others; or making a high number of contacts.
Certificates will be awarded to all stations raising at least £10, or making a donation of £10 or more to BWBF. Please send cheques made payable to ‘British Wireless for the Blind Fund’ to the address ‘Transmission 2008’, British Wireless for the Blind Fund, 10 Albion Place Maidstone Kent ME14 5DZ United Kingdom.

All donations are gratefully received, no matter how small, but the minimum amount to be raised to qualify for any trophy is £50. The minimum number of contacts to qualify for an award in category (c) or (d) is 50 contacts.

8. An “individual” is when only one person operates a station call sign, whether that call sign is a personal call sign, club call or GB special event station. The definition of a group or club is any operation of a call sign by more than one individual. Groups and clubs are invited to operate on more than one frequency band simultaneously.

9. To qualify for the trophies, you must return the sponsorship form and a cheque for the amount raised, made payable to ‘British Wireless for the Blind Fund’, to arrive not later than 31st October 2008.

To qualify for the trophies for the greatest number of contacts you must state how many contacts were made during ‘Transmission 2008’ and enclose a copy of the log. Either a photocopy of a hand-written log or a hard-copy print-out of a computerised log is acceptable. Please do not send the original of hand-written logs as they cannot be returned, and do not send computerised logs on disk. The minimum information required is the date, time, frequency band, and call sign of station contacted. The log should be signed by the licence-holder (or NoV-holder in the case of GB special event call signs) as follows: “I certify that this is a true copy of the log-book entry for (call sign) during the period 20/21 September 2008. (signature).” Sponsorship forms and cheques returned without log copies will only qualify for the trophies for raising the most funds for BWBF.

To qualify for any trophy you must be a current member of the RSGB on 21 September 2008 and be resident in the UK. (However, special certificates will be sent to all stations raising more than £10.)