Ukrainian Lighthouses Award (ULA)
1. Purpose
1.1 The aim of this award is to raise public awareness and interest to preservation of lighthouses as historically significant navigation aids, to promote and encourage amateur radio and, in particular, amateur radio activity from Ukrainian lighthouses.
2. Definitions
2.1 A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and used as an aid to maritime navigation, which is placed on a mainland, island or offshore. Visibility range of light limit is not defined by these rules. Height of light is not less than 15 meters above the sea level. A lighthouse may be not operational presently, but it must have fully intact optical systems.
2.2 Lighthouse activation – two-way radio contacts are made between legally licensed amateur radio operator, physically present at a lighthouse or within a 1000 meter distance of a lighthouse, and others amateur radio operators.
3. General rules
3.1 Ukrainian Lighthouses Award (ULA) is available to Amateur Radio operators/Short Wave Listeners throughout the world.
3.2 The basic certificate is issued for working (hearing) and confirming stations located on or next to Ukrainian lighthouses on any Amateur bands or modes. Cross-band Contacts or contacts through repeaters are not valid for ULA.
3.3 Contacts must be made from the same DXCC entity.
3.4 EU (Europe) applicants must provide confirmation data for two-way communications (SWL report confirmations) with 5 different Ukrainian lighthouses.
3.5 DX Applicants outside EU must provide confirmation data for two-way contacts (SWL report confirmations) with 3 different Ukrainian lighthouses.
3.6 Endorsement stickers for affixing to certificate are available in case of providing confirmation data for two-way communications (SWL report confirmations) with 10 or 20 different Ukrainian lighthouses. The number of endorsement stickers per certificate is not limited.
3.7 Particular lighthouse can be claimed only once for basic certificate.
3.8 A lighthouse, which previously has been claimed by applicant for basic certificate, can be considered as a “Joker” which may replace one extra lighthouse for endorsement in case a different call-sign was used during its activation. Such “Joker” rule can be used only once per one endorsement.
3.9 QSL confirmation is required for ULA, but the cards themselves do not have to be submitted with the application. Applicant must provide photocopy of submitted QSL cards. QSL’s must obviously certify a lighthouse operation, i.e. recognized ULA and/or ARLHS reference number of the lighthouse or lighthouse name must be specified on QSL to get award credit.
3.10 Award fee for Ukrainian applicants is 10 UAH including postage.
3.11 Award fee for foreign applicants from CIS countries is 4 USD or 4 IRC’s including postage.
3.12 Award fee for foreign applicants from all other countries is 7 USD or 7 IRC’s including postage.
3.13 Endorsement stickers are available free of charge. Only postage expenses must be refunded: SASE - for Ukrainian applicants, 1 IRC/1 USD/1 EUR – for all other countries.
3.14 ULA award committee reserves the right to change award rules, fees, and other conditions without prior notice.
4. ULA for Lighthouse Activators
4.1 ULA is available to Amateur Radio operators who activated at least five (5) different Ukrainian lighthouses. Award is free of charge for activators and is aimed to encourage and gain Amateur Radio operations from Ukrainian lighthouses.
4.2 Endorsements stickers for Lighthouse activators are available for the each 5 extra lighthouses (one per each 5 extra lights).
4.3 Consecutive activation of particular lighthouse by the same activator gives an activation credit only in case the year of expedition is different from previous one and the time difference between two events is not less than 60 days. Consecutive activation can be claimed only once per basic certificate and once per one endorsement.
4.4 Lighthouse activation conditions must comply with section 2.2 of this document. Not less then 50 (20 – for QRP stations) two-way contacts have to be logged to give activation credit.
4.5 If more than one lighthouse covered by 1000 meters radius from operating position, activator may claim all of them in case the number of logged two-way contacts is not less then N*50 (N*20 for QRP stations), where N – the number of lights claimed by activator.
4.6 Each claimed activation must be proved by electronic log copy (ADIF, Cabrillo or text format) or paper log photocopy (GIF, JPG, TIF) along with original/scan copy of expedition QSL card.
5. Application Procedure
5.1 The award and/or endorsement application must be based on received QSL cards.
Application must contain following information:
- applicant First/Last Name, call-sign, postal address, E-mail address (if available);
- QSO information in chronological order: Lighthouse Name, LOUA reference number, Lighthouse station call-sign, date/time, band, mode, report.
5.2 Photocopies of QSL-cards (both-sides in case of double-sided cards) must be submitted along with application.
5.3 Application should be directed to Award Manager: Max F. Yevsyukov (UU4JDD), P.O.Box 59, Kerch, 98312, Ukraine.
5.4 Award/endorsement application can be submitted electronically via E-mail: UU4JDD@mail.ru
In this case all graphical data (QSL card copies) must be presented in GIF, JPG or TIF formats and attached to the E-mail.
6. List of lights
6.1 List of lighthouses is composed of data of the navigation handbook "Black Sea and Azov Sea lights and signs, Part 1, Ukrainian coast.", published by the State Department of Maritime and River Transport, Ministry of Transport of Ukraine.
6.2 If a particular light is not listed by ULA List of Lights, activator can submit it for inclusion on the list. As long as such lighthouse meets the basic criteria (See section 2.1), it will be assigned a number and will be added to the list. Poles, daymarkers or buoys do not qualify as a light and can not be included on the ULA List of Lights.
6.3 ULA List of Lights: See http://www.lights.in.ua/eng/ula_list.html
“UKRAINIAN LIGHTHOUSES” Trophy
“Ukrainian Lighthouses” Trophy is issued by ULA award program partner UR7GO (Alexander Nudel).
Two types of “Ukrainian Lighthouses” Trophy are available: “SILVER” and “GOLD”.
“Ukrainian Lighthouses” Trophy rules
- Silver Trophy applicants must provide confirmation data for two-way communications (SWL report confirmations) with 30 different Ukrainian lighthouses.
- Gold Trophy applicants must provide confirmation data for two-way communications (SWL report confirmations) with 50 different Ukrainian lighthouses.
- Activators can be awarded with “Ukrainian Lighthouses” Trophy under the same conditions.
Fee: 35 USD for each type of trophy.
“Ukrainian Lighthouses” Trophy application must be based on received QSL cards. Photocopies of QSL-cards must be submitted along with application.
Applications should be directed to Trophy Manager: Alexander Nudel (UR7GO): ur7go@ukr.net
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• Activations announcements:
26-08-2009
UR5FCZ and UR5FA plan to activate Burnas lighthouse (new one) which is located nr Odessa on August 27. ULA-132 reference has just been assigned to this light.
[TNX to UR5FCZ]
21-08-2009
Inkermanskiy range, rear lighthouse (ARLHS UKR-031/ULA-051) will be activated by Vlad UU6JJ/p on August 23-24.
[TNX to Vlad UU6JJ]
19-08-2009
UR5FEO/p and UR5FEL/p will be active from Mys Severnyy Odesskiy lighthouse (ARLHS UKR-057 / ULA-005) on August 19-20 and from Grigoryevsky lighthouse (ARLHS UKR-045 / ULA-006) on August 22-23
[TNX to UR5FEO]
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