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Find here an explanation of the PVRC Olympic Award Program & its Current Rules

 

Welcome to the PVRC Olympics, where your PVRC activities can earn a PVRC Olympic Award!

 

 

 

 

 

The main goal of the PVRC Olympics is to encourage, broaden, and reward participation in PVRC 5M contests and other club activities such as the PVRC Reunion On The Air (June).
The PVRC Olympics is an annual program running concurrently with the PVRC 5M Award program throughout our contest year (July – June).

 

Each year, all PVRC members start the Olympics with a ‘clean slate’ and a chance to earn a PVRC Olympic Award. Awards are “medals” tinted gold, silver and bronze.

 

The current Rules are:

 

PVRC Olympic Program Rules Beginning Contest Season 2026-2027

  1. The primary goal of the Olympics Award Program is to encourage participation in contests that have club competition categories in which PVRC competes.

  1. Points for Olympics award are derived from the PVRC 5-million program contests list. There are more than thirty 5M contest events during a contest season (July-June). 2a and 2b, while not 5M contests, are special club events.

2a. Reunion participants are eligible PVRC Olympics credit for one additional ‘point’ if their score is one contest below an award level.

 

2b. DX Marathon participants who submit their adif file to the DX Marathon may be eligible for PVRC Olympics credit for one additional ‘contest.’

 

3a. Multi-operator contest entries with more than 125 Qs will count for ALL listed ops, regardless of the number of ops.

3b. Station hosts (multi or single op) will receive the same credit as the operator(s).

 

4 .Awards levels are as follows:

    1. Bronze – 10 contests.

    2. Silver – 15 contests

    3. Gold – 20 contestsTo get Olympics credit for your operating activities submit your results to 3830scores.com and be sure to submit your log to the contest sponsor (adif file for the DX Marathon) for each 5M contest and the reunion.

  

 5  To get Olympics credit for your operating activities submit your results to 3830scores.com and be sure to submit your log to the contest sponsor (adif file for the DX Marathon) for each 5M contest and the reunion.