IMD Award

IMD Award

International Marconi Day - Award Classes

Period of Operation on [date]
0000 UTC to 2359 UTC

As in previous years the event will run for a full 24 hours with contacts made on any band counting towards the award. All modes of radio communication are accepted towards the award and are actively encouraged.

Please note that internet modes such as Echolink, DMR and other Digital Voice modes will NOT count towards the award for IMD.

The Certificates are of a very high quality and are well worth obtaining to display on the wall of any Shack. They are based on an original Marconi Stock Certificate Circa 1901.

Please Note: Any stations worked that are NOT on the registered list of participants will NOT count towards the award. PLEASE CHECK YOUR LOGS BEFORE SENDING THEM IN !
There are now only 2 categories:
  1. TRANSMITTING AMATEUR
    To establish direct two-way communication with 15 different official Award Stations, mixed modes are permitted in the log (mixed modes cw, voice, data)
  2. SHORTWAVE LISTENERS
    To log two-way communications made by 15 different official Award Stations, mixed modes are permitted in the log (mixed modes cw, voice, data)

Please note the following:

  • Only one radio contact with each IMD Special Event Station (Official Participating Station) will count towards the Award.
  • The Award is NOT cumulative, ie contacts made in previous or subsequent years with an IMD station WILL NOT count towards the Award. The required number of Award Stations must be worked during the SAME 24 hour period.

Qualifying Bands 

All bands now allowed HF, VHF, UHF & SHF

Modes Permitted

CW, SSB, FM, AM and available Data Modes i.e RTTY, PSK, JT, SSTV, FT8/4, QO-100

Award Stations

A full list of IMD Award Stations is available here – Official IMD Stations. Only stations from this list will be accepted for the Award.

Award for Listeners Class

As in previous years, it is suggested that transmitting amateur stations should log all two-way contacts heard between IMD award stations and other stations. Even if they fail to establish contact with the stations themselves, it will still be possible to claim the SWL award using a combination of heard and worked contacts. Nice touch to have both types of certificate on the shack wall too.

The Cornish Radio Amateur Club offers two special Award Certificates for working authorised International Marconi Day Award Stations: one is for Transmitting Stations and the other for Short Wave Listeners.


Your Award claim should state the Award Category claimed, and must be made in writing giving a FULL extract of your log together with your callsign and address (often forgotten !). The log extract may be a copy of the original log, a computer print out or ADIF file.

Posting Claims:

Please post your claims to:

Rick Hall G4PGD, IMD Awards Manager, Cornish Radio Amateur Club, 18 Park View, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2BW

email logs to: crac.imd@gmail.com

The cost of the Award is the same for all Classes, which is as follows:

$10.00 US (notes, NO cheques) , €10 (notes, NO cheques) , £5.00 Sterling. Please make cheques payable to “Cornish Radio Amateur Club” Only Sterling cheques can be accepted please, cheques in US $ or Euro, including Euro Cheques cost us more to negotiate at the Bank than we are charging for the award and once post and packing are considered we make a loss !