Championship Medals Award Program
The SMC Championship Medals Award Program is an annual medals-based award system with Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. There are also multi-year awards. The award is open to all SMC members. The program awards points based on the number of QSOs made in eligible contests earned towards the medals.
Time Period
The SMC Championship Medals Program ‘Contest Year’ Runs from July 1 until June 30 of the following year.
Points and Rules
CMA points are awarded as follows and are based on Lifetime Achievement Award QSOs. CMA contests are identical to LAA contests. If you follow all the 3830 posting and log submission rules for the Lifetime Achievement Award, including for the Wild Card contest, your LAA QSOs will earn CMA points as follows:
- HF Contests. Includes mobile operations
- 1 Point: 200 or more QSOs in any eligible HF contest
- 2 Points: 500 or more QSOs in any eligible HF contest
- VHF Contests. Includes mobile and rover operations
- 1 Point: 75 or more QSOs in any eligible VHF contest
- 2 Points: 200 or more QSOs in any eligible VHF contest
- State QSO Parties. Includes mobile/portable/rover operations
- 1 Point:
- 200 or more QSOs for in-state stations
- 100 or more QSOs for out-of-state stations
- 2 Points:
- 500 or more QSOs for in-state stations
- 250 or more QSOs for out-of-state stations
- 1 Point:
Medal Awards
At the conclusion of the contest year, medals will be awarded based on the total points accumulated by a member. The award consists of a physical medal and an emailed PDF certificate. Physical medals will be awarded to individual winners at SMC Fest. For those not attending the SMC Fest, a medal will be mailed to them if requested by the medal winner.
- 10 points: Bronze Medal
- 15 points: Silver Medal
- 20 points: Gold Medal
Multi-Year Awards
There are two (2) multi-year awards. To earn these awards, the operator must be a member of the SMC in good standing for all years when medals are earned:
The Gold-Silver-Bronze award: Win a (minimum) Gold, Silver and Bronze medal in individual years. This takes a minimum of three (3) years to achieve. There is no time limit to achieve the award; does not have be consecutive years. The medals can be earned in any order. This award will also be awarded for any medal earned higher than a needed medal to complete the Gold-Silver-Bronze series: (for example, gold-gold-gold, gold-gold-silver, gold-gold-bronze or gold-silver-silver also earns this award)
5-year SMC Champion Medal Winner: Achieve medals in 5 years. There is no time limit; does not have to be consecutive years. Any medal in any year counts (bronze, silver, gold). Takes a minimum of five (5) years to achieve.
More Information
If you have questions, please check the FAQs to see if your question has already been addressed. Contact the LAA/CMA data coordinator (currently Tim K9WX) for corrections to individual CMA totals. You can view a breakdown of CMA credits at SMC Leader Board Breakdown.
