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Announcing the USA250 Award

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  1. VA7STV

    VA7STV Premium Subscriber QRZ HQ Staff Volunteer Moderator QRZ Page

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    New QRZ Award: USA250 (The 250th Anniversary of the United States of America)

    In 2026, the United States of America will commemorate a historic milestone — the 250th anniversary of its founding. To honor this once-in-a-lifetime event, QRZ is proud to introduce a special commemorative operating award: USA 250.

    The USA 250 Award is available to amateur radio operators worldwide and is granted upon the successful confirmation of 250 two-way contacts with US-based amateur radio stations made during the 2026 calendar year.

    Award Requirements
    To earn the USA 250 Award, operators must:
    • Make 250 confirmed QSOs with US-based amateur radio stations (operating from DXCC entities 291, 6, 110, 9, 103, 202 or 285 )
    • Contacts may be made on any band and any mode, Transmission may not make use of a relay, repeater or internet linking.
    • Licensed operators in any country are eligible
    • QSOs must take place during the 2026 calendar year only
    • The operating window opens at 00:00 UTC on January 1, 2026
    • All contacts must be confirmed on QRZ Logbook (imported LoTW confirmations accepted)
    • The official rules can be found here
    ️ Operating Period
    January 1, 2026 00:00:00 – December 31, 2026 23:59:59 (UTC)

    A Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebration
    From coast to coast and across all bands, the USA 250 Award celebrates the spirit of amateur radio, international friendship, and the shared history of the United States. Whether you’re chasing states, filling your log, or just enjoying special-year activity, 2026 will be the perfect time to get on the air.


    Get ready to log, confirm, and celebrate USA 250!

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    VA7STV, Dec 30, 2025
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  2. K0UO

    K0UO Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page

    Excellent award

    And even accepting the
    Logbook of the world confirmations, just too bad that the League won't do a reciprocal on awards.


    Hope to work many of you

    73 from,
    Steve https://www.k0uo.com/k0uo "Rhombic Antenna Farm & test range" Miles of Wire In the Air and On the Air Daily.
     
    K0UO, Dec 30, 2025
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  3. NZ4X

    NZ4X Platinum Subscriber Volunteer Moderator Platinum Subscriber Swapmeet Lead QRZ Page

    Excellent job Stephen!

    Looking forward to a great year!

    Ronnie NZ4X
     
    NZ4X, Dec 30, 2025
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  4. W7UUU

    W7UUU Director, QRZ Forums Lifetime Member 133 QRZ HQ Staff Life Member QRZ Page

    I think this is going to be a HUGELY popular award!!

    Nicely done :)

    Dave
    W7UUU
     
    W7UUU, Dec 30, 2025
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  5. K3CQR

    K3CQR Ham Member QRZ Page

    Since the rules state "both the transmitting and receiving party must maintain a QRZ Logbook" and
    since not everyone has a QRZ logbook, you are keeping a lot of people from participating.
     
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    K3CQR, Dec 30, 2025
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  6. VA7STV

    VA7STV Premium Subscriber QRZ HQ Staff Volunteer Moderator QRZ Page

    Whoops that is actually an error, that term got carried over from the World Radio Friendship Award. I am working on correcting the rules right now.
     
    VA7STV, Dec 30, 2025
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  7. W3TKB

    W3TKB Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    Just based on the number of POTA contacts I log each month, this one should be: "just a walk in the park, Kazansky"! :D
     
    W3TKB, Dec 30, 2025
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  8. W9JAB

    W9JAB XML Subscriber QRZ Page

    Will a tallying counter show up? after
    the 1st of the year?
    And thanks for a new award.
    Nice the keep QRZ fresh and exciting.
    Not like some of them old stale log books,(giggle snicker).
     
    W9JAB, Dec 30, 2025
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  9. AJ4LN

    AJ4LN Ham Member QRZ Page

    AJ4LN, Dec 30, 2025
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  10. FG5GP

    FG5GP Premium Subscriber QRZ Page

    I think this is going to be a HUGELY popular award cood job s 73 all.
     
    FG5GP, Dec 30, 2025
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  11. VA7STV

    VA7STV Premium Subscriber QRZ HQ Staff Volunteer Moderator QRZ Page

    This award will be visible in the logbook awards analyzer shortly, but it will look a little odd until you have some qualified contacts (after Jan 1) as there is no fixed list of entities that qualify.
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    VA7STV, Dec 30, 2025
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  12. W9JAB

    W9JAB XML Subscriber QRZ Page

    Yeah, assuming that the POTA station keeps a QRZ log, I recently made a post about the subject of POTA's not logging and got a lot of snarky push back on that.
    But good luck, and I still answer POTA cq calls logging or not.
     
    W9JAB, Dec 30, 2025
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  13. EI5JTB

    EI5JTB XML Subscriber QRZ Page

    Nice touch, looking forward to this one. Thanks Stephen.
     
    EI5JTB, Dec 30, 2025
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  14. K3RJS

    K3RJS Platinum Subscriber Platinum Subscriber QRZ Page

    Shouldn't be too difficult to earn.
     
    K3RJS, Dec 30, 2025
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  15. KC5NOA

    KC5NOA Ham Member QRZ Page

    Since I'm already doing this, this will be a easy to achieve award.
     
    KC5NOA, Dec 30, 2025
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