PRO- CW-CONTEST PRIZE 2026 
                                                    The award conditions apply to all categories and subcategories provided for in the current PCC competition regulations. 
                The award conditions below are those established before the contest. Depending on the number of ranked competitors, the referee may improve these conditions.    
                                                                                                          PDF certificates:
                       In no more than 30 days after posting the final result on the net, the certificates in PDF format can be printed by each competitor.
                   These certificates are located next to each competitor on the "RESULTS ARCHIVE" page in the ranking of the edition that interests you.
                                The certificates contain the place in the world, in the continent and in your own country at each edition of this competition.
                                                 
                                         Medals are awarded if there are valid QSOs from at least 5 DXCC entities in the competitors contest log
                                                                                                        and:
                                                                             at least 25 valid QSOs at the categories M-10, M-15, SO-10 and SO-15, 
                                                                             at least 50 valid QSOs at the categories M-20, M-40, M-80, SO-20, SO-40 and SO-80,
                                                                             at least 100 valid QSOs at the categories M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP and SO-LP,
                                                                             at least 150 valid QSOs at the categories C&T and SWL.

                                         If these conditions are met, the medals will be awarded to each category as follows:
        1 Medal: 1-10 competitors ranked at the categories M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP, SO-LP and SWL, 1-5 at M-SB and SO-SB, 1-2 at C&T.

         2 Medals: 11-20 competitors ranked in the categories M-HP,  M-LP, SO-HP, SO-LP and SWL, 6-10 at  M-SB and SO-SB, 3-4 at C&T.
         
        3 Medals: at least 21 competitors ranked in the categories M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP, SO-LP and SWL, 11 at M-SB and SO-SB, 5 at C&T.  
                   
        Plate for the Champion of the contest: It is awarded when there are more than 400 ranked competitors must be at least 1,000 points.                               
                                             
         Plate for Champion by category will be granted under the following conditions:
         At least 125 competitors must be ranked in the M-HP, M-LP, SO-HP and SO-LP categories, 75 competitors in the M-SB and SO-SB ,
         8 competitors in the C&T and SWL category and the score of the ranked  competitors must be at least 1,000 points.
      
         GRAND TROPHY 
         This award is given to the contestant who has placed first after ten editions of the competition in which they have participated, regardles
         of the score obtained, or if , after at least six editions, the contestant in first place has double the points of the competior in second place.
         Competitors who do not rank in three editions subsequent to the first ranking will be eliminated from this list.       
         After winning this trophy, the competitor will continue with zero points.
        
        TROPHY     
        This award is given to the contestant who has placed first after five editions of the competition in which they have participated, regardles
         of the score obtained, or if , after at least three editions, the contestant in first place has double the points of the competior in second place.
         Competitors who do not rank in two editions subsequent to the first ranking will be eliminated from this list.
         After winning this trophy, the competitor will continue with zero points.
       
        Loyalty Award is given to competitors who have placed in 12 consecutive editions of the thist comtest,       
        Only competitors who ranked in the top 75% in each category will be included in the Loyalty Award list,
        After the first ranking, it is allowed to be absent from the ranking from a single edition of this competition.
        In this case, the respective competitor will have to participate in an extra edition to achieve the 12 points.
        At the second absence, the respective competitor will be eliminated from the ranking, and in the next edition he will start from zero points.
        After awarding this prize, the contestants wil still start at zero points.
       
       The prizes for PSC, PCC, PRCC 2026 and, PDC 2027 will be sent between March and April 2027 .
        Prizes destined for RUSSIA or BELARUS will be sent only if the awarded competitor indicates, by  February 15, next year the address of a friend who
          is domiciled in one of the countries of the European Community. In the past editions, some of these prizes were returned, and others were lost.   
       Revision date : July 17, 2026 at 12:56 UTC YO2RR