Taranaki Award 2025 Official Rules.
For any further information or clarification, email Doug on zl3dug@gmail.com
1. The Award will run from Wednesday 24th September to Sunday 28th September 2025
inclusive.
2. It is available to all amateur operators and to listeners of amateur bands. Listeners must
complete all details of a conversation including both callsigns used.
3. Contacts may be made on any band using voice modes only.
4. ZL6RFA is a compulsory contact worth 5 points. You must log this station.
5. Taranaki club stations are each worth 3 points. (see below)
6. All other stations within Taranaki are worth 1 point each.
NOTE: A Taranaki station is one that is physically present inside the Taranaki boundaries as
shown, and whose official address is also within the Taranaki boundaries. For the Award,
Taranaki extends to the north to include Awakino, and the south to Waitotara.
7.To apply for the Award certificate, 25 points must be attained, including the contact
with ZL6RFA.
8. Each contact can be worked ONCE ONLY for each application for the award.
Contact with Taranaki Club Stations:
Club Name. Branch. Callsign. Points
NEW PLYMOUTH. Branch 27. ZL2AB 3 POINTS
WAITARA Branch 47 ZL2TO 3 POINTS
INGLEWOOD Branch 19. ZL2PT. 3 POINTS
SOUTH TARANAKI. Branch 87. ZL2QF 3 POINTS
HAWERA. Branch 14. ZL2HWA. 3 POINTS
OPUNAKE. Branch 32. ZL2ANN. 3 POINTS
Please note the following changes about receiving your certificate:
1.(Preferred option) Submit your log by email within 2 weeks of end of award (i.e. Sunday
12th October 2025) Your certificate will be sent as a PDF file, which you may print if
required. There is no cost, but a suggested donation of $5 per callsign is gratefully accepted
to the account shown below to cover engraving costs on the shield and trophy.
Electronic logs are preferred and can be emailed to: <zl3dug@gmail.com> in most formats –
e.g. cabrillo,spreadsheet (.xls, numeric .ods), document (.odt .doc .docx) , ADIF, or a
scan/photo of paper log.
2. (If necessary) Send a copy of log, and deposit the fee of $15.00 for the first printed and
posted certificate, $10 per additional certificate. Log and payment must be received no later
than Wednesday, 15th October 2025.
Payments can be made to TSB account 15-3942-0001086-00, name = New Plymouth
Amateur Radio Club, using internet banking or at a branch. PLEASE DO NOT SEND
CASH IN POST. Please add your Call sign & T Award as a reference.
Logs may be emailed to <zl3dug@gmail.com>, or posted to:
The Award Custodian,
New Plymouth Amateur Radio Club,
6a Awanui Street,
New Plymouth 4312
Logs must be clear and legible. Any missing or unreadable entry may result in the
cancellation of the applicable points.
• No logs will be returned.
• The final decision rests with the Award organisers, and no correspondence will be entered
into.
Please include the following information in logs.
DATE–TIME,–CALLSIGN–NAME–QTH–BAND–MODE–SIGNAL(HF)–POINTS
A summary page of applicants information should also be prepared showing:
• Name
• Callsign
• Address
• Points claimed for each certificate ( if multi-band or multi-mode)
• Logs must be signed. The senders email address in the message header will count as a signature.
The Award Certificate this year will be in A4 landscape format. It features a view of Mount Taranaki from beside the old North Mount Taranaki Visitor Centre. (The building was being demolished at the time). Photo by Doug Beale, ZL3DUG
When to make contacts:
Taranaki stations will be available each day on National System and local repeaters, and will
try and come up when possible. A good time is around 7pm. Also try the nets below.
Contacts are not limited to these specific times.
Nets:
Net name Time Frequency Taranaki Award HF Net 8pm during award 3.660 MHz +/- 5 kHz ZL Awards Net 9pm daily 3.677 MHz Branch 27 Net 8pm Wednesday 147.200 MHz repeater (+600 shift)
In Conjunction with the Taranaki Award, we will also be running the Dan Wilkinson Memorial Contest
DAN WILKINSON MEMORIAL CONTEST
1. Certificates will be awarded in two categories for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
The categories are:
a. Taranaki stations
b. Those outside the region.
2. The Wooden Shield will be awarded to the station outside the Taranaki region who has the most contacts with Taranaki stations and engraved with their name. The Taranaki station contacted can only be used for scoring once, regardless of what bands they are contacted on. The Shield is to be held by the winner from the end of October to the beginning of the following September.
3. The Dan Wilkinson Memorial Stone Trophy will be engraved with the Taranaki station with the most points. However because of the size and weight of the trophy, it will remain in the possession of the Award Organisers.
Dan Wilkinson was the original holder of the call ZL2AB which was first issued in 1923.