Date | A marathon in general is a long term running event, and the HSC marathon is quite similar. It starts on January 1st every year at 00:00 UTC and lasts until December 31st same year at 24:00 UTC. |
Frequencies | All frequencies are allowed (regarding your local licensing regulations). |
Mode | CW only |
Stations to work | HSC members and non-members work HSC members. Every station once per band. Every 2-Way QSOs are valid for the marathon (i.e. common rag chewing as well as contacts made in contests). |
Categories | No categories. Sorry, there's no SWL category. |
QSO points | HSC members count one point per QSO and per band. No multiplier |
Result | Result = Sum of QSO points |
Online HSC Marathon Calculator |
Fabian, DJ5CW offers an online tool at his website for analyzing an ADIF logbook file. |
Awards | ![]() |
Log file | Send your log file (sorted by call sign or HSC membership number, but not by date!) to the
HSC Marathon Manager. The HSC Marathon Manager confirms via e-mail every single log he reveived via e-mail.
Only confirmed e-mail logs are valid for the marathon results evaluation! Andreas (Andy) Adler, DK9HE, E-Mail dk9he@yahoo.de. Deadline is January 31st of the subsequent year. |
![]() Raffle 2025 |
A Morse key Begali Simplex Pro (picture) will be raffled off for the HSC Marathon 2025. All participants who submit at least 100 QSOs will automatically be entered. The winner will be drawn at the telegraphy meeting in Kleinlüder, Germany, 2026. Sponsors: Bonito Dennis Walter hamradioshop.net. |
Certificate | All radio amateurs who have submitted a log receive a special HSC Marathon certificate. The certificate is of size of a common QSL card and will be sent to the amateur via QSL bureau automatically.![]() |
Results (Acrobat PDF) |