On April 1, 1998, I became crazy enough to start a new Award.
To understand its name, you must know first of all that in Italy
we call April Fishes what are called April Fools in
English speaking countries, that is the jokes you do on April 1, mainly
on newspapers.
I decided thus to create the Italian April Award which is
sent to anyone contacting my amateur radio station (IK0WRB) on April 1.
Please note that this does not infringe any national nor international
rules of amateur radio, because I operated only with my own call and
I am free, as anybody else, to make gifts.
And by the way I also hope that radio amateurs have a bit of humour...
Because of the Italian name of April jokes, all awards I give are
based on fishes or anyway the marine environment.
Awards are sent, direct or via the buearu, at my own charges and I amused myself
designing and printing them on my ink-jet.
Each contact with IK0WRB on April first of every year is
valid for the award. QSO on the same band, mode and year are not valid. With just one QSO you get the Basic Fish Award. Contacts cumulate over the years and when you reach one of the following awards, you receive it.
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Do you think I should
operate again on April 1, 2002?
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April Award operations took place in 1999 and 2001.