10-10 International -  Counties Award

Rules:

• The 10-10 Counties award accepts contacts made to/from a fixed, portable, or mobile station. The basic and all other upgrades to this award are free and may be submitted via email.
• QSO locations and county determination is by one of the following methods:

     

  • The National Zip Code and Directory of Post Offices is the official guide in determining the county of contact by referencing the name of nearest municipality.

       

  • In the case of Parks or Reservations not within a county boundary, applicants may claim any single adjoining county.

       

  • Several states have Independent Cities that may qualify for a county contact. A listing of approved Independent Cities is included below.
     
• QSL confirmation is NOT required for the 10-10 Counties award; however a station's log data must be made available to the Award Manager upon request.
• The initial 10-10 Counties Award is issued for submittal of the first 100 counties. Counties may then be submitted as worked in groups of 100 after issuance of the initial certificate.
• Details for each contact MUST be submitted in the following order: state (the two letter abbreviation is preferred but not required) and county worked, 10-10 number, callsign, name, and date of contact. Calls should be marked /P or /M, as appropriate.
• Forms suitable for submission of county applications are available in HTML or PDF formats among the Key Forms. Also available there in text or PDF format is a complete list of counties in the US.
• Seals will be issued for the following levels of achievement in 10-10 county hunting -- RED for 500 counties, BLUE for 1000 counties, YELLOW for 1500 counties, GREEN for 2000 counties, SILVER for 2500 counties, GOLD for 3000 counties. A Plaque is awarded (at no charge to the applicant) for working all 3077 US counties.
• The Award Manager has the capability to prepare a listing of all credited and worked counties for each 10-10 member in ASCII text file format. Any 10-10 member may request such a listing. The listing will be indexed alphabetically by county with the date format as MM/DD/YY. To receive such a list of counties worked either e-mail or send an SASE to the award manager.

10-10 award general rules and requirements are applicable.

Effective - January 1, 2000

COUNTIES FOR WHICH INDEPENDENT CITIES CAN BE USED

In Virginia

  CITY                         COUNTY
ALEXANDRIA---------------Arlingtion or Fairfax
BEDFORD------------------Bedford
BRISTOL------------------Washington
BUENA VISTA--------------Rockbridge
CHARLOTTESVILLE----------Albermarie
CHESAPEAKE---------------Isle of Wight
CLIFTON FORGE------------Alleghany
COLONIAL HEIGHTS---------Chesterfield or Prince George
COVINGTON----------------Alleghany
DANVILLE-----------------Pittsylvania
EMPORIA------------------Greensville
FAIRFAX------------------Fairfax
FALLS CHURCH-------------Fairfax
FORT MONROE--------------York
FRANKLIN-----------------Southampton
FREDERICKSBURG-----------Spotsylvania
GALAX--------------------Caroll or Grayson
HAMPTON------------------York
HARRISONBURG-------------Rockingham
HOPEWELL-----------------Prince George
LEXINGTON----------------Rockbridge
LYNCHBURG----------------Amherst, Bedford or Campbell
MANASSAS-----------------Prince William
MANASSAS PARK------------Prince William
MARTINSVILLE-------------Henry
NEW PORT NEWS------------York
NORFOLK------------------Isle of Wight
NORTON-------------------Wise
PETERSBURG---------------Chesterfield, Dinwiddie or Prince George
POQUOSON-----------------York
PORTSMOUTH---------------Isle of Wight
RADFORD------------------Montgomery
RICHMOND-----------------Chesterfield or Henrico
ROANOKE------------------Roanoke
SALEM--------------------Roanoke
SOUTH BOSTON-------------Halifax
STAUNTON-----------------Augusta
SUFFOLK------------------Isle of Wight or Southampton
VIRGINIA BEACH-----------Isle of Wight
WAYNESBORO---------------Augusta
WILLIAMSBURG-------------James City
WINCHESTER---------------Frederick

in Nevada

CARSON CITY--------------Douglas, Lyon, Story or Washoe
WASHINGTON D.C.----------Montgomery or Prince George in 
Maryland

  

A U.S.A. State-to-County Map is available as a service from NG3K.

updated 07-22-2008