The Basic Award

The Limes Award is issued by the local branch F11 located in Bad Homburg of the German Amateur Radio Club (DARC e.V.). It has been recognized as official by the DARC on June 15th, 2010. Applicants may be licensed Amateurs or SWLs. Only contacts with stations located at the historical Roman Limes are valid. To achive the Basic Award and the Gladius Award the applicants must fullfill the requirements regarding the number of points, the number of DOK and the number of districts worked.

http://www.fox11.de/the-limes-award.html

About the Limes

The limes was a border defense or delimiting system of Ancient Rome. It marked the boundaries of the Roman Empire. Certain elements of the line have been excavated, some reconstructed and a few destroyed. The two sections of the Limes in Germany cover a length of 550 km from the north-west of the country to the Danube in the south-east.