The Cass Awards are given annually to DXpeditions making the most unique QSOs in a calendar year and are announced in March. There are two categories, single operator and unlimited. "Cass" was WA6AUD (now SK), Hugh Cassidy, aka Professor Cass, who was the editor, printer and mailman for the West Coast DX Bulletin, which was published from 1968 to 1979.
RA9USU, Dima Zhikharev, was the winner of the 2023 Single-Op Cass Award for his 7O73T DXpedition to Socotra Island, Yemen.
The 9X5RU DXpedition team was the winner of the 2023 Unlimited Class DXpedition. The 9X5RU team included R7AL, Vasily Pinchuk; RW9JZ, Leo Berezhnoy: OK8AU, Slav Rodin; UA3QLC, Victor Filimonov; R5EC; Nick Tolkunov; and RU3UR, Mike Alekseev.
RA9USU, Dima Zhikharev, was the winner of the 2023 Single-Op Cass Award for his 7O73T DXpedition to Socotra Island, Yemen.
The 9X5RU DXpedition team was the winner of the 2023 Unlimited Class DXpedition. The 9X5RU team included R7AL, Vasily Pinchuk; RW9JZ, Leo Berezhnoy: OK8AU, Slav Rodin; UA3QLC, Victor Filimonov; R5EC; Nick Tolkunov; and RU3UR, Mike Alekseev.