About The WIA Awards Service
Applications.
The transition phase of the awards program is now complete and all application forms have been updated. Please be sure to download the current version of the forms you use when lodging an application. Please advise if any errors are found.
Applicants should state whether they are W.I.A. Members and, if so, list their National membership number. Where relevant, changes in Callsign and dates of such changes should be indicated.
Applications (Official Hard copy or Computer file) should be sent to the W.I.A. Awards Manager. Contacts for the awards can be made from all call areas, pertaining to the same country unless otherwise stated.
Cross band contacts do not qualify, nor are those made through terrestrial repeaters, aircraft, Internet (IRLP etc), or operations to or from sea-going vessels (maritime mobile or stationary). Exception for permanently registered docked exhibition vessels or historic ships considered land based. All contacts must have been made after 1st. January 1946, unless otherwise noted. In cases of dispute, the decision of the W.I.A. Awards Manager and two Directors of the W.I.A. Board on the interpretation of these rules shall be final and binding.
Application and Verification
1. Applicants are required to hold QSL cards as confirmation for all QSO's claimed, unless specifically noted for a particular award.
2. Electronic QSL methods such as eQSL, LoTW, Fax and email are not at present accepted as confirmation of QSO's for WIA awards.
3. Do not send QSL cards with your application for a WIA award, unless previously specifically agreed by the WIA Awards Manager.
4. There are downloadable spreadsheets appropriate to each WIA award in the specific area in the WIA website relating to that award. While it is not essential that these are used for an application for a WIA award, it is very much preferred that they be used.
5. Either in the downloadable application or other application, all two-way contacts claimed are listed as follows: prefix, entity, callsign of station contacted, date (DD-MM-YY), time (UTC), RST (optional), mode and frequency.
6. The information listed must match the information on the QSL cards.
7. All information supplied in an application for an award must be double-checked and free of any duplication. Where computer generated dates are used, they should be set to the DD-MM-YY format.
8. Contacts must be listed in numerical, alphabetical order i.e. (1A-9Z, A2-ZS).
9. Each data sheet submitted in support of an application for a WIA Award must have at the bottom of the sheet a declaration that all the data on the sheet has been verified against the QSL cards as described above, and must be signed either by an officer of an IARU member society or two licensed radio amateurs or such other person(s) as previously agreed by the WIA Awards Manager. The name, position (in the case of an officer of an IARU member society) and callsigns of the persons signing the declaration, and the date of the declaration must be printed below each signature on each sheet.
10. The WIA may undertake an audit to verify any declaration submitted in support of an application for a WIA Award before issuing the award.
11. Applications for a WIA Award that do not substantially comply with these rules, or contain duplicates or otherwise are considered unacceptable may be rejected and shall be returned to the applicant with the invitation to resubmit the application once the defects have been corrected.
Schedule of Fees. - All WIA Awards
1. These fees apply to all applications for WIA Awards received on or after 1 September 2007.
2. On or after 1 December 2007, WIA Awards are available only to persons resident in Australia who are members of the WIA. WIA membership is not required for applicants for WIA Awards resident outside Australia.
3. Fees:
A) WIA Members
 One certificate per membership year - no charge
Two Award up-dates per membership year - no charge
Each further General Award certificate per membership year - A$20
Each further certificate other than a General Award certificate - A$25
Each further Award up-date per membership year A$5
Each replacement certificate - A$25
B) Foreign applicants
Each General Award certificate - A$25 or US$25 or 13 IRC's
Each certificate other than a General Award certificate - A$30 or US$30 or 16 IRC's
Each award up-date - A$15 or US$15 or 8 IRC's.
Each replacement certificate - A$35 or US$35 or 18 IRC's
C) Non members of the WIA (to 1 December 2007 only)
Each certificate - A$30
Each award up-date -A$15
Each replacement certificate - A$35
4. When applicable, fees must accompany the application.
5. Payment may be made in Australian dollars by cash, cheque or bank draft payable to "WIA" drawn on an Australian bank.
6. Payment may be made in United States dollar by cash or bank draft payable to "WIA" drawn on an Australian bank.
7. IRC's must be current official Post Office stamped and dated IRC's.
8. Fees cover registration, award certificate, postal container, any email correspondence and the most economical mail rate available.
9. Award up-dates include the sticker or award label, if applicable.
10. "General Award" means all WIA awards including single and multi mode DXCC awards but does not include any multi-band DXCC award.
Notes:
W.I.A. computer documents can be used as a hard copy application or Computer file. (Microsoft Excel .xls) Computer file application is typed, zipped and emailed to the W.I.A. Awards Manager, for checking, acceptance and official registration, you must post the "header page" in hard copy, signed endorsing your data sheet checkers.
Award computer file or hard copies are available upon request by mail or email from the Awards Manager. All Computer Award documents can be viewed and down loaded in several versions of Microsoft Excel, this program has been selected to work in the intelligent auto-tallying format for the awards and the user.
Once your computer file document has been established it will be the only document used for the life of the award. Those that are not into computers are not left out as our entire award files can be used as a manual hardcopy print out, for those that are not into emailing or internet, we can post a floppy disc with the award programs.
The DXCC award log is a master file that is checked and then emailed back to the originator for his/her next update as further countries are tallied. This master file is also transferred into our award master database. We follow the ARRL Rules for DXCC approved entities including direct communication updates with all current ARRL DXCC validations of operators and dxpeditions. Scanned original QSL cards will be accepted if they show no signs of any alterations, both sides must be shown in .jpg file formatted to a minimum of 72dpi, and sized not less than 640x480. They must be accompanied with our official "update" data sheet, completed as per our general rules. This service is available for W.I.A. members only.
Awards Manager
Allan Meredith VK2CA
Mudgee
NSW 2850
Email Address : 
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Files For Download
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QUAD+ DXCC Master Form (Phone,CW,Data,Image & Open). All-in-one Single/Open DXCC record form
Qaud+ DXCC Log.zip
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Page Last Updated: Saturday 19 July 2008 at 23:50 hours
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