Worked All Continents
Worked All Continents Award (WAC)
Award Description
Sponsored by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU), the Worked-All-Continents award is issued for working and confirming all six continents (North America, South America, Oceania, Asia, Europe and Africa) on a variety of different bands and modes.
Rules
Qualification for the WAC award is based on an examination by the International Secretariat, or a member-society, of the IARU of QSL cards that the applicant has received from other amateur stations in each of the six continental areas of the world. All contacts must be made from the same country or separate territory within the same continental area of the world.
All QSL cards (no photocopies or scans) must show the mode and/or band for any endorsement applied for.
Contacts made on 10/18/24 MHz or via satellites are void for the 5-band certificate and 6-band endorsement.
All contacts for the QRP endorsement must be made on or after January 1, 1985 while running a maximum power of 5 watts output or 10 watts input. QSL cards must clearly indicate QRP.
The following information should be helpful in determining the continental area of a station located adjacent to a continental boundary. North America includes Greenland (OX) and Panama (HP). South America includes Trinidad & Tobago (9Y), Aruba (P4), Curacao & Bonaire (PJ2-4) and Easter Island (CE0). Oceania includes Minami Torishima (JD1), Philippines (DU), Eastern Malaysia (9M6-8) and Indonesia (YB). Asia includes Ogasawara Islands (JD1), Maldives (8Q), Socotra Island (7O), Abu Ail Island (J2/A), Cyprus (5B, ZC4), Eastern Turkey (TA2-9) and Georgia (4L). Europe includes the fourth and sixth call areas of Russia (R1-6), Istanbul (TA1), all Italian islands (I) and Azores (CU). Africa includes Ceuta & Melilla (EA9), Madeira (CT3), Gan Island (8Q), French Austral Territory (FT) and Heard Island (VK0).
WAC application forms are available at the bottom of this page.
Recent Award Recipients
From July to December 2009:
VK3GRW - Phone
June 2009
VK2HAQ - Andrew Cumming - Phone
February 2009
VK2HFI - Brett Churchyard - 14MHz Phone
January 2009
VK5NC - Trevor Niven - Mixed, 50MHz
December 2008
VK2CA - Allan Meredith - CW
VK2KU - Guy Fletcher - JT65 - EME - 144MHz. A great effort!
November 2008
VK2AR - Andrew Borynski - CW
VK5DG - David Giles - Satellite, 435MHz
VK6LC - Mal Johnson - CW
VK5GX - Paul Spinks - Phone
October 2008
VK6LC - Mal Johnson - 5 Band Phone
VK1GG - Chris Carroll - Phone
VK6XH - Keith Bainbridge - Phone, 432Mhz, Satellite
How To Apply For The Award
There is a A$15 fee for each certificate application.
All QSL cards (no photocopies or scans) must show the mode and/or band for any endorsement applied. These original QSL cards need to be submitted for checking, including a completed WAC application form and fee, to the WIA Awards Manager at:
WIA Awards Manager
Po Box 2042
Bayswater
Victoria, 3153
Australia
Email: awards@wia.org.au
Sufficient return postage for the cards, in the form of a self-addressed stamped envelope is also required.
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