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Worked All Continents (WAC) award
Award Requirements
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The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) issues Worked All Continents certificates to amateur radio stations to recognise two-way radio communication.
Qualification for the WAC award is based on an examination by the International Secretariat, or by a member-society of the IARU, of QSL cards that the applicant has received from 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. Only original QSL cards are accepted.
Endorsements for a single mode or for five or six bands are available. For a five or six band endorsement, the requirements must be met on each of the bands. Contacts made on the 10, 18 and 25 MHz bands or via satellites do not count for these endorsements. The QSL cards must clearly show the mode or band to qualify for an endorsement. A QRP endorsement is also available, for contacts made on or after 1 January 1985 while running a maximum of 5 W output or 10 W input.
The following information should be helpful in determining the continental area of a station located adjacent to a continent:
- Africa includes Madeira (CT3), Gan Island (8Q), French Austral Territory (FT) and Heard Island (VK0), as well as many Indian Ocean islands.
- Asia includes Ogasawara Islands (JD1), most of the Maldives (8Q), Socotra Island (7O), Abu Ail Island (J2/A), Cyprus (5B, ZC4), Eastern Turkey (TA2-9) and Georgia (4L).
- Europe includes the first to sixth call areas of Russia (R1-6), West Istanbul (TA1), most Italian islands (I) and Azores (CU).
- North America includes Greenland (OX), the Carribean and Central America.
- Oceania includes Minami Torishima (JD1), Philippines (DU), Eastern Malaysia (9M6-8) and Indonesia (YB).
- South America includes Trinidad & Tobago (9Y), Aruba (P4), Curacao & Bonaire (PJ2-4) and Easter Island (CE0).
WAC application forms are at present available on the Pretoria Amateur Radio Web site (www.parc.org.za) under “Awards” in MS Word and Adobe PDF format. Once completed, applications and the QSL cards should be directed to:
Awards Manager
South African Radio League
PO Box 721
1735 Strubensvallei
South African Radio League
PO Box 721
1735 Strubensvallei
After verification, the cards will be returned to the applicant, followed soon after by the certificate. The fee is R 60. A self-addressed stamped envelope must be included if the applicant would like to have the QSL cards returned. South African amateurs must be current SARL members.
Email enquiries can be directed to zs6p@iafrica.com.
