Worked All States

Worked All States

Worked All States, or WAS, is an amateur radio operating award given to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete two-way amateur radio communications with other amateur radio stations located in each of the 50 United States of America. The award is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. It is available to radio amateurs world-wide although US applicants must be ARRL members.

Basic award

The basic WAS award is earned by submission of proof of two-way amateur radio contact using any combination of radio bands or transmission modes. Written proof of the contacts, usually in the form of QSL cards or online records through ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW), must be submitted to qualify. The award certificate is dated and indivdually numbered.

Specialty awards

Specialty awards are available for establishing two-way contact with stations in all 50 states using amateur satellites, Radioteletype (RTTY), or Slow-scan television (SSTV). Specialty awards are also available for contacts entirely on specific amateur radio bands: (144 MHz, 432 MHz, 222 MHz, 50 MHz, or 160 meters). Each of these specialty awards is numbered indivdually.

An unnumbered award is available for working all US states using a digital mode other than RTTY. An unnumbered phone (radiotelephone) award is available as well for using USB, LSB, AM, FM, or any other voice mode.

Endorsements

Endorsement stickers can be earned on both the basic and specialty awards. Endorsement categories are CW, US Novice class, QRP, Packet, EME, and any single amateur radio band. Endorsements also require submission of written proof of two-way contacts with stations located in each of the 50 United States of America using the mode or band for which the endorsement is offered.

5-Band WAS

In addition to the awards described above, a 5-Band WAS award is available. 5BWAS, as it is known, is awarded to amateur radio operators who successfully complete two-way contact with each of the fifty United States on five amateur radio bands (excluding the 30 meter, 17 meter, and 12 meter bands). There are no band or mode endorsements associated with 5BWAS.

Alaska and Hawaii

Both Alaska and Hawaii gained statehood after the beginning of the Worked All States award program. As a result, contacts with stations in Alaska must have been made after January 3, 1959, and contacts with stations in Hawaii must have been made after August 21, 1959.

External links

* [http://www.arrl.org/awards/was/ ARRL WAS information]
* [http://www.arrl.org/awards/5bwas/ ARRL 5BWAS information]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Worked All Continents — Worked All Continents, or WAC, is an amateur radio award given to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete two way amateur radio communications with other amateur radio stations located in each of six continental areas of the world …   Wikipedia

  • All Parks Alliance for Change — (also known as APAC) is a grassroots, non partisan, nonprofit statewide organization that serves as a vehicle for Minnesota’s 180,000 manufactured (mobile) home park residents to express their needs and concerns in their parks and in the larger… …   Wikipedia

  • All I Ever Wanted (album) — All I Ever Wanted Studio album by Kelly Clarkson Released …   Wikipedia

  • All-in professional wrestling — All in wrestling was the first wave of professional wrestling in the United Kingdom to be based around the Catch As Catch Can style of wrestling. It was conducted under the All In Rules of 1930 in which (unlike Olympic freestyle wrestling) no… …   Wikipedia

  • All the Way… A Decade of Song — Infobox Album | Name = All the Way… A Decade of Song Type = Greatest hits Artist = Céline Dion Released = Start date|1999|11|12 Recorded = 1991 1999 Genre = Pop Length = 73:08 Label = Columbia, Epic Producer = David Foster, Walter Afanasieff,… …   Wikipedia

  • All-terrain vehicle — An all terrain vehicle (ATV) is defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a vehicle that travels on low pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control. As the name… …   Wikipedia

  • All American Girl (1994 TV series) — This article is about the situation comedy; for other meanings see American Girl (disambiguation). infobox television | show name = All American Girl format = situation comedy runtime = 30 minutes (per episode) creator = Margaret Cho Gary Jacobs… …   Wikipedia

  • All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir — The All Ohio State Fair Youth Choir (known as the AOSFYC or the All Ohio Youth Choir) is a singing organization of high school students that meets every summer five days prior to the opening of the Ohio State Fair and performs as entertainment… …   Wikipedia

  • All My Children — Infobox Television Soap Opera show name = All My Children network = ABC, SOAPnet country = USA genre = Soap opera creator = Agnes Nixon executive producer = Julie Hanan Carruthers head writer = Charles Pratt Jr. senior cast members = Susan Lucci… …   Wikipedia

  • All Star Superman — Supercbbox| title =All Star Superman caption = All Star Superman #1 cover, by Frank Quitely schedule = Bimonthly format = Ongoing series ongoing=y publisher = DC Comics date = November 2005 – September 2008 issues = 12 main char team = Superman… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”