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- WORKED ALL STATES AWARD RULES
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- 1. The WAS (Worked All States) award is available to all amateurs
- worldwide who submit proof with written confirmation of having
- contacted each of the 50 states of the United States of America. The
- WAS awards program includes 10 different and separately numbered
- awards as listed below. In addition, ENDORSEMENT stickers are
- available as listed below.
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- 2. Two-way communications must be established on amateur bands with
- each state. Specialty awards and endorsements must be two-way (2X) on
- that band and/or mode. There is no minimum signal report required.
- Any or all bands may be used for general WAS. The District of
- Columbia may be counted for Maryland.
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- 3. Contacts must all be made from the same location, or from
- locations no two of which are more than 50 miles apart which is
- affirmed by signature of the applicant on the application. Club
- station applicants, please include clearly the club name and callsign
- of the club station (or trustee).
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- 4. Contacts may be made over any period or years. Contacts must be
- confirmed in writing, preferably in the form of QSL cards. Written
- confirmations must be submitted (no photocopies). Confirmations must
- show your call and indicate that two-way communications was
- established. Applications for SPECIALTY awards or ENDORSEMENTS must
- submit confirmations that clearly confirm two-way contact on the
- specialty mode/band. Contacts made with Alaska must be dated January
- 3, 1959 or later and with Hawaii date August 21, 1959, or after.
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- 5. Specialty awards (numbered separately) are available for OSCAR
- satellite, SSTV, RTTY, 432 MHz., 220 MHz., 144 MHz., 50 MHz., and 160-
- meters. In addition, the "75-Meter, 2-letter Extra Class" award is
- available to any Extra Class amateur who has worked all states
- consisting of 1X2, 2X1, or 2X2 callsigns on the Extra Class portion of
- 75-meters. Acceptable callsigns for the "75-Meter 2-letter Extra
- Class" specialty award include one of the following:
-
- a. All 1X2s
- b. All 2X1s
- c. 2X2s with AA through AL prefixes only in all districts
- (including AH6 and AL7 in Alaska and Hawaii)
- d. 2X2s with KH6 and KL7 prefixes only
-
- ENDORSEMENT stickers for the basic mixed mode/band award and any of
- the SPECIALTY awards are available for SSB, CW, Novices, QRP, Packet,
- EME, and any Single Band. The Novice endorsement is available for the
- applicant who has worked all states as a Novice licensee. QRP is
- defined as 10 watts input (or 5 watts output) of the applicant only
- and is affirmed by signature of the applicant on the application.
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- 6. Contacts made through "repeater" devices or any other power relay
- method cannot be used for WAS confirmation. A separate WAS is
- available for OSCAR contacts. All stations contacted must be "land
- stations." Contact with ships, anchored or otherwise, and aircraft,
- cannot be counted.
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- 7. A W/VE applicant must be an ARRL member to participate in the WAS
- program. DX stations are exempt from this requirement.
-
- 8. Hq. reserves the right to spot call for inspection of cards (at
- ARRL expense) of applications verified by an HF Awards Manager. The
- purpose of this is not to call into question the integrity of any
- individual, but rather to ensure the overall integrity of the
- program. More difficult-to-attain specialty awards (such as 220 MHz
- WAS for example) are more likely to be so called. Failure of the
- applicant to respond to such spot check will result in non-issuance of
- the WAS certificate.
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- 9. DISQUALIFICATION. False statements on this application or
- submission of forged or altered cards may result in disqualification.
- ARRL does not submit any marked over cards. The decision of the ARRL
- Awards Committee in such cases is final.
-
- 10. APPLICATION PROCEDURE (Please follow carefully):
- (a) Confirmations (QSLs) and applications for (MCS-217) may be
- submitted to an approved ARRL Special Service Club HF Awards Manager.
- ARRL Special Service Clubs appoint HF Awards Managers whose names are
- on file at Hq. If you do not know of HF Awards Managers in your local
- area, call a club officer to see if one has bee appointed. If you can
- have your application so verified locally, you need not submit your
- cards to HQ., as indicated on the application form.
- (b) Be sure that when cards are presented for verification
- (either locally or to Hq.) sort them alphabetically by state, as
- listed on the back of the application form, MCS-217.
- (c) All QSL cards sent to Hq. must be accompanied by sufficient
- postage for their safe return (postage guidelines attached).
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