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W.A.B.A.
Rules
1) The W.A.B.A.
Award is issued by the A.R.I.-Diamond DX Club and is available to
either licensed amateurs and SWLs.
2) The minimun
requirement for obtaining the award is to have 10 different
Antarctic bases confirmed representing at least 5 Countries having
bases there.
3) The contacts
can be made on all the amateur radio bands, from 10 to 160 metres,
and in the SSB, CW and RTTY modes. Single mode and/or single band
certificates are not issued.
4) There is no
limit on signal reports received on SSB, CW and RTTY.
5) All contacts
with Antarctic stations must have taken place since January 1 st.
1961 (the year of the "Antarctic Treaty"). The Antarctic
territory starts from 60 degrees South latitude.
6) The W.A.B.A.
is issued to licensed amateurs and SWLs who shall submit to the
Diamond DX Club, c/o I8YRK, Gennaro Casaburi, Via 31 Maggio 11,
I-80027 Frattamaggiore – NA, Italy the following: a) a dated and
signed letter stating that the applicant made all the contacts in
accordance with the terms of his/her licence and a list of
contacts made including callsign of the station worked, date, UTC,
frequency, mode, RS(T), name of Antarctic Base; b) the QSL cards
for all of the the contacts listed. It is not necessary for
Diamond DX Club to send the QSLs, but they must be in their
possession for possible checking. The QSLs will be returned to the
applicant via the bureau unless return postage is enclosed with
the application. c) The award fee is 15 € or USD 15. d) The
endorsements fee is Euro 2 or USD 2 each.
7) The possessors
of the W.A.B.A. can use this title on their own QSL cards and in
correspondence.
8) The A.R.I.
journal "Radio Rivista" will publish twice a year list (with
callsigns and names) of the new W.A.B.A. awards issued and updated
listings of the participants.
9) The W.A.B.A.
HONOUR ROLL is free for those who (a) have 25 different Antarctic
bases confirmed representing at least 15 Countries having bases
there and (b) have got all the endorsements.
10) The W.A.B.A.
TOP HONOUR ROLL is free for those who (a) have 50 different
Antarctic bases confirmed representing at least 20 Countries
having bases there and (b) have got all the endorsements.
11) The
W.A.B.A., the HONOR ROLL and the TOP HONOR ROLL awards are in the
form of personalized silk screened aluminium colour plates
(200x240 mm) showing the Antarctic continent.
12) The
endorsements are in the form of an adhesive colour flag of the
Countries having a Base, and are for contacting the 50% or at
least 3 of the active Antarctic bases belonging to that Country,
i.e. the bases with a Reference Number in the W.A.B.A.
Directory.
13) Copy of
" ANTARCTIC BASES Directory of W.A.B.A. and W.A.S.A." is
available on the Diamond DX Club’s WEB pages at http://www.ddxc.org
14) Amateur radio
operators who are active or were active from an Antarctic base can
apply for the W.A.B.A. award without enclosing The cards and the
list of QSOs.
15) Contacts with
special call IR1ANT, IN0G, IY0A and IY8UN are also valid for the
award. These 4 stations can be used once as “wild card”, for
getting either the award or an endorsement flag.
16) Those who
have information about Antarctic Stations not listed in the
Directory, are invited to get in touch with the Diamond DX Club,
c/o I8YRK, Gennaro Casaburi, Via 31 Maggio 11, I-80027
Frattamaggiore – NA, Italy; their call will be mentioned on the
first page of the Directory as “contributor”.
17) There is no
limit for updates.
18) The
checkpoint authorized to verify the QSL cards are the following:
Spain,
Portugal,
Andorra ....................EA5KB
JoseArditArlandis United
Kingdom ................................G4RFV Brian Adams
France, Belgium,
Monaco, Luxembourg .. F5XL Jean Pierre Tendron Germany,
Austria, Liechtenstein ........... DL8AAM Thomas Roesner
Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland ........ OH2QQ
Rurik
Ronnroth Oceania ........................................... VK9NS
Jim Smith North America
and Central America......... K9PPY James Model Canada
............................................. VE3XN
Garry
Hammond South America ............................... PS7AB
Ronaldo Bastos Reis Asia
............................................ JI6KVR Yuki
Deguchi C.I.S.
.......................................... RA6YR
Valery A
Kharchen
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