Revision 1.09

Awards Program Information

February 2016

The IARS/CHC used to offer an extensive awards and $1/Euro 1 each after the original submission. achievement program. After a period of stand-by, these awards are again available via F5PBL who is now issuing them on his own. Eligible countries may be added or deleted at any time at the The following rules are applicable. discretion of the awards committee. This action usually follows that of the ARRL-DXCC, with rare exception. Deleted DXCC GENERAL RULES countries will count as credit toward WAN if your contact was made prior to the date of deletion by the ARRL. Applicants should feel 1. All awards are available to licensed amateurs and SWL's free to check with the awards manager regarding country status. throughout the world. SASE required for reply. 2.

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The GCR (General Certification Rules) apply to all applications submitted. GCR indicates that all applications must be accompanied by either photo copies of the QSLs offered for credit, or a signed certification (by an official of your local radio club, two licensed amateurs, or a notary public) that the QSL cards for the QSO's claimed as credit, are in your possession.

ISLANDS OF THE WORLD (IOW) This award is available for confirmation of at least one hundred of the islands in the following categories: SSB, CW, Digital and Mixed. Level endorsements (stickers) are $1/ Euro 1 each after the original submission for each 25 new islands.

The IOW Honor Roll lists all stations with a total of 200 or more A log extract listing all contacts claimed as credit, in islands in the following categories: SSB, CW, Digital and Mixed. alphabetical order by prefix, which includes date, time, call sign, frequency and mode, along with any supporting New islands may be added to the IOW listing at any time. data for requested endorsements. Confirmations for islands not appearing on the list may be submitted with your application. Include your argument for The Award Manager reserves the right to examine any or inclusion, and a decision will be made by the awards committee. If all QSLs claimed for credit in your application prior to accepted, it will be added to the IOW country listing. issuance of the requested award. WORK THE PACIFIC (WTP) It is considered policy to occasionally request a specific card or two from random applications. This is normal This award (different from TP described below) is issued for procedure. Should you receive such a request, please confirmed contacts with at least thirty (30) countries on the TP do not be offended. This is just a way to insure the Country List. integrity of the awards program. THE PACIFIC (TP) All decisions regarding the eligibility of submitted applications and contacts offered for credit is solely at This award, the more difficult of the two (WTP and TP) is issued for the discretion of the Award Manager. confirmed contacts with at least sixty (60) of the countries on the TP Country List. Requests for band, mode, power endorsements, etc., may be made at any time. All supporting data must WORK THE CARIBBEAN (WTC) appear on your submitted log extract. Fee is $1/Euro 1 per endorsement. This award (different from TC described below) is issued for confirmed contact with at least twenty (20) countries on the TC The application fee for each of these awards is US country list. $15.00. / Euro 10.00 or equivalent in IRC. Cheques are accepted only if libelled in Euro, otherwise prefer cash or THE CARIBBEAN (TC) IMO. All money orders in payment of application fees should This award, the more difficult of the two (WTC and TC) is issued for be made payable to Claude TERRIER, and should be confirmed contact with at least forty (40) countries on the TC submitted as follows: Country List. Claude TERRIER 6 avenue des chênes F-77270 VILLEPARISIS France

THE MEDITERRANEAN (TM) – Not presently available

Email : [email protected]

THE INDIAN OCEAN (IO)

This award is issued for confirmed contacts with at least twenty (20) countries on the TM country list.

8. Lists of Award Holders and Honor Roll List will appear on This award is issued for confirmed contacts with at least thirty (30) the corresponding page of http://f5pbl.fr countries on the IO Country List. 9. All the awards are colorful, printed on glossy paper on A4 UNITED NATIONS (UN) sized sheets (21*29.7 cm – 8*11.7 inches) except for the WAN and IOW (34*26.5 cm – 13.4*10.4 inches) This award is issued for confirmed contacts with a minimum of one hundred (100) member countries of the United Nations. The countries claimed for credit should be an UN member by the time WORKED ALL NATIONS (WAN) the QSO has been established. The basic award is issued for confirmed contact with at least 100 of the countries on the current ARRL DXCC list of countries; endorsement stickers are available for each additional 25 confirmed countries. An Honor Roll is maintained listing all stations with a total of 275 countries or more in the following categories: SSB, CW, Digital and Mixed. Level endorsements (stickers) are

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The list currently contains 191 member nations, but it is recommended that you check appropriate reference sources for current member nations for eligible listings. The official United Nations List of Members is located at : http://www.un.org/Overview/unmember.html

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ISLANDS OF THE WORLD - COUNTRY LIST A3 Tonga A4 Nasira Isl. A9 Bahrain BV Taiwan C2 Nauru C6 Bahama Isl. CE0A Easter Isl. CE0X San Felix CE0Z Juan Fernandez CO Cuba CT2 Azores Isl. CT3 Madeira Isl. D4 Cape Verde D6 Comoros DU Philippine Isl. EA6 Balearic Isl. EA8 Canary Isl EI/GI Ireland FT5W Crozet FT5X Kerguelen FT5Z Amsterdam/St. Paul FG Guadeloupe FH Mayotte FJ Saint Barthelemy FK New Caledonia FK/C Chesterfield Isl. FM Martinique FO Clipperton Isl. FO Marquesas Isl. FO Society Isl. FO Tahiti FO Toubouai Isl. FO Tuamotou Isl. FO Gambier Isl. FP St. Pierre & Miquelon FR Reunion Isl. FR/E Europa Isl. FR/G Glorioso FR/J Juan de Nova FR/T Tromelin FS Saint-Martin FW Wallis & Futina Isl. G,GM, GW British Isles main Isl. GD Isle of Man GJ Jersey GM Shetland GU Guernsey H4 Solomon Isl. HC8 Galapagos Isl. HH Haiti HI Dominican Republic HK0 Malpelo Isl. HK0 Bajo Neuvo HK0 San Andres HK0 Serrana Bank HK0 Rondacor Cay IS Sardinia IT Sicily J3 Grenada J6 St. Lucia J7 Dominica J8 St. Vincent JA Japan 1-2-3-7-9-0 JA Japan, area 5 JA Japan area 6 JA Japan area 8 JD1 Minami Torishima JD1 Okino Torishima JD1 Ogasawara JR6 Okinawa/Ryukyu Isl. JW Bear Isl. JW Svalbard Isl. JX Jan Mayen Isl.

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KG4 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH2 KH3 KH4 KH5 KH5 KH5K KH6 KH7K KH8 KH9 KH0 KL7 KL7 KL7 KP1 KP2 KP4 KP5 OH0 OJ0 OX OY P2 P4 PJ2 PJ4 PJ5 PJ6 PJ7 PY0F PY0S PY0 S7 S9 SV5 SV9 T2 T30 T31 T32 T33 T8 TF TI9 TK UA0B UA0F UA0F UA0K UA0Z UA1O UA1 V2 V2 V4 V4 V6 V7 V8 VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE VE

Guantanamo Bay Baker Isl. Howland Isl. Canton Isl. Enderbury Isl. American Phoenix Isl. Guam Johnston Atoll Midway Palmyra Isl. Jarvis Isl. Kingman Reef Hawaiian Isl. Kure Isl. American Samoa Wake Is. Mariana Isl. Aleutian Isl. Kodiac Isl. St. Lawrence Isl. Navassa Isl. US Virgin Isl. Puerto Rico Desecheo Aland Isl. Market Reef Greenland Faroe Isl. Papua New Guinea Aruba Curacao Bonaire St. Eustatius Saba St. Maarten Fernando de Noronha St. Peter & Paul Rocks Trinidade Isl. Seychelles Sao Tome & Principe Dodecanese Crete Tuvalu Western Kiribati Central Kiribati Eastern Kiribati Banaba Palau Iceland Cocos Isl. Corsica Severnava Zemlya Isl. Karafuto & Sakhalin Isl. Kurile Isl. New Siberian Isl. Komandarski Isl. Nova Zemlya Franz Josef Land Antigua Barbuda St. Kitts Nevis Isl. Micronesia Marshall Isl. Brunei Axel Isl. Baffin Isl. Banks Isl. Bathurst Isl. Devon Isl. Ellesmere Isl. King William Isl. Melville Isl. Parry Isl. Prince Edward Isl. Prince of Wales Isl.

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VE VE VE VE VE1 VE1 VK VK7 VK9L VK9M VK9N VK9X VK9Y VK9Z VK0 VK0 VO1 VP2E VP2M VP2V VP5 VP5 VP6 VP8 VP8 VP8 VP8 VP8 VP9 VQ9 VS6 VU4 VU4 VU7 XF4 YB YJ YV0 YV0 ZD7 ZD8 ZD9 ZF ZK1 ZK1 ZK2 ZK3 ZL1,2 ZL3,4 ZL7 ZL8 ZL9 ZL9 ZS8 1S 3B6 3B7 3B8 3B9 3C0 3D2 3Y 3Y 4S 4W 5B,ZC4 5H 5R 5W 6Y 8P 8Q 9H 9H 9M2 9M6

Prince Patrick Isl. Somerset Isl. Southampton Isl. Victoria Isl. Sable Isl. St. Paul Isl. Australia (main land) Tasmania Lord Howe Isl. Mellish Reef Norfolk Island Christmas Isl. Cocos Island Willis Isl. Heard Isl. Macquarie Isl. Newfoundland Anguilla Montserrat British Virgin Isl. Turks Isl. Caicos Isl. Pitcairn Isl. South Georgia South Sandwich South Orkney South Shetland Isl. Falkland Isl. Bermuda Chagos Archipelago Hong Kong Andaman Isl. Nicobar Isl. Laccadive Isl. Revilla Gigedo Indonesia Vanautu Margarita Isl. Aves Isl. St. Helena Ascension Isl. Tristan de Cunha Cayman Islands North Cook Isl. South Cook Isl. Niue Tokelau New Zealand, North Is. New Zealand, South Is. Chatham Isl. Kermadec Isl Auckland Isl. Campbell Isl. Prince Edward & Marion Spratley Isl. Agalega Isl. St. Brandon Isl. Mauritius Rodriguez Isl. Pagalu Isl. Fiji Isl. Bouvet Isl. Peter I Isl. Sri Lanka East Timor Cyprus Tanzania Madagascar Samoa Jamaica Barbados Maldive Isl. Gozo Isl. Malta West Malaysia Sabah

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9M8 9Y 9Y

Sarawak Trinidad Tobago

THE PACIFIC & WORKED THE PACIFIC COUNTRY LIST A3 BV BY C2 CE CE0Z CE0X CE0Z DU FK FO FO FO FO FO FO FO FW H4 HC HC8 HK HK0 HL HP HR HS JA JA5 JA6 JA8 JD1 JD1 JD1 JR6 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH1 KH2 KH3 KH4 KH5 KH5J KH5K KH6 KH7K KH8 KH9 KH0 KH0 KL7 KL7 KL7 KL7 OA P2 P5 T2 T30 T31 T32 T33 T8 TG TI

Tonga Taiwan China Nauru Chile Easter Isl. San Felix Juan Fernandez Philippine Isl. New Caledonia Clipperton Isl. Marquesas Isl Society Isl. Tahiti Toubouai Isl. Tuamotou Isl. Gambier Isl. Wallis & Futuna Isl. Solomon Isl. Ecuador Galapagos Isl. Colombia Malpelo Isl. Korea Panama Honduras Thailand Japan, 1-2-3-7-9-0 Japan, area 5 Japan, area 6 Japan, area 8 Minami Torishima Okino Torishima Ogasawara Okinawa/Ryukyu Isl. Baker Isl. Howland Isl. Canton Isl. Enderbury Isl. American Phoenix Isl. Guam Johnston Atoll Midway Isl. Palmyra Isl. Jarvis Isl. Kingman Reef Hawaii Kure Isl. American Samoa Wake Isl. Saipan Mariana Isl. Aleutian Isl. St. Lawrence Isl. Kodiak Isl. Alaska Peru Papua New Guinea North Korea Tuvalu Western Kiribati Central Kiribati Eastern Kiribati Banaba Palau Guatemala Costa Rica

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TI9 UA0 UA0F UA0F V6 V7 V8 VE7 VK VK7 VK9L VK9M VK9N VK9W VK0 VP6 VS6 W/K XE XF4 XU XX9 YB YJ YN YS ZK1 ZK1 ZK2 ZK3 ZL1,2 ZL3,4 ZL7 ZL8 ZL9 ZL9 1S 3D2 3W 5W 9M2 9M6 9M8 9V

Cocos Island Russia (zone 19 only) Karafuto & Sakhalin Isl. Kurile Isl. Micronesia Marshall Isl. Brunei Canada (7 only) Australia (1,2,3,4 only) Tasmania Lord Howe Island Mellish Reef Norfolk Isl. Willis Isl. Macquarie Isl. Pitcairn Isl. Hong Kong USA (CA,OR,WA only) Mexico Revilla Gigedo Kampuchea Macao Indonesia Vanuatu Nicaragua El Salvador North Cook Isl. South Cook Isl. Niue Tokelau Isl. New Zealand, North Isl. New Zealand, South Isl. Chatham Isl. Kermadec Isl. Auckland Isl. Campbell Isl. Spratley Fiji Isl. Viet Nam Samoa West Malaysia Sabah Sarawak Singapore

THE CARIBBEAN & WORKED THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRY LIST C6 CO FG FJ FS FM FY HH HI HK HK0 HK0 HK0 HK0 HP HR J3 J6 J7 J8 KG4 KP1 KP2 KP4 KP5

Bahama Islands Cuba Guadeloupe Saint Barthelemy Saint Martin Martinique French Guiana Haiti Dominican Republic Colombia Bajo Neuvo San Andres Serrana Bank Roncador Cay Panama Honduras Grenada St. Lucia Dominica St. Vincent Guantanamo Bay Navassa Isl. US Virgin Isl. Puerto Rico Desecheo

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P4 PJ2 PJ4 PJ5 PJ6 PJ7 PZ TG7 TI V2 V2 V3 V4 V4 VP2E VP2M VP2V VP5 VP5 VP9 W/K XE3 YN YV YV0 YV0 ZF 6Y 8P 8R 9Y 9Y

Aruba Curacao Bonaire S. Eustatius Saba St. Maarten Surinam Guatemala (Izabal aera only) Costa Rica Barbuda Antigua Belize St. Kitts Nevis Isl. Anguilla Montserrat British Virgin Isl. Turks Isl. Caicos Isl. Bermuda USA (Florida only) Mexico (3 only) Nicaragua Venezuela Margarita Isl. Aves Island Cayman Isl. Jamaica Barbados Guyana Trinidad Tobago

THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY LIST CN E4 EA EA6 EA9 F I IS IT OD S5 SU SV SV5 SV9 T9 TA TK YK YU ZA 3A 3V8 4X4 5A 5B 7X 9A 9H

Morocco Palestine Spain Balearic Isl. Cueta & Melilla France Italy Sardinia Sicily Lebanon Slovenia Egypt Greece Dodecanese Crete Bosnia-Herzegovina Turkey Corsica Syria Yugoslavia Albania Monaco Tunisia Israel Libya Cyprus Algeria Croatia Malta

THE INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRY LIST A4 A6 A7 A9 AP C9

Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain Pakistan Mozambique

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D6 EP FT5W FT5X FT5Z FH FR FR/E FR/G FR/J FR/T J2 HS HZ S2 S7 T5 VK VK9C VK9X VK0 VQ9 VU VU4 VU4 VU7 XZ YB YI ZS 3B6 3B7 3B8 3B9 4S 5H 5R 5Z 7O 8Q 9K 9M2

Comoros Iran Crozet Kerguelen Amsterdam/St. Paul Isl. Mayotte Reunion Isl. Europa Glorioso Juan de Nova Tromelin Djibouti Thailand Saudi Arabia Bangladesh Seychelles Isl. Somalia Australia (6 & 8 only) Cocos Keeling Christmas Isl. Heard Isl. Chagos Archipeligo India Andaman Isl. Nicobar Isl. Laccadive Isl. Myanmar Indonesia Iraq South Africa Agalega Isl. St. Brandon Isl. Mauritius Rodriquez Isl. Sri Lanka Tanzania Madagascar Kenya Yemen Maldive Isl. Kuwait Western Malaysia

UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY LIST - AS OF AVRIL 2003 Afghanistan Nov. 1946 Albania Dec. 1955 Algeria Oct. 1962 Andorra Jul. 1993 Angola Dec. 1976 Antigua/Barbuda Nov. 1981 Argentina Oct. 1945 Armenia May 1992 Australia Nov. 1945 Austria Dec. 1955 Azerbaijan Mar. 1992 Bahamas Sep. 1973 Bahrain Sep. 1971 Bangladesh Sep. 1974 Barbados Dec. 1966 Belarus Oct. 1945 Belgium Dec. 1945 Belize Sep. 1981 Benin Sep. 1960 Bhutan Sep. 1971 Bolivia Nov. 1945 Bosna-Herzegovina May 1992 Botswana Oct. 1966 Brazil Oct. 1945 Brunei Sep. 1984 Bulgaria Dec. 1955 Burkina Faso Sep. 1960

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Burundi Sep. 1962 Cambodia Dec. 1955 Cameroon Sep. 1960 Canada Nov. 1945 Cape Verde Sep. 1975 Central African Republic Sep.1960 Chad Sep.1960 Chile Oct. 1945 China Oct. 1945 Colombia Nov. 1945 Comoros Nov. 1975 Congo (D.R.) Sep. 1960 Costa Rica Nov. 1945 Croatia May 1992 Cuba Oct. 1945 Cyprus Sep. 1960 Czech Republic Jan. 1993 Denmark Oct. 1945 Djibouti Sep. 1977 Dominica Dec. 1978 Dominican Rep. Oct. 1945 Ecuador Dec. 1945 Egypt Oct. 1945 El Salvador Oct. 1945 Equatorial Guinea Nov. 1968 Eritrea Nov. 1968 Estonia Sep. 1991 Ethiopia Nov. 1945 Fiji Oct. 1970 Finland Dec. 1955 France Oct. 1945 Gabon Sep. 1960 Gambia Sep. 1965 Georgia Jul. 1992 Germany Sep. 1973 Ghana Mar. 1957 Greece Oct. 1945 Grenada Sep. 1974 Guatemala Nov. 1945 Guinea Dec. 1958 Guinea-Bissau Sep. 1974 Guyana Sep. 1966 Haiti Oct. 1945 Honduras Dec. 1945 Hungary Dec. 1955 Iceland Nov. 1946 India Oct. 1945 Indonesia Sep. 1950 Iran (I.R.) Oct. 1945 Iraq Dec. 1945 Ireland Dec. 1955 Israel May 1949 Italy Dec. 1955 Ivory Coast Sep. 1960 Jamaica Sep. 1962 Japan Dec. 1956 Jordan Dec. 1955 Kazakhstan Mar. 1992 Kenya Dec. 1963 Kiribati Sep. 1999 Korea (D.P.R.) Sep. 1991 Korea (Rep. of) Sep. 1991 Kuwait May 1963 Kyrgystan Mar. 1992 Laos (P.D.R.) Dec. 1955 Latvia Sep. 1991 Lebanon Oct. 1945 Lesotho Oct. 1966 Liberia Nov. 1945 Libya Dec. 1955 Liechtenstein Sep 1990 Lithuania Sep. 1991 Luxembourg Oct. 1945 Macedonia (F.Y.R.) Apr. 1993 Madagascar Sep. 1960 Malawi Dec. 1964

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Malaysia Sep. 1957 Maldives Sep. 1965 Mali Sep. 1960 Malta Dec. 1964 Marshall Isl. Sep. 1991 Mauritania Oct. 1961 Mauritius Apr. 1968 Mexico Nov. 1945 Micronesia Sep. 1991 Monaco May 1993 Mongolia Oct. 1961 Morocco Nov. 1956 Mozambique Sep. 1975 Myanmar Apr. 1948 Namibia Apr. 1990 Nauru Sep. 1999 Nepal Dec. 1955 Netherlands Dec. 1945 New Zealand Oct. 1945 Nicaragua Oct. 1945 Niger Sep. 1960 Nigeria Oct. 1960 Norway Nov. 1945 Oman Oct. 1971 Pakistan Sep. 1947 Palau Dec. 1994 Panama Nov. 1945 Papua New Guinea Oct. 1975 Paraguay Oct. 1945 Peru Oct. 1945 Philippines Oct. 1945 Poland Oct. 1945 Portugal Dec. 1955 Qatar Sep. 1971 Romania Dec. 1955 Russia Oct. 1945 Rwanda Sep. 1962 St. Christopher & Nevis Sep. 1983 Saint Lucia Sep. 1979 St. Vincent/Grenadines Sep. 1980 Samoa Dec. 1976 San Marino Mar. 1992 Sao Tome & Principe Sep. 1975 Saudi Arabia Oct. 1945 Senegal Sep. 1960 Seychelles Sep. 1976 Sierra Leone Sep. 1961 Singapore Sep. 1965 Slovakia Jan. 1993 Slovenia May 1992 Solomon Islands Sep. 1978 Somalia Sep. 1960 South Africa Nov. 1945 Spain Dec. 1955 Sri Lanka Dec. 1955 Sudan Nov. 1956 Suriname Dec. 1975 Suisse Sep. 2002 Swaziland Sep. 1968 Sweden Nov. 1946 Syria Oct. 1945 Tajikistan Mar. 1992 Tanzania Dec. 1961 Thailand Dec. 1946 Timor-Est Sep. 2002 Togo Sep. 1960 Tonga Sep. 1999 Trinidad & Tobago Sep. 1962 Tunisia Nov. 1956 Turkey Oct. 1945 Turkmenistan Mar. 1992 Tuvalu Sep. 2000 Uganda Oct. 1962 Ukraine Oct. 1945 United Arab Emirates Dec. 1971 United Kingdom Oct. 1945

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United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe

Oct. 1945 Dec. 1945 Mar. 1992 Sep. 1981 Nov. 1945 Sep.1977 Sep. 1947 Nov. 2000 Dec. 1964 Aug. 1980

Versions : v.1.00 : April 2002 - Initial release v 1.02 : September 2002 – TM Award not available v 1.04 : December 2002 – Minor updates, design v.1.05 : April 2003 – UN rules / list updated v.1.06 : February 2005 – Web site URL v.1.07 : January 2010 - New postal address v.1.08 : January 2011 - New postal address v. 1.09 : February 2016 -Adding TG7 for Caribbean Award

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