For modest North American stations, particularly on the west coast, working African stations can be somewhat of a challenge. After you do log a nice list of stations it’s time to look for an award to celebrate the achievement. The Africa Stations Award (AFSA) from the FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) is here to help. […]
Countries come in all shapes and sizes. On maps the large countries dominate. The smaller countries are easy to overlook without the aid of a magnifying glass. The FT8 Digital Mode Club promotes an award that gives these smaller countries (more accurately, DXCC entities) some well deserved attention. They issue the Worked Little Countries Award […]
The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line of latitude along the surface of the Earth. It lies along the southernmost points where the Sun can appear directly overhead at the time of the December solstice. The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) sponsors the Tropic of Capricorn Award for working Amateur Radio stations in countries through which the line […]
Are you looking for another way to incentivize making lots of contacts with Japan on HF? The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) has you covered. You can get your first Worked All Japan Grid Squares Award (WAJGS) by working Japanese stations in at least 25 different grid squares. Three versions of the award, bronze through […]
The Tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line of latitude along the surface of the Earth. It lies along the northernmost points where the Sun can appear directly overhead at the time of the June solstice. The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) sponsors the Tropic of Cancer Award for working Amateur Radio stations in countries […]
The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) offers the Worked Oceanian Stations Award (WOSA) for working a given number of stations across the vast Oceanian Continent (Australia plus most Pacific Islands). WOSA can be called a continental award, but could also be termed a Pacific Ocean based award. Some countries on the periphery of the Pacific […]
Maidenhead grid squares are a popular way to divide up a geographic area for VHF/UHF activity and now more commonly via the FT8 digital mode. The FT8 Digital Mode Club sponsors the Worked US Grid Square Award for those operators who contact American stations in at least 25 grid squares. You can chase additional certificates […]
The world gets divided up in many ways. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) carves up the world into three regions for administrative purposes. Region 1 consists of the continents of Europe (including the Asian portion of Russia) and Africa. The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) sponsors the Worked Region 1 Award (WR1A) for working Ham Radio stations in the countries of […]
Japan has one of the largest populations of Amateur Radio operators in the world and FT8 is now one of the most popular operating modes. Combining these two facts, the FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) offers the Japanese Stations Award (JSA) for working as many Ham Radio stations in the Land of the Rising Sun […]
The Caribbean Sea is often portrayed as a paradise on Earth with sandy beaches, cool ocean breezes and a laid back atmosphere. Can’t get away for an island adventure at this time? You can use the Worked Caribbean Award (WCARA) as a way to imagine and plan for a future trip. The FT8 Digital Mode […]