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 FT4 Digital Mode Club (FT4DMC) issues for the Grid Square Award (GSA) for working stations in at least 100 different Maidenhead Grid Squares around the world. You must make all contacts using the FT4 digital mode. After working 100 grids for the initial award you can obtain additional awards for working 500, 1000, 2000, […]
Maidenhead grid squares started out as a contest multiplier for VHF contests. Particularly with the rise of the FT8 digital mode, grid squares have become common on the HF bands as well. The European Ros Club‘s Worked Grids USA award celebrates working stations within grid squares that include some portion of the United States. It […]
The European Ros Club issues the Worked Grid Spain award for working stations in 5 different grid squares that cover Spain. That is just the start. You can receive additional awards for every 5 additional squares up to the maximum, which appears to be 55. That’s 10 different certificates. But why stop there? You can […]
The European Ros Club (ERC) offers a new goal to chase while working as many Japanese stations as possible using digital modes. The Worked Grid Japan Award (ERC-GRID-JA) can be had with just two contacts in two different Maidenhead Grid Squares. But that is just the beginning of your quest. You can chase 14 different […]
Maidenhead Grids are not just for VHF/UHF anymore. The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) offers the Worked Grid Award (WGA) for Amateur Radio operators who make contact with other stations in at least 100 different grids. Although 100 grids sounds like a onerous task. But with the FT8 digital mode it’s a goal easily achievable […]