
Of all of the Continents defined for Amateur Radio purposes, Oceania may cover the greatest expanse on the planet. The FT8 Digital Mode Club (FT8DMC) offers up the Worked All Oceania Award to track progress in contacting Ham Radio stations in the many countries that dat its extent.
The entry level Bronze award requires contact with 30 different countries. Silver and Gold level awards require a higher number of countries. Unfortunately, the FT8DMC website no longer contains pages that list award requirements. So I cannot easily list those here. But fear not, the UltimateAAC application (see below) automatically keeps track of the requirements for you and lets you know when you are eligible for a new award.
The certificate sports a background map of Oceania with a prominent photo of a resident of Pacific area.
To apply for the Worked All Oceania Award, and all other FT8DMC awards, you must install the UltimateAAC application on a Windows machine. That application scans your WSJT-X ADIF log file and will inform you when you’ve qualified for the award at various levels. FT8DMC issues the award in digital form only (JPG or PDF) with no printing or shipping costs. In fact, the award is completely free, like all of their other awards.