{"id":7525,"date":"2026-01-12T22:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:15:15","slug":"world-wide-award-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/world-wide-award-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"World-Wide Award Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I think IHF members would be interested in the World Wide Award contest that is currently running all of January.&nbsp; HF operators on all modes may have already seen the special event stations with callsigns ending in &#8216;WWA&#8217;, for example CR2WWA in the Azores.&nbsp; The object of the &#8216;contest&#8217; is to work these stations; you can work them once a day and in any mode (SSB, CW, FT8, FT4) etc.&nbsp; The stations are typically super-sized club operations and they&#8217;re eager to work anyone that calls. At the end of January you can download your own award certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No blurb is complete without an AI Overview:<br><em>The &#8220;World Wide Award&#8221; (WWA) in amateur radio is like collecting Easter eggs because both involve a treasure hunt for unique finds (radio contacts\/locations vs. hidden eggs) across a wide area, driven by excitement, a desire to &#8220;collect&#8221; (countries\/locations), and the thrill of discovery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rules are at: <a href=\"https:\/\/hamaward.cloud\/wwa\/rules\">https:\/\/hamaward.cloud\/wwa\/rules<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotting site and scoreboard: <a href=\"https:\/\/hamaward.cloud\/wwa\/award\">https:\/\/hamaward.cloud\/wwa\/award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>73<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VE7UBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think IHF members would be interested in the World Wide Award contest that is currently running all of January.&nbsp; HF operators on all modes may have already seen the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contesting","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7526,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7525\/revisions\/7526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islandhf.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}