On 8/1/05, Dick Kriss, AA5VU <aa5vu@arrl.net> wrote:
> Looks like I will have to start over to get the "WAS Digital" endorsement
> sticker to add to my WAS RTTY #054 or WAS Packet #005. Did the ARRL "WAS
> Digital" awards start over with #001?
It doesn't appear so. From the posts here, the numbering of RTTY WAS
didn't reset when it was lumped in with the other modes. But you
can't get a numbered Packet award any more.
The ARRL's page describing WAS is a little confusing, at least to me.
It appears that only following awards are numbered:
Basic (mixed mode/band)
Satellite
SSTV
144 MHz, 432 MHz, 222 MHz, 50 MHz, or 160 m
RTTY
Digital is a "specialty" award, but is not numbered, save for RTTY.
The ARRL site claims 10 awards, but I can only get to 10 if I county
Digital and RTTY separately.
Phone is now a non-numbered specialty award, too. You have to
actually look at the application to see that, like "Digital", you have
to be specific. (AM/FM/LSB/USB/"Other"). This is a change from when
SSB was an endorsement of the Basic award (i.e. a year ago).
Other endorsements are available, too (all seem to be in the form of stickers):
CW
Novice
QRP
Packet
EME
any single HF band
Many, many permutations, but not well-explained on the ARRL site,
IMHO. I wrote this all out mostly for my own benefit to ease my own
confusion. ;-)
http://www.arrl.org/awards/was/
http://www.arrl.org/awards/was/wasapp.pdf
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Peter Laws | N5UWY/9 | plaws0 gmail
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