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Worked All States


Worked All States, or WAS, is an amateur radio operating award given to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete two-way amateur radio communications with other amateur radio stations located in each of the 50 United States of America (contact with the District of Columbia may be used for Maryland). The award is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. It is available to radio amateurs worldwide although US applicants must be ARRL members.

The basic WAS award is earned by submission of proof of two-way amateur radio contact using any combination of radio bands or transmission modes. Written proof of the contacts, usually in the form of QSL cards, or online records through ARRL's Logbook of The World (LoTW), must be submitted to qualify. The award certificate is dated and individually numbered.

Specialty awards are available for establishing two-way contact with stations in all 50 states using amateur radio satellites, Radioteletype (RTTY), or Slow-scan television (SSTV). Specialty awards are also available for contacts entirely on specific amateur radio bands: (144 MHz, 432 MHz, 222 MHz, 50 MHz, or 160 meters) and for using a digital mode other than RTTY. Each of these specialty awards is numbered individually.


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