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Worked All Britain Sapphire Anniversary Award

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The year 2014 sees the 45th Anniversary of the Worked All Britain Awards Group (W.A.B.), founded by the late John Morris, G3ABG. To celebrate this occasion, for this year only, we are issuing an Award based (loosely) on the number 45.

The 45th anniversary, whilst not widely celebrated, is the Sapphire one. WAB have decided to break the mould and celebrate this anniversary by introducing a Sapphire Anniversary award.

The award is based on the number 45 and stages of this award have endorsements corresponding to the less usual anniversaries.

There will be 5 stages of the award, culminating in a trophy for the top (Sapphire) class. There are two categories of the award depending on the global location of the station and the frequencies used for collecting and a further one for activating the award.

The requirements are as follows:

UK & EU HF

• 1 Point for each 45 W.A.B. Grid Squares
• 1 Point for each 45 Book Holders (Not Book Numbers)
• 1 Point for each 5 Large Squares
• 1 Point for each "45" Square (e.g. SP45)
• 1 Point for each 5 Islands
• 1 Point for each W.A.B. club station worked/heard each month (2 points available each month)
• 1 Point for each 5 DXCC Countries in which you work/hear a W.A.B. member

UK VHF & Outside EU HF

• 2 Points for each 45 W.A.B. Grid Squares
• 2 Points for each 45 Book Holders (Not Book Numbers)
• 2 Points for each 5 Large Squares
• 2 Points for each "45" Square (e.g. SP45)
• 2 Points for each 5 Islands
• 2 Points for each W.A.B. club station worked/heard each month (4 points available each month)
• 1 Point for each 2 DXCC Countries in which you work/hear a W.A.B. member

Mobile

• 2 Points for each 45 W.A.B. Grid Squares activated
• 2 Points for each Large Square activated
• 2 Points for each "45" Square activated (e.g. SP45)
• 2 Points for each Island activated

HF is defined for this Award as 1.8 MHz and higher, VHF is defined as 50 MHz and higher.

Lower certificates must be claimed either before or at the same time as a higher stage

All contacts must be made within the 2014 calendar year, i.e. 1st January - 31st December 2014.

As with all W.A.B. Awards, this one is endorseable for individual bands/modes.

We hope that you will be able to join in our celebrations.

Following requests from members and in view of the high level of activity and achievements in the early part of this year, the W.A.B. Committee have decided to increase the levels of the award attainable beyond the initial trophy.
To this end, further trophies can be claimed for attaining multiples of 45 points, with the required squares increasing by the same factor.
i.e.:
2nd Trophy = 90 points & 900 squares required UK HF or 450 squares VHF/Outside Europe & Mobile
3rd Trophy = 135 points & 1350 squares required UK HF or 675 squares VHF/Outside Europe & Mobile
It is statistically very doubtful whether a 4th level could be achieved, but if so it would be:
180 points & 1800 squares required UK HF or 900 squares VHF/Outside Europe & Mobile

Tracker Spreadsheet UK HF & Europe HF (ZIP)

Tracker Spreadsheet UK VHF/Outside Europe HF (ZIP)

Tracker Spreadsheet Mobile (ZIP)

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