Index   Page Last Updated: 21 Jul 2008

Welcome to the Worked All Britain web site. We hope you find the site useful and easy to use.

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DEFINITION OF A WORKED ALL BRITAIN AREA: The W.A.B. Area is the 10Km small square and the County or Unitary Authority (UA). e.g. “SP87 Northamptonshire” which can be abbreviated to SP87 NHM, “TQ28 Haringey UA” (TQ28 HGY) etc. (see Definitions page)

REMINDERS TO MEMBERS

• All official W.A.B. correspondence must go via the Honorary Secretary. For contact details, please see the Committee Page.
• The published W.A.B. Net Frequencies do not 'belong' to W.A.B. - If a frequency is not in use, then anyone can use them.

NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
We are pleased to welcome two new committee members, Darran Chappell G0BWB and Tony Beardsley G3XKT. See the Committee page for details.

RECENT ADDITIONS
Snippets from the 2008 A.G.M., and the April 2008 Committee Meeting have been added to the site. See the A.G.M./Committee Minutes page for details.

W.A.B. A.G.M. 2008 - IMPORTANT NEWS
At the 2008 W.A.B. A.G.M. a discussion took place about the future of W.A.B. Awards due to the forthcoming Local Government changes. It was decided that:

• A new award, based on 10 x 10 km grid squares with no County or Unitary Authority reference, just the Country reference, will be introduced from 1st January 2009.  
• This will happily coincide with our 40th Anniversary Year and only contacts made from this date will be valid. This will ensure that all will start on an equal footing and hopefully encourage those who have achieved the ultimate current awards to come back on air & collect again.  
• The current series of awards will continue to be claimable for those who have started on them, but they will not be actively promoted.  
• The name and requirements of the new award have yet to be decided, but the higher stages at least will involve attaining other elements of W.A.B. apart from grid squares.  
• Other W.A.B. awards, such as Large Squares, Decade, Islands, Bookholders, etc. will not be affected.

SPONSORSHIP FOR W.A.B. EXPEDITIONS
As a result of the legacy left to W.A.B. by Norman Marshall G1NTW, we are able to offer limited sponsorship to groups or individuals planning DXpeditions activating 'rare' W.A.B. areas. Certain conditions apply.
See the Sponsorship page for details.

2008 COMMITTEE
Judith Brooks G4IAR is welcomed back to the committee, and Norma Darby M3NJD takes a place on the committee. The rest of the committee were voted back into post.
See the Committee page for details.

G8PUT LOGBOOK PROGRAM
Chris G8PUT is developing a Logbook Program which will allow record keeping for W.A.B. Awards. This is a work in progress, and more details can be seen on his web site, along with a download facility.
See the G8PUT Logbook Program page for details.

NEW W.A.B. AREA FOUND
A new W.A.B. area has been found and activated. It is TA31 North East Lincolnshire UA (TA31LNE), and consists of an area of sand and shingle between Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

NEW W.A.B. LOG BOOKS
W.A.B. have produced a special Log Book, with columns for recording the W.A.B. Area and Region of stations that you work/hear. For details, see the Log Books page. These have been so popular, that a third(!) print run has been necessary. Don't miss out on your copy!

NEW W.A.B. QSL CARDS
W.A.B. have two new designs of QSL Cards printed for sale. For details, see the QSL Cards page.

AWARD OF THE MONTH

This section briefly spotlights an individual W.A.B. Award.

This month we feature the English Award. This is one of the 'bread and butter' awards that make up the main focus of W.A.B., along with the Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Beyond 2000 Awards. Points are awarded for working/hearing stations in the W.A.B. areas in England, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, although the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands have additional awards purely for their areas.

There are four classes of award, with progressively higher requirements.

For more details, see the English Award page.

G3ABG QSL Card to G3JAS 6 June 1970