[bars] World Wide Award January 2026 - N1W

[Tim - K1DC]

Howdy BARSians!

I was an activator for this event last year, and I'll be doing it again 
this year.  There is no set schedule for activtators, you simply get 
hope on when you have some time, check which band & mode is available on 
the website and have fun!  You don't need a superstation - I was running 
digital modes from my "100w and a wire" potato station and made tons of 
contacts.

There is no complicated exchange, simply put the callers in your log.  
There is a bit of setup to install the app that posts the contacts in 
real-time to the event website.  If you are running N1MM you already 
have most of what you need.

I'm happy to answer any questions, direct or on-list, or you can reach 
out to John directly (address below) to become an activator.

73

Tim/K1DC



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Subject: 	[yccc] World Wide Award January 2026 - N1W
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Date: 	Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:55:38 -0500
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Hey everyone!  It's getting close to the January World Wide Award 
(https://hamaward.cloud/wwa), which, if you are not familiar, is an 
operating event that runs the whole month of January where chasers try 
to make contacts with as many of the special calls as they can each 
day.  Randy, K5ZD, used to organize the special call for 1-land (N1W), 
but since he has moved away to 8-land, he has passed the torch to me and 
John, NN1SS.

Being an activator is a lot of fun and is also great practice for 
running pileups in the contests.  The event features real-time logging 
through hamaward.cloud, which requires some minimal setup to make it 
work with your favorite logging program (most of the major contest 
loggers are supported), and then you just get on the air from your 
station and run guys, logging them as normal. To avoid any last-minute 
setup stress, there's a period before the event starts where a test 
instance of the software is running and you can make sure you've got 
everything operating properly.

The event is on 80 through 10 meters (including the WARC bands) using 
CW, SSB, or Digi (FT8/FT4/RTTY/PSK), so there's a lot of flexibility on 
what band/mode you want to operate on. Chasers can work special calls 
once per day per band/mode, creating a lot of potential activity.  The 
software keeps track of where your fellow N1W operators are located (one 
per band/mode combo at a time), making it easy to coordinate without 
complex scheduling ahead of time.

N1W is looking just for people who are operating from 1-land (there are 
other special calls for some of the other areas).  It would be great if 
you are able to do at least a few hours a week, but there's no big 
commitment needed, and as mentioned there's no fixed, up-front schedule 
you have to follow.  I did this event last year with my modest 100W & a 
wire station and still enjoyed lots of fun pileups, so you don't need to 
be a big gun to participate either.

If you are interested in being an N1W activator, please let me know, and 
I will get you signed up!


73,
John WJ1U

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