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<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Howdy BARSians!</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">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.</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">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.</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">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.</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">73</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Verdana">Tim/K1DC</font></p>
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<td>[yccc] World Wide Award January 2026 - N1W</td>
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<td>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:55:51 -0800</td>
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<td>Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:55:38 -0500</td>
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<div>Hey everyone! It's getting close to the January World Wide
Award (<a href="https://hamaward.cloud/wwa"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://hamaward.cloud/wwa</a>),
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.</div>
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<div>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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>If you are interested in being an N1W activator, please let
me know, and I will get you signed up!</div>
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<div>73,</div>
<div>John WJ1U</div>
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