Wainwrights On The Air

Awards

Award certificates are available for activators and chasers. To claim an award, the contacts or activations necessary to qualify for the award must be logged in the WOTA database. You should then message the awards manager (Phil G4OBK) giving details of the award being claimed by using the Contact WOTA form available on the WOTA home page. A professionally printed certificate costs £5.  This covers the cost of laser printing (200 GSM), packing and postage. Payment is accepted via PayPal or cheque when your claim is submitted.  If you use PayPal ensure that you make a "Personal Payment" and check the GIFT box, otherwise an admin fee is charged. Extra certificates ordered at the same time cost £2 per certificate, inclusive. An Acrobat file of the certificate(s) will also be e-mailed to the recipient. Alternatively if you prefer to print your own certificate it can be e-mailed to you in Acrobat format free of charge. Each certificate will be dated with the date of the qualifying contact and numbered in order based on when the certificate is claimed.

Awards for chasers

Chasers may compete for a total of fourteen Wainwrights On The Air awards.

The premier WOTA award for chasers is the Worked All Wainwrights Award. This certificate is awarded to chasers who have made contacts with all 214 of the Wainwright summits. Summits are numbered in height order starting with LDW-001 Scafell Pike (3209 ft) through to LDW-214 Castle Crag (951 ft).

In addition, chasers may claim Worked All Wainwrights awards for completing contacts with all the summits seperately listed in each of the seven "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells." and for four levels of awards for the 116 "Outlying Fells of Lakeland."

The Fell Runner Of The Year award will be made annually to the chaser who has logged the greatest number of unique activator / summit contacts during the preceding calendar year. Contacts must have been entered into the WOTA database by 14th January of the following year in order to qualify.

Awards for activators

Activators have a total of thirteen awards to compete for.

The premier WOTA award for activators is the Activated All Wainwrights Award. This certificate is awarded to radio amateurs who provide satisfactory evidence of having made qualifying activations from each of the 214 Wainwright summits.

In addition, activators may claim Activated All Wainwrights awards for completing activations of all the summits in each of the seven "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells." and four levels of awards for the 116 "Outlying Fells of Lakeland."

The Lakeland 100 Award

This award is open to both activators and chasers. It may be claimed by submitting evidence of having made contacts with or from all of the 100 highest mountains in the English Lake District (LDW-001 to LDW-100).

The Outlying Fells of Lakeland Awards.

The Awards for completing the Outlying Fells will be based on the number of fells activated or chased. The certificates will be notated Bronze (29), Silver (58), Gold (87), Platinum (116).

Claiming an award

To claim a Wainwrights On The Air award, you must first ensure that your log in the database is up to date and contains all the contacts required to qualify for the award.

QSL cards are not required to claim WOTA awards. A "confirmed" contact is one that has been entered in the WOTA database by the claimant. Unconfirmed contacts may be accepted for WOTA awards as it is appreciated that not all participants in WOTA may enter their contacts into the database.  Further proof of some contacts may be required if the contact is unconfirmed in the database.