The Worked All Ireland Awards Scheme

Introduction

The Worked all Ireland Awards are available to Amateur Radio Operators and SWLs throughout the World. The Award is available for working EI/GI Grid Squares, Counties and Islands. The Award book was compiled and checked by Steve Wright EI5DD, and Tom Rea EI2GP, and is based on extensive work carried out, in the early 1970s, by the late Paddy McGill, GM3MTH and by David Jones GI3KVD.

Aims

To promote friendship through Amateur Radio
To promote activity in Ireland both fixed and mobile

What’s my WAI Square?

WAI squares are based on 10km x 10km squares within the Irish grid reference system, and are identified by a letter followed by two numbers, followed by the name of the county, e.g. S71 Wexford.

The Irish grid reference system uses a letter to identify 100km x 100km squares, then a number of digits representing the easting and a number of digits representing the northing. The WAI square uses the letter, the first easting digit and the first northing digit.

Find a WAI square quickly using one of these sites:
Irish Grid Reference Finder
Irish Grid Reference

Awards Scheme (See here for the Counties Awards for 2015)

Qualification	Grid Squares (EI/GI ops)	Grid Squares (Overseas ops)	Counties		Islands
Basic	175	150	15	(at least 3 in GI)	1
Bronze	250	200	22	(at least 5 in GI)	3
Silver	420	350	32		6
Gold	600	500	32		9
Thousand	1000	1000	32		15
Ultimate	1400	1400	32		25

Administration of the WAI Scheme

To facilitate the administration of the WAI Scheme, Award applicants are requested to claim the various awards in sequence. In other words, a claim should be submitted once sufficient squares have been worked. Then at a later stage, the Silver and Gold Awards can be claimed in sequence.

Claimants are particularly requested not to wait until they qualify for the Gold Award, to claim all three awards together.

Awards Costs

(See payment information below)

The cost for the certificate is €6.50
Endorsement stickers cost €4.00

Island Awards

The Island award is for giving out or working 12 Islands for EI/GI stations, with additional stickers for every 10, up to 52 Islands.

For all Island awards, an “Island” is defined as an offshore piece of land, not connected to the mainland by a bridge or causeway.

Any queries on Islands will be dealt with by the Awards Manager

Bookholders Award

This Award is for working 100 Bookholders - stickers are available for each subsequent 100 to a maximum of 500.

Activity Award

This is for mobile stations who give out 100 areas and stickers are available for each subsequent 100 areas, or another certificate, suitably endorsed.