Awards

W1OP Awards & Operating Achievements

For more than a century, the Providence Radio Association has combined operating skill, technical experimentation, contesting, and public service. In recent years, W1OP has been especially active in digital operating, building an extensive record of contacts, awards, and competitive accomplishments across FT8, FT4, RTTY, HF, VHF, and Parks on the Air.

W1OP by the Numbers

170,000+

FTx QSOs

2,500+

Grid Squares

4,013+

Prefixes

329

DXCC Countries

Grid: FN41 — Rhode Island

ARRL Awards

W1OP has accumulated a broad collection of ARRL operating awards covering DX, Worked All States, VHF achievement, multiple modes, and numerous amateur bands.

DX Century Club (DXCC)

  • DXCC — 329 countries
  • Mixed-Band DXCC
  • 5-Band DXCC
  • 5-Band DXCC plus 160M, 30M, 17M and 12M
  • DXCC Challenge — 2,099
  • CW DXCC — 279
  • Phone DXCC — 259
  • Digital DXCC — 276
  • 160M DXCC — 147
  • 80M DXCC — 175
  • 40M DXCC — 246
  • 30M DXCC — 242
  • 20M DXCC — 289
  • 17M DXCC — 237
  • 15M DXCC — 260
  • 12M DXCC — 212
  • 10M DXCC — 238

Worked All States (WAS)

  • 5-Band WAS plus 160M, 30M, 17M and 12M
  • Mixed WAS
  • WAS Triple Play
  • 160M, 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M, 15M, 12M and 10M WAS
  • CW WAS, including 160M and 40M CW WAS
  • Phone WAS, including 40M Phone WAS
  • Digital WAS
  • FT4 WAS
  • FT8 WAS
  • Digital WAS on 80M, 40M, 30M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M and 10M

VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC)

6 Meter VUCC — 309 grid squares

Digital Operating Achievements

Digital operating has become one of W1OP’s strongest areas of activity. The club has earned a large collection of FT8- and FT4-based awards while logging more than 170,000 FTx contacts and working more than 2,500 grid squares.

FT8DMC Awards

  • One Hundred Countries Award — 5 Band plus 12M, 17M, 30M and 60M
  • Worked All Continents — 5 Band plus 12M, 17M, 30M and 60M
  • One Hundred Countries Award — 60M
  • Worked All Members Award — 8,000
  • Worked United States Stations Award — 10,000
  • Worked Europe Stations Award — 10,000

FT4DMC Awards

  • DX Entities Award — 150
  • DX Entities — 20M and 40M
  • Worked All States
  • Worked All Europe — 60 Silver
  • Worked All Continents
  • Worked All Continents on 10M, 12M, 15M, 17M, 20M, 30M and 40M
  • Worked All Japanese Call Areas
  • Worked All Indonesia Prefixes
  • Worked All Austria Counties

CQ Worked All Zones (WAZ)

  • Mixed WAZ
  • SSB WAZ
  • Digital WAZ
  • 30M Digital WAZ
  • 20M Digital WAZ
  • 17M Digital WAZ

Parks on the Air

W1OP operators have also built an impressive Parks on the Air record, with major activity from Beavertail State Park in Rhode Island and other reference areas.

  • Beavertail State Park, RI — K-2868: 30,000+ QSOs
  • #1 Activator at K-2868 in SSB, CW and Digital
  • Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, FL — K-0243: #1 Activator
  • Echinacea Paradoxa Hunter — 1,500 unique reference areas
  • Oasis Activator — K-2868
  • Early Shift Activator — 4,100
  • Late Shift Activator — 4,400
  • Park-to-Park — 350
  • Rover Warthog Activator
  • All States Hunter Award
  • Multiple POTA Hunter awards through 1,000 references
  • Late Shift Hunter — 500
  • Worked All of St. Paul Island
  • DX 60 Hunter

Contest & Field Day Highlights

  • 2023 ARRL Field Day: 3A — #3 in the United States at Buttonwoods Park; W1D 3E — #4 in the United States at W1OP headquarters in Johnston
  • 2023 WW Digi DX Contest: Single Operator — #3 in the First Call Area, #27 in North America, #100 worldwide
  • 2022 ARRL RTTY Roundup: #1 in Rhode Island and #3 in the United States/Canada
  • 2022 CQ World-Wide DX Contest SSB: #9 in North America and #3 in the First Call Area
  • 2018 IARU: New England record holder
  • 160 meters: First-place accomplishment noted in the club awards archive

A Tradition of Operating Excellence

These awards represent more than certificates on a wall. They reflect decades of operating, experimentation, station building, propagation knowledge, teamwork, and the willingness of club members to explore new modes as amateur radio evolves. From traditional CW and SSB to RTTY, FT8, FT4, VHF and portable operating, W1OP continues to build on a century-long tradition of getting on the air and pushing the station further.