A.R.I. - Associazione Radioamatori Italiani is proud to present the WAIP Award (Worked All Italian Provinces) for HF bands, for Radio Amateurs of all the world.

1. Rules

1.1 Validity of the contacts.

The WAIP HF Award is issued by ARI to Radio Amateurs/SWL worldwide that can prove to have made 2-way radio contacts/heards in HF bands with stations of Radio Amateurs situated on the Italian territory, in its Provinces.

Since this edition a new multi band classification has been added.

The list of the Italian Provinces is available in the Table A.

All QSOs must be done on or after June 2nd 1948, except for Provinces established after that date: for them the validity date is in the Table A.

Three Italian provinces have been Deleted , and one Renamed, effective 01-01-2017; changes are reported in table A as well.

Applicants must have made the QSOs /HRDs from same DXCC Entity, except that is reported in the Table B.

All HF bands, from 0 Hz to 30 MHz, including WARC ones, can be used in the respect of national and international band plans. The Award can be obtained in Mixed, Phone, CW or Digital version, and in SWL version. Once chosen, the version cannot be modified for basic and upgrades. The use of different modes means the request of a separate Award.

1.2 Basic Award

The WAIP HF is issued first as Basic Award, with same rules of the previous versions: one credit each Province.

To get the WAIP Basic Award the levels are:

• 75 different Provinces for Italian applicants
• 60 different Provinces for foreign applicants

Same station can be contacted/heard more times if transmitting from different provinces. Foreign stations operating from Italian territory are equipared to Italian stations provided they follow the laws and the rules of the Italian Republic.

The WAIP Basic Award is issued in PDF format. The upgrades are electronically managed. Participants without Internet connection or without PC can contact the Award manager by surface mail.

1.3 Available versions.

The WAIP Award is issued also in the following versionsi: Mixed (any mode), CW, Phone, Digital (including RTTY and FT8), and, of course, for SWLs. If not indicated, the Award will be issued in Mixed version.

1.4 Multiband Classification and Honor Roll

Since this edition of the Rules the Provinces can be accredited even on more HF bands. For each qso/Province accredited on each banda is attributed one point, and a proper classification will be kept for this kind of participation. The classification is specific by mode, same as Basic Award; dfferent modes mean different multi-band classifications, so different Basic Awards as specified in previous chapters.

Theoric max number of points reachable is 990 (110 Provinces –deleted included- multiplied 9 HF bands).

The Honor Roll level is established at 500 points. The Honor Roll will be published on ARI web site www.ari.it, with the complete Multi-band Classification and on the magazine Radio Rivista.

The participation to the Multi-band Classification and upgrades are electronically managed.

Those who already got the Basic Award with previous version of these Rules will have their score confirmed but they must send the complete GRC list of previous QSOs in electronic format with first request of upgrade.

1.5 Upgrades.

After the Basic Award, the applicants can ask credits for new QSOs. Upgrades are accepted once in a calendar year.

All participants’ scores will be published on www.ari.it and on the magazine Radio Rivista.

1.6 Province Activators

A dedicated WAIP Award and Classment is established for those who activate at least 10 Italian provinces with HF operations (as a resident, as a temporary portable documented operation, as a /P activation in the scope of other award programs). Please contact the WAIP award manager in case a foreign partecipanti s interested in this classment.

2. Procedures

2.1 Application

The application for each Award must be done with WAIP1 form. This form contains the applicant’s data. Singning it the applicant allows the publication of his/her data (callsign, name and score) on www.ari.it and on the magazine Radio Rivista. The WAIP1 form is available on www.ari.it in the section Awards ARI/WAIP.

2.2 QSOs Crediting.

It is possible to send the list of qso in three different ways:

A. Manual compilation of WAIP2 form: PDF printing, manual data filling, scanning or picture of manual filled sheets ; sending of sheets via email.

B. Electronic compilation of  WAIP2 form with Excel; sending of the sheet as attachment to an email.

C. Log file in ADIF format.  This file shall have in the Comment field will be the indication of the Province worked in format WAIP-XX (XX is the two digits code of the Province):

WAIP-XX

where XX is the Province Reference.

In case A or B the qso shall be listed in alphabetical order of Province Reference.

In case of score update of an already released award, the new application shall include both the new and the old QSO.

Applicants must send the WAIP1 and WAIP2 forms to the Manager at address  waip(at)ari.it .

Each claimed contact must be confirmed through paper QSL card. EQSL and LOTW confirmations can be accepted by the Award Manager as his evaluation. Sending the paper QSL cards is not required but they must be in possession of the applicant and they are requested by the Award manager as part of regular application process (by scan and sending via e-mail). The QSL card shall clearly show the QTH and/or the related Province.  Inn case of doubts, the applicant shall check the belonging Province of a contacted qth in a proper source, such as www.wikipedia.org, inserting the name of the qth in the search window.

For SWLs: one QSO/QSL can be claimed for crediting only the Province of the Station who confirmed the HRD (and released the qsl), and not that of the worked station if the QSO was between Italian stations.

The WAIP Award Manager reserves the right to check any QSO of those claimed.

For applicants without computer.

Please contact the WAIP HF Award Manager via surface mail: Saverio Amore, IK2RLS - via De Gasperi 18 - 20060 Vignate (MI).

2.4 Sending of the applications and fee.

For Basic Award, please send the application via e-mail using the Waip1 form to: waip(at)ari.it

The Basic Award is free and it is issued as PDF file.

Upgrades are also free if sent via e-mail. In case the applicant cannot use this media please contact the Manager.

Application of classic Paper award is not encouraged, and it is subject to a fee of Euro 15,00 for award printing and shipment for European applicants; a fee of Euro 20,00 for non European applicants.

2.4 Authorization to publication.

As indicated in the Waip1 form, the applicant authorize the publication of his/her data related to this Award (callsign, name and score) on www.ari.it and on the magazine Radio Rivista.

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Table A

Italian Provinces (update Jan. 1st, 2017)

The Italian Provinces are 107 to date.  Three provinces are now deleted and one Renamed effective Jan.1st , 2017, but they can be credited for their validity period.

They are listed in the following table. For Provinces made after the 1948 the table contains the date of validity of the QSOs.

Code	Province	Regione	Prefixes	Note
AG	Agrigento	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IG9-IQ9
AL	Alessandria	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
AN	Ancona	Marche	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
AO	Aosta	Val d'Aosta	IX1-IW1-IQ1
AP	Ascoli Piceno	Marche	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
AQ	L'Aquila	Abruzzo	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
AR	Arezzo	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
AT	Asti	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
AV	Avellino	Campania	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
BA	Bari	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IU7
BG	Bergamo	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
BI	Biella	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1	Valid since: 07/05/1995
BL	Belluno	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IU3
BN	Benevento	Campania	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
BO	Bologna	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
BR	Brindisi	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IU7
BS	Brescia	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
BT	Barletta-Andria-Trani	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IU7	Valid since: 06/06/2009
BZ	Bolzano/Bozen	Trentino-AltoAdige/Südtirol	IN3-IW3-IQ3
CA	Cagliari	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0
CB	Campobasso	Molise	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
CE	Caserta	Campania	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
CH	Chieti	Abruzzo	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
(CI)	See SU
CL	Caltanissetta	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9
CN	Cuneo	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
CO	Como	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
CR	Cremona	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
CS	Cosenza	Calabria	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
CT	Catania	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9
CZ	Catanzaro	Calabria	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
EN	Enna	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9
FC	Forlì-Cesena	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4	Former code: FO
FE	Ferrara	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IL4-IU4
FG	Foggia	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IL7-IU7
FI	Firenze	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
FM	Fermo	Marche	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6	Valid since: 06/06/2009
FR	Frosinone	Lazio	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0
GE	Genova	Liguria	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
GO	Gorizia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IV3-IW3-IQ3-IL3
GR	Grosseto	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IA5-IU5
IM	Imperia	Liguria	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
IS	Isernia	Molise	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8	Valid since: 16/03/1970
KR	Crotone	Calabria	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8	Valid since: 07/05/1995
LC	Lecco	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2	Valid since: 07/05/1995
LE	Lecce	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IJ7-IU7
LI	Livorno	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IA5-IU5
LO	Lodi	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2	Valid since: 07/05/1995
LT	Latina	Lazio	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IB0-IU0
LU	Lucca	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
MB	Monza e Brianza	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2	Valid since: 06/06/2009
MC	Macerata	Marche	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
ME	Messina	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9-ID9
MI	Milano	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
MN	Mantova	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
MO	Modena	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
MS	Massa-Carrara	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
MT	Matera	Basilicata	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IU7
NA	Napoli	Campania	I8-IK8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IC8-IU8
NO	Novara	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
NU	Nuoro	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0
OR	Oristano	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0	Valid since: 15/06/1975
PA	Palermo	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9-IE9
PC	Piacenza	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
PD	Padova	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IU3
PE	Pescara	Abruzzo	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
PG	Perugia	Umbria	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0
PI	Pisa	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
PN	Pordenone	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IV3-IW3-IQ3-IL3	Valid since: 07/06/1970
PO	Prato	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5	Valid since: 07/05/1995
PR	Parma	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
PT	Pistoia	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
PU	Pesaro-Urbino	Marche	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6	Former code: PS
PV	Pavia	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
PZ	Potenza	Basilicata	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
RA	Ravenna	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
RC	Reggio Calabria	Calabria	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8
RE	Reggio Emilia	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4
RG	Ragusa	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9
RI	Rieti	Lazio	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0
RM	Roma	Lazio	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0	Former code: “Roma”
RN	Rimini	Emilia-Romagna	I4-IK4-IW4-IZ4-IQ4-IU4	Valid since: 07/05/1995
RO	Rovigo	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IL3-IU3
SA	Salerno	Campania	I8-IZ8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IC8-IU8
SI	Siena	Toscana	I5-IK5-IW5-IZ5-IQ5-IU5
SO	Sondrio	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
SP	La Spezia	Liguria	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IP1-IU1
SR	Siracusa	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9
SS	Sassari	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0
SU	Sud Sardegna	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0	Valid since: 09/05/2005. Former name: Carbonia-Iglesias (CI) Name changed on 01/01/2017
SV	Savona	Liguria	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
TA	Taranto	Puglia	I7-IK7-IW7-IZ7-IQ7-IJ7-IU7
TE	Teramo	Abruzzo	I6-IK6-IW6-IZ6-IQ6-IU6
TN	Trento	Trentino-AltoAdige/Südtirol	IN3-IW3-IQ3
TO	Torino	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
TP	Trapani	Sicilia	IT9-IW9-IQ9-IF9-IH9
TR	Terni	Umbria	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0
TS	Trieste	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IV3-IW3-IQ3
TV	Treviso	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IU3
UD	Udine	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IV3-IW3-IQ3
VA	Varese	Lombardia	I2-IK2-IW2-IZ2-IQ2-IU2
VB	Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1	Valid since: 07/05/1995
VC	Vercelli	Piemonte	I1-IK1-IW1-IZ1-IQ1-IU1
VE	Venezia	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IL3-IU3
VI	Vicenza	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IU3
VR	Verona	Veneto	I3-IK3-IW3-IZ3-IQ3-IU3
VT	Viterbo	Lazio	I0-IK0-IW0-IZ0-IQ0-IU0
VV	Vibo Valentia	Calabria	I8-IK8-IW8-IZ8-IQ8-IU8	Valid since: 07/05/1995

Deleted Provinces
OG	Ogliastra	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0	Valid since: 09/05/2005 through 31/12/2016
OT	Olbia-Tempio	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0	Valid since: 09/05/2005 through 31/12/2016
VS	Medio Campidano	Sardegna	IS0-IW0-IM0-IQ0	Valid since: 09/05/2005 through 31/12/2016 Former unofficial reference: MD

Table B

Exceptions to 1.1: these entities worth as same entity for this award.

I+IS0,

F+TK+3A+C3,

HB9+HB0+4U/ITU

G+GM+GD+GJ+GU+GI+GW,

SV+SV5+SV9+SY/A,

EA1/7+EA6+EA9+C3,

5B4+ZC4,

LA+JW+JX,

OH+OH0+OJ0

RA1/6+RA2F+R1MV+R1FJ,

W+WP4,

VE+CY9+CY0.

So QSO from these Countries are all valid for the same Award, e.g OM from England can get also QSO made when in Wales or in Scotland, or elsewhere in UK for their score

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