World Flora and Fauna Award
(This information was extracted from the May 2010 edition of RadCom)
World Flora Fauna (WFF) is an international award programme that aims to unite nature conservation for flora and fauna and amateur radio. It is organised to attract the concentration of the world to the problems of protected areas and to provide them with feasible practical support. It aims to awaken a feeling of pride in the earth’s population for natural and cultural heritage, encourage visiting national parks and nature reserves and also making contacts with them from the amateur radio perspective.
The programme was launched in 2008 under the auspices of the International Foundation World Flora Fauna and RCC. To get a WFF award you need to contact (or activate) locations possessing the official status of National Park, nature reserve etc that are listed in the WFF programme and its directory.
To activate an area you should adopt the following procedure:-
Give prior notice of the activation to the WFF manager in order that he can publish your event on the various reflectors to gain maximum support and interest from WFF chasers.
Submit a log of your contacts with validation by photograph, video or any
other means to legitimise that the operation was authentic. The usual and most appropriate way is to have a photograph taken standing by a sign or other feature that validates you to the area you are activating.
Do not worry if it is not possible to use a computer on your activation, a paper log will suffice in the first instance. Once the operation has ended, send your log (either paper or electronic) to MØOXO and he, in turn, will send it to the relevant WFF checkpoint where it will be added to EW4DX LogSearch.
Special QSL Card Printing is not necessary. Many WFF chasers however do find it desirable to produce QSL cards for the events. If stations you have worked ask for a card and you are happy to send one, it is necessary to have the reference number of the GFF area and the licensed Callsign used clearly visible on the card either by label or other format thereby avoiding any attempt to tamper with the details shown
Awards are available to both “activator” and “chaser” from WFF. Most countries also offer their own awards and this adds further interest to the programme. Claiming awards is easy. When you have the requisite number of QSO’s to qualify for an award, you will find a self-generated spreadsheet with everything included and automatically forwarded to the appropriate award manager. If a payment is required, PayPal is available.
The frequencies used for WFF are around 7.144, 14.244 and 21.244 MHz.
For further information click here or e-mail Charlie Wilmot.
Posted 04 September, 2010 11:20:19 GMT