The IARU spon­sors the Worked All Con­ti­nents (WAC) Award to rec­og­nize the accom­plish­ment of estab­lish­ing radio con­tact with all six of the per­ma­nent­ly inhab­it­ed con­ti­nents of the world.

In addi­tion, each of the IARU region­al orga­ni­za­tions spon­sors its own award.

Infor­ma­tion on the IARU Region 1 Oper­at­ing Award can be found here.