This award, available in three classes, may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur who can produce evidence of having contacted amateur radio stations located in the required number of countries whose national societies are members of the Region 1 Division of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) on either 10MHz, 18MHz, 24MHZ or 28MHz, or on a combination of the three WARC bands (10MHz, 18MHz, 24MHZ).