The European Areas Phase Shift Keying Award Programme (EUAPA) was devised by the Scottish-Russian ARS in 2004, and then developed by the European PSK Club. This was to promote an interest in Amateur Radio in Europe and to sponsor a series of awards and badges based on the administrative geography of European countries by using PSK modes. The EUAPA's aim is to improve and expand geographical knowledge of Europe and to encourage amateurs to improve their PSK operating techniques.

Administrative geography concerns itself with the hierarchy of areas relating to national governments in Europe. This hierarchy is complicated for not only are there several layers but the structure is different in each European Country. In addition the boundaries of many of the layers in the hierarchy are subject to periodic or occasional change. The European PSK Club decided to create its own EU Area system, which will be stable and unchangeable at all times. Most of the EU Areas created by the EPC are based on the modern administrative system of European countries, but there are some exceptions as well. The whole Europe was divided into 56 Area Groups (countries). As one feature of "Administrative Subdivisions of European Countries", EPC has defined a hierarchical set of subdivision codes, called EU Areas. Be aware that these are not an official standard, sanctioned by any international body. They are intended for EPC awards and contests use. Each country has a unique two-letter code. Each subdivision of a country has a two-number code that is unique within its country. Therefore, by concatenating the codes, you can create a unique code for each subdivision or islands listed. For example, AB12 represents Vlorë County (12) in Albania (AB). These are used along with the full EU Area name in the list. Use this PDF file as a standard EU Areas List for the EPC Award Programme and EPC Contests. There are 1192 current entities in the list in total. Please use English area name for two-way contacts, QSL cards and any EPC correspondence. Care must be taken in the interpretation of EU Areas from small-scale maps. The addresses of European stations given in various callbooks can be misleading. Unless otherwise stated contacts made to claim European Areas must have been made after the date from which the area was valid.

EUAPA-100, EUAPA-200, EUAPA-300, EUAPA-400, EUAPA-500, EUAPA-600, EUAPA-700, EUAPA-800, EUAPA-900 and EUAPA-1000 awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or SWL eligible under these rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 and 1000 different European Areas respectively on the list current at the time of application by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. All claims must be submitted in a standard form acceptable to the award manager listed on our website. For the EPC Badges Rules see our external website. The badges are metal with a steel pin back, and 1 inch (25mm) diameter in size. EPC membership is required for EUAPA applicants. All contacts must be made with EPC members only since June 10, 2006.

QSL-cards are not required. Awards and badges are issued to the person or club. The person or club can use any legal callsign. Contacts made from club stations or special event stations count to the credit of both the club and the operator. All stations must be operated in accordance with their licensing conditions. Contacts may be made from any location in the same DXCC country. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz.

The submission for credit of any altered or forged log exctractions or, equally, bad behaviour on or off the air which is judged by the European PSK Club to bring a particular programme into disrepute may result in disqualification of the applicant from the EUAPA Award Programme. The decision of the award manager on this and other matters of dispute will be finals.

All EUAPA awards are issued in high quality PDF format, and sent via email to the applicants. The awards could be printed then correctly, with the highest quality and with optimal performance by applicants themselves. In an effort to make EUAPA Award Programme more affordable to PSK enthusiasts, the European PSK Club has provided EPC members the opportunity to get all awards FREE of charge, and badges at a special 30% member discount price [current prices on the EU Badges Website].

Application Procedure

Since 1st June 2008 all claims for the EPC awards should be made using our UltimateEPC Award Management Software written by DK5UR. The award applicant should re-submit his application when claiming for higher classes of awards. The award manager will keep all your records in our database. Please make sure before you submit your ADIF log that you have checked it with the appropriate software.