BSA - Baltic Sea PSK Award Series
The Baltic Sea PSK Award Series (BSA) was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 5th June 2008. This was to sponsor a series of PSK
awards for contacts with EPC members from various EU Areas of the
Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in
Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E
longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of
Europe, and the Danish islands. Countries that border on the sea:
Denmark (OZ), Estonia (ES), Finland (OH), Germany (DL), Latvia (YL),
Lithuania (LY), Poland (SP), Russia (UA2), and Sweden (SM). EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region List (Updated 05.09.2009) Germany | DL | Federal State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) | GM24 | DL | Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein | GM33 | Estonia | ES1 | City of Tallinn | ES01 | ES2 | Harju County | ES02 | ES3 | Lääne County | ES04 | ES4 | Ida-Viru County | ES06 | ES4 | Lääne-Viru County | ES07 | ES8 | Pärnu County | ES14 | ESØ | Hiiu County | ES15 | ESØ | Saare County | ES16 | Lithuania | LY | Klaipėda County | LT03 | Finland | OH | Region of Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa or Östra Nyland) | FL05 | OH | Region of Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa or Mellersta Österbotten) | FL07 | OH | Region of Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen) | FL09 | OH | Region of Lapland (Lappi or Lappland) | FL10 | OH | Region of Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa or Norra Österbotten) | FL14 | OH | Region of Satakunta (Satakunda) | FL16 | OH | Region of Uusimaa (Nyland) | FL17 | OH | Region of Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa or Österbotten) | FL18 | OH | Region of Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi or Egentliga Finland) | FL19 | OHØ | Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa) | FL20 | OJØ | Märket Reef | FL21 | Denmark | OZ | Territory of the Former Aarhus County | DM01 | OZ | Bornholm Island | DM02 | OZ | Territory of the Former Frederiksborg County | DM04 | OZ | Territory of the Former Funen (Fyns) County | DM05 | OZ | Copenhagen (København) City | DM06 | OZ | Territory of the Former Copenhagen (Københavns) County | DM07 | OZ | Territory of the Former North Jutland (Nordjyllands) County | DM08 | OZ | Territory of the Former Roskilde County | DM11 | OZ | Territory of the Former South Jutland (Sønderjyllands) County | DM12 | OZ | Territory of the Former Storstrøm County | DM13 | OZ | Territory of the Former Vejle County | DM14 | OZ | Territory of the Former West Zealand (Vestsjællands) County | DM15 | Sweden | SM1 | Gotland County | SW01 | SM2 | Norrbotten County | SW02 | SM2 | Västerbotten County | SW03 | SM3 | Gävleborg County | SW04 | SM3 | Västernorrland County | SW06 | SM5 | Östergötland County | SW10 | SM5 | Södermanland County | SW11 | SM5 | Uppsala County | SW12 | SM6 | Halland County | SW14 | SM6 | Västra Götaland County | SW15 | SM7 | Blekinge County | SW16 | SM7 | Kalmar County | SW18 | SM7 | Skåne County | SW20 | SMØ | Stockholm County | SW21 | Poland | SP1 | West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) | PL01 | SP2 | Pomeranian Voivodeship (Województwo Pomorskie) | PL03 | SP4 | Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (Województwo Warmińsko-Mazurskie) | PL07 | Russia | R1MV | Maly Vysotsky Island | RI01 | UA1A | Kotlin Island | RI02 | UA1C | Gulf of Finland Islands (Gogland, Moshchny, Rodsher, Seskar, etc.) | RI03 | UA1A | Saint Petersburg City | ER01 | UA1C | Region of Leningrad (Leningradskaya Oblast) | ER02 | UA2F | Region of Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaya Oblast) | ER10 | Latvia | YL | Jūrmala City | LV13 | YL | Liepāja City | LV16 | YL | Territory of the Former Liepāja District | LV17 | YL | Territory of the Former Limbaži District | LV18 | YL | Territory of the Former Riga District | LV26 | YL | Territory of the Former Talsi District | LV28 | YL | Territory of the Former Tukuma District | LV29 | YL | Ventspils City | LV32 | YL | Territory of the Former Ventspils District | LV33 |
BSA
Bronze, BSA Silver, BSA Gold, BSA Platinum, and BSA Diamond Awards may
be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL
eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF
log of having contacted/monitored EPC members from 20, 30, 40, 50, and
60 EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region respectively at the time of
application on BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125, QPSK31, QPSK63, and/or QPSK125
modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur
bands below 30 MHz. Each EU Area counts only once. Contacts are valid
on or after 10th June 2006. The award manager is Mike Hayens, DO6BCOThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
. QSL-cards
are not required. Awards are issued to the person or club. The person
or club can use any legal call sign. 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. Confirmations from the DMS/SWL stations are accepted
as confirmed contacts. All stations contacted must be «Land Stations».
Contacts with ships and boats, anchored or underway, and airborne
aircraft, cannot be counted. For the purposes of this award, remote
control operating points must also be land based.
The submission
for credit of any altered or forged log extractions 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 Award Programme. The award
manager reserves the right to spot call sign for inspection of applied
contacts. The purpose of this is not to call into question the
integrity of any individual, but rather to ensure the overall integrity
of the EPC award program. More difficult attained specialty awards are
more likely to be so called. Failure of the applicant to respond to
such spot check will result in non-issuance of the EPC award. The
decision of the award manager on this and other matters of dispute will
be finals.
All awards are issued FREE of charge in a high
quality PDF format and sent via email to the applicants. Awards can be
printed with the highest quality and with optimal performance by
applicants themselves. The BSA Award Series is issued to the EPC
members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact the award manager. BSA Award Series 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. |