General Rules

The EPC Deutschland Award Series was devised by the DL Section of the European PSK Club on 23rd March 2007 (rules idea by DK5UR). This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the administrative geography of Germany. Any EPCDL award may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or SWL/DMS eligible under these rules who can produce evidence of having contacted/monitored German EPC members by using PSK modes. All awards can be claimed as Activated as well as Worked. Only contacts with German EPC members count on or after 10th June 2006.

There are eight EPCDL Awards at the moment: the EPCDL in five classes BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM and DIAMOND, and the three Regional awards EPCDL-NORTH, EPCDL-SOUTH and EPCDL-EAST. 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. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. Confirmations from the EPC-DL SWL or DMS stations are accepted as confirmed contacts.

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 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 could be printed with the highest quality and with optimal performance by applicants themselves. EPCDL awards are issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

EPCDL Awards

The EPCDL Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under the EPCDL PSK Award Series General Rules listed above who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted different German EPC members and EU Areas by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Each EPC-DL member counts only once. Each contact is worth 1 point. A multiplier of one is for each different German EU Area. The final score is the result of the total QSO points multiplied by the sum of German EU Area multipliers.

EPCDL Regional Awards

The EPCDL-Region Award may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under the EPCDL Award Series General Rules listed above who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted different German EPC members and EU Areas by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Two QSO with different EPC-DL club stations can be used as a «Joker» to replace any one missing German EU Area within the Region (maximum 2 areas). The applicant should earn 350 points for contacts with German EPC members. Each EPC-DL member counts once, and each contact is worth 3 points. Each contact with EPC-DL club station counts 3 points per different GM-Area. A multiplier of one is for each different German EU Area. The final score is the result of the total QSO points multiplied by the sum of German EU Area multipliers. Please click here to access the GM Areas PDF map.