The EPC Croatian Award Series was devised by the Croatian Section of the European PSK Club (EPC-CRO) in the Radio Club of Zagreb on 25th November 2007 ( idea and awards design by 9A3ACZ). This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the EPC-CRO membership and administrative geography of Croatia. Any EPC-CRO 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 Croatian EPC members by using PSK modes. All awards can be claimed as Activated as well as Worked. PSK contacts are valid with any stations from Croatia on or after 10th June 2006.

There are eight EPC-CRO Awards at the moment: the EPC-CRO series in five classes BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD, PLATINUM and DIAMOND; and three Regional awards EPC-CRO EAST, EPC-CRO NORTH and EPC-CRO SOUTH. 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-CRO 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. EPC-CRO awards are issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

EPC-CRO Awards

The EPC-CRO Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under the EPC-CRO PSK Award Series General Rules listed above who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted different Croatian stations by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Each contact with EPC-CRO member is worth 10 points. Only one QSO is permitted with each EPC-CRO member. Ten contacts with ordinary Croatian stations (EPC-CRO non-members) can be used as a «Joker» to replace any one missing QSO with EPC-CRO member (only three missing EPC-CRO members could be replaced in whole EPC-CRO award program). Each ordinary Croatian station (EPC-CRO non-member) counts only once, and each QSO is worth 1 point. The final score is the result of the total QSO points.

EPC-CRO Regional Awards

The EPC-CRO Regional Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under the EPC-CRO Award Series General Rules listed above who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted different EPC members in various EU Areas within Croatia (see map above) by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Each station counts only once in each EU area within Croatia. Requirements per each award are listed below.

EPC-CRO EAST REGION AWARD The applicant should make PSK contacts with EPC members from any 3 EU Areas in East Region of Croatia (comprises of CR01, CR02, CR10, CR11, CR17 and CR18). EPC-CRO NORTH REGION AWARD The applicant should make PSK contacts with EPC members from any 3 EU Areas in North Region of Croatia (comprises of CR06, CR07, CR09, CR14, CR16, CR20 and CR21).
EPC-CRO SOUTH AWARD The applicant should make PSK contacts with EPC members from any 4 EU Areas in South Region of Croatia (comprises of CR03, CR04, CR05, CR08, CR12, CR13, CR15 and CR19).

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.