The Portuguese PSK Award Series (PTPA) was devised by the European PSK Club on 11th April 2008. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the administrative geography of Portugal. Any award in this series may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or SWL eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence of having contacted/heard amateur radio stations in Portugal on PSK modes. Contacts with EPC members count on or after 10th June 2006. The award manager is João Manuel Luz Silva Coelho, CT1BWUThis 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. 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 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 can be printed with the highest quality and with optimal performance by applicants themselves. The Portuguese PSK Awards are issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the award manager.

PTPA
Portuguese PSK Award

The PTPA Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted EPC members from various EU areas (districts) within mainland Portugal by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. The PTPA III Award may be claimed for contacts with 6 EU areas (districts), the PTPA II Award - for contacts with 12 EU areas (districts), and the PTPA I Award - for contacts with all 18 EU areas (districts) of mainland Portugal. Contact with 1 (one) station from Madeira Islands (CT3/CT9) can be used as a «Joker» to replace any 1 (one) missing mainland Portuguese EU Area. Only 1 (one) QSO is allowed with Madeira Islands for whole PTPA Award Series. There is a special requirement to have at least 1 QSO with any station from the the Autonomous Region of Azores (CU1-CU9) for each level of the PTPA Award. Contacted stations from the Azores and Madeira Islands don't need to be members of the EPC.

AZPA
Azores PSK Award

The AZPA Award may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted amateur radio stations from all three island groups of the Azores by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Contacted stations from the Azores don't need to be members of the EPC.

Island Groups of the Autonomous Region of Azores:

CPLPA
Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa PSK Award

The CPLPA Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted amateur radio stations from various countries, members of the CPLP (Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa) by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. The CPLPA III Award may be claimed for contacts with 3 countries, the CPLPA II Award - for contacts with 6 countries, and the CPLPA I Award - for contacts with 9 countries. Contacted stations from the CPLP don't need to be members of the EPC.

Community of Portuguese Language Countries List:

PECSA
Portuguese EPC Club Stations Award

The PECSA Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted Portuguese EPC Club Stations CQ7EPC, CS2EPC and CT9EPC by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. The applicant should make 1 QSO with each station for the PECSA III Award, 1 QSO with each station on any 2 different bands for the PECSA II Award, and 1 QSO with each station on any 3 different bands for the PECSA I Award. Contacts with CQ7EPC are valid on or after 24th October 2007, with CS2EPC - on or after 2nd February 2009, and contacts with CT9EPC are valid on or after 13th November 2007.

PPXPA
Portuguese Prefixes PSK Award

The PPXPA Awards may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted amateur stations from Portugal with various prefixes by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. The PPXPA III Award may be claimed for contacts with 10 different prefixes, the PPXPA II Award - for contacts with 15 different prefixes, and the PPXPA I Award - for contacts with 20 different prefixes. Any special event station from Portugal with an unique prefix can be used as a «Joker» to replace any one missing ordinary prefix. One missing prefix can be replaced for the PPXPA III Award, two prefixes - for the PPXPA II Award, and three prefixes - for for the PPXPA I Award. Contacted Portuguese stations don't need to be members of the EPC to be valid for this award series.

List of the Valid Portuguese Prefixes:

PIPA
Portuguese Islands PSK Award

The PIPA Award may be claimed by any EPC member eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted amateur radio stations from 5 different IOTA island groups of Portugal by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. Contacted island stations don't need to be members of the EPC. The following Portuguese IOTA Island Groups are valid for this award: AF-014, AF-046, AF-047, EU-003, EU-040, EU-089, EU-145, EU-150, EU-167, and EU-175.

Portuguese Awards 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.