General Rules

The Polish PSK Award Series (PLPA) was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 23^rd April 2009. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the Administrative Geography and Amateur Radio activity in the Republic of Poland. Any award in this series 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 or monitored amateur radio stations from Poland on B(Q)PSK31, B(Q)PSK63, and B(Q)PSK125 modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz.

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. Unless specifically stated otherwise, 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 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. 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 program.

All claims for the PLPA 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.

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 Polish PSK Award Series (PLPA) is issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the award manager.

PLPA - Polish PSK Award

Poland is currently divided into 16 provinces known as voivodeships (Polish: województwo). The main PLPA (Polish PSK Award) may be claimed for PSK contacts with amateur radio stations from all the 16 voivodeships of Poland. Contacts are valid on or after 10th June 2006 with the EPC members only. The award manager is Piotr Staniek, SP9TPZThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Polish Voivodeships Official List
(Updated 20.09.2009)

PLPXPA - Polish Prefixes PSK Award

The Polish Prefixes PSK Award Series (PLPXPA) is based on the prefixes of amateur radio stations working from Poland. The PLPXPA 20 award may be claimed for contacts with 20 different prefixes, the PLPXPA 25 award - for contacts with 25 different prefixes, the PLPXPA 30 award - for contacts with 30 different prefixes, and the PLPXPA 35 award - for contacts with 35 different prefixes. Any special event station from Poland with an unique prefix can be used as a «Joker» to replace any one missing ordinary (standard type) prefix. One missing prefix can be replaced for the PLPXPA 20 award, two prefixes - for the PLPXPA 25 award, three prefixes - for for the PLPXPA 30 award, and four prefixes - for for the PLPXPA 35 award. Contacted stations don't need to be members of the EPC to be valid for the PLPXA award series. Each prefix counts only once (see list below). Contacts made to claim PLPXA awards have no time or date restrictions. The award manager is Piotr Staniek, SP9TPZThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Prefixes: The two letters (or one number and letter) + one number combinations which form the first part of the amateur call sign will be considered the standard (ordinary) prefix. Examples: SP6, SQ9, SNØ, 3ZØ, etc. Any difference in the numbering, lettering, or order of same shall constitute a special (unique) prefix, which is valid as a «Joker». Example: 3Z7ØBZU would count as 3Z7Ø. A prefix will be considered if licensed by the governing authority, such as the Office of Electronic Communications (Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej), or the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT). In cases of portable operation in Poland, the portable designator would then become the prefix. Portable designators without numbers will be assigned a zero (Ø) at the end of the designator to form the prefix. Example: SP/MMØEPC would count as SPØ. When claiming a prefix which has been sent as MMØEPC/SP3, for example, it is requested that the claimed prefix be listed in the proper alphabetical position, such as SP3/MMØEPC. The portable prefix must be an authorized prefix of the area of operation. Maritime mobile, mobile, /A, /AM, /E, /J, /LH, /P, /T or interim license class identifiers do not count as prefixes. All Polish calls without numbers (if any at all) will be assigned a zero (Ø) plus the first two letters to form a prefix. Contacts with the Polish Antarctic Stations, such as HFØPOL, also count for the PLPXA award series.

Standard Polish Prefixes List
(Updated 20.09.2009)

3Z1	3Z2	3Z3	3Z4	3Z5	3Z6	3Z7	3Z8	3Z9	3ZØ
HF1	HF2	HF3	HF4	HF5	HF6	HF7	HF8	HF9	HFØ
SN1	SN2	SN3	SN4	SN5	SN6	SN7	SN8	SN9	SNØ
SO1	SO2	SO3	SO4	SO5	SO6	SO7	SO8	SO9	SOØ
SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4	SP5	SP6	SP7	SP8	SP9	SPØ
SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	SQ4	SQ5	SQ6	SQ7	SQ8	SQ9	SQØ
SR1	SR2	SR3	SR4	SR5	SR6	SR7	SR8	SR9	SRØ