The Italian PSK Award Series (ITPA) was devised by the European PSK Club on 6th May 2008. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the administrative geography of Italy. 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 or monitored amateur radio stations in Italy on PSK modes. Contacts with EPC members count on or after 10th June 2006.

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 Italian PSK Awards are issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the award managers.

ITPA
Italian PSK Award

The ITPA 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 (provinces) within mainland Italy by using any type of the Phase Shift Keying. The ITPA IX Award may be claimed for contacts with 10 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA VIII Award - for contacts with 20 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA VII Award - for contacts with 30 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA VI Award - for contacts with 40 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA V Award - for contacts with 50 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA IV Award - for contacts with 60 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA III Award - for contacts with 70 EU areas (provinces), the ITPA II Award - for contacts with 80 EU areas (provinces), and the ITPA I Award - for contacts with all 90 EU areas (provinces) of mainland Italy. Contacts with stations from Pantelleria Island (IH9) and Pelagie Islands (IG9) can be used as «Jokers».  Each «Joker» can replace any 1 (one) missing mainland Italian EU Area. Only 1 (one) QSO with Pantelleria Island, and 1 (one) QSO with Pelagie Islands is allowed for whole ITPA Award Series. Contacted stations from the Pantelleria and Pelagie Islands don't need to be members of the EPC. The award manager is Valerio Balestrieri, IW8CGXThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .