European PSK Club

EU PSK DX Contest Results 2010

The EPC Contest Committee has received 673 logs for the 7th European PSK DX Contest 2010. The final results are ready and available in a text file on our website. The UBN files are available at the UT7FP website . We thank all the participants for their activity and submitted logs. Congratulations to all the winners in the 2010 European PSK DX Contest! You can get your certificate through our EPC Member Center shortly.

Happy Birthday EPC!

Well our 4th anniversary celebrations are doing very well. One week in and we have seen lots of the special event stations on air with very good QSO rates. There are still several stations that have not appeared but we are sure we will see these in coming days. Progress on our new website is still going on with hours of work behind the scenes. We hope that when it finally goes "live" you will see how much improved the site is from the previous version. You will see a wide range of changes and additions to the information we are able to offer to our members. We are also now issuing a very impressive amount of Awards too. The Awards are well received by Ham members and a credit must go to all those EPC managers out there that assist us in maintaining the high standard already given. We still have another 3 weeks of the anniversary month to go so we hope to see many of you during the course of the event. Well finally it just leaves us to wish you all a very Happy Birthday and to thank all the members, managers and helpers of the EPC for their continued support with the European PSK Club.

New EU Areas List 2010

We have started to work on the new EU areas list. EU areas in the existing list will be replaced by new ones, each in turn by introducing every country or region with newly created EU areas within it. Please continue to be a frequent visitor to the new EPC website at www.eupsk.com (Award Programme Menu / EU Areas List), in order to keep up to date with newly created EU areas. Already created new EU areas (click here) are valid from 1st June, 2010. Validation on the following newly created EU areas will start at the date of publication. Please watch Ultimate EPC updates on the EPC-Member Centre website in order to keep up to date with any changes and improvements made to the programme. When the new EU areas list is finished, we will start to create area lists on other continents the same manner. The continental lists together will be called the EPC DX Areas list. DX Areas Definition is available at the new EPC website under the Award Programme menu.

New Awards under the EPC Award Programme

We are constantly receiving more and more requests to add some new award series to the EPC award programme based on your ideas and suggestions. Please note that we are also currently very busy over here with a long list of our own projects (so called the Scheduled EPC Awards List). The demands of the EPC award design standards are quite high. If you would like to include your national or local award series into the EPC award programme, you have 3 choices listed below:

Choice 1. You create your own award program which would be seperate and not included in the EPC award program. In this case you would do all the work including the design your own award. UltimateEPC software will NOT include your awards, and you don't need to ask us for anything.

Choice 2. You give us your ideas. If we consider them interesting for the EPC members and club's goals as a whole, you would create your own award program under EPC. You would design your awards yourself to make sure they meet the high standards of the EPC design (many samples are available on our website). You show us your designs and if we approve your design, your awards will be included into the UltimateEPC software. Your awards will then be listed on our website and in the EPC ranking list.

Choice 3. You give us your ideas. If we consider them interesting for the EPC members and the club's goals overall, we will put your award series into the Scheduled New EPC Award Projects. There is a big undertaking. Many amateur groups are waiting for their new awards within the EPC award program. It is not an easy job to design an award, it takes a lot of time and effort. We can talk about the design etc when your time arrives. Until then, please QRX and be patient since there are many other awards in the list that have to be designed and introduced first. When your awards are ready, they will be included into the UltimateEPC software which will be listed on our website and in the EPC ranking list.

In all cases you have to be a manager of the proposed award(s) and/or to provide someone to do the manager's job. This is our mandatory requirement. Thanks for your understanding.

EPC Ukraine 1st Anniversary Activity Days

The Ukrainian Section of the European PSK Club has the honour to invite radio amateurs from all over the world to participate in the EPC Ukraine 1st Anniversary Activity Days held from 00:00 UTC on 10.05.2010 until 23:59 UTC on 14.05.2010. This is another good chance to increase your scores for URPA, OSCA, and Odessa award series. There will be a special contest amongst the EPC-UR members within the same time-frame mentioned above. The main object of this competition is to popularize digital modes in Ukraine and to promote EPC awards issued for contacts with amateur radio stations from Ukraine. EPC would like to ask our members to support our Ukrainian Section, and to take part in this event. Another good news is that we have a licence for our first special event station in Ukraine - EN1EPC. This station will be active during these Activity Days and from 1st to 28th June, 2010 in the EPC 4th Anniversary Activity Month. QSL-cards should be sent via UR3LTD. EN1EPC licence is valid for 1 year, and station's activity is expected up to the end of this year.

EPC Russia DX Contest 2010

The European PSK Club would like to invite radio amateurs from all over the world to participate in the EPC Russia DX Contest 2010. The objective of the contest is to establish as many contacts as possible between radio amateurs around the world and radio amateurs in Russia on BPSK63 mode. Everybody can work everybody for QSO and multiplier credit. The 2nd contest will be held from 04:00 UTC on 02.10.2010 to 03:59 UTC on 03.10.2010. The rules and other information can be found below. Since this year it is strictly BPSK63 contest, no other modes are allowed. The maximum output power is 100 watts. Recommended frequencies are: 160 meters (1.838 – 1.843 MHz), 80 meters (3.580 – 3.590 MHz), 40 meters (7.040 – 7.050 MHz), 20 meters (14.070 – 14.080 MHz), 15 meters (21.070 – 21.080 MHz), and 10 meters (28.070 – 28.080 MHz). All the very best and see you all in the EPC Russia DX Contest 2010!