ARGPA - Argentinian PSK Award Program

The Argentinian PSK Award Programme (ARPA) consists of 3 (three) different award series ‒ ARRPA (Argentinian Regions PSK Award), ARPPA (Argentinian Provinces PSK Award), and ARDPA (Argentinian Departments PSK Award). The award programme is based on the Argentinian administrative geography and dedicated to the 10^th Anniversary of the European PSK Club. It has been sponsored by Radioarena UK Ltd and devised by the European PSK Club on 6^th June, 2016 for two-way PSK contacts with amateur radio stations operating from various administrative units (territories) of various levels of Argentina. Please make sure that the «COMMENT» field in your ADIF log contains the contacted station's ARGPA designator, in format of #AREA XX.YY.ZZ as per the list below (for example ‒ if you made a QSO with a station working from Bermejo (Province of Formosa) giving you an abbreviation set AR.FO.BE, your ADIF comment field should be #AREA AR.FO.BE). This is a mandatory requirement to make able the manager's software to check your application correctly.

ARRPA
Argentinian Regions PSK Award

The provinces of Argentina are often grouped into six geographical regions. ARRPA award may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence of having contacted all six regions of Argentina listed below. Contacts count with EPC members only, on or after 10^th June 2006.

From West to East and from North to South, the Regions are:

• Argentine Northwest: Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca
• Gran Chaco: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero
• Mesopotamia (or Littoral): Missiones, Entre Ríos, Corrientes
• Cuyo: San Juan, La Rioja, Mendoza, San Luis
• Pampas: Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Buenos Aires
• Patagonia: Rio Negro, Neuquén, Chubut, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego

ARPPA
Argentinian Provinces PSK Award

Argentina is subdivided into 23 provinces and one autonomous city (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), which is the federal capital of the nation. ARPPA III, ARPPA II and ARPPA I awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence of having contacted 8, 16 and all 23 provinces and the autonomous city respectively at the time of application. Contacts count with EPC members only, on or after 10^th June 2006.
Please make sure that the «STATE» field in your ADIF log contains correct state abbreviation as per the Amateur Data Interchange Format (ADIF) specifications given in the table «Enumeration for Country Code 100».

ARDPA
Argentinian Departments PSK Award

Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces) in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements. Province of Buenos Aires is divided into partidos and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires is divided into communes.

ARDPA award series is based on departments, partidos, communes, exceptional islands and Argentinian Antarctic bases as shown in the list below. ARDPA 50, ARDPA 100, ARDPA 150, ARDPA 200, ARDPA 250, ARDPA 300, ARDPA 350, ARDPA 400, ARDPA 450, and ARDPA 500 awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence of having contacted 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, and 500 current (different) departments and other listed administrative units and territories respectively at the time of application.