BRPA - Brazilian PSK Award Program

The Brazilian PSK Award Programme (BRPA) consists of 5 (five) different award series ‒ BRRPA (Brazilian Regions PSK Award), BRSPA (Brazilian States PSK Award), BRMERPA (Brazilian Mesoregions PSK Award), BRMIRPA (Brazilian Microregions PSK Award), and BRMPA (Brazilian Municipalities PSK Award). The award programme is based on the Brazilian 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 30^th May, 2016 for two-way PSK contacts with amateur radio stations operating from various administrative units (territories) of various levels of Brazil.

Please make sure that the «COMMENT» field in your ADIF log contains the contacted station's correct area code exactly as listed in the list in format of #AREA AA.BB.CC.DD.EE. This is a mandatory requirement to make able the manager's software to check your application correctly. Please double check it before applying for the award using the table below.

BRRPA
Brazilian Regions PSK Award

Brazil is geopolitically divided into five regions (also called macroregions) by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Each region is composed of three or more states as listed below. BRRPA 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 five regions of Brazil: North, Northeast, West Central, Southeast and South. Contacts count with EPC members only, on or after 10^th June 2006.

BRSPA
Brazilian States PSK Award

The Federative Republic of Brazil is a union of 27 Federative Units: 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal), where the federal capital, Brasília, is located. BRSPA III, BRSPA II and BRSPA 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 9, 18 and all 26 states and the federal district respectively at the time of application. Contacts count with EPC members only, on or after 10^th June 2006.

BRMERPA
Brazilian Mesoregions PSK Award

A mesoregion (mesorregião) is a subdivision of the Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. The mesoregions were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) for statistical purposes and do not, therefore, constitute an administrative area. There are 136 mesoregions in Brazil as per 3^rd June, 2016. They all are shown below in the 1^st table's column.

BRMERPA 25, BRMERPA 50, BRMERPA 75, BRMERPA 100, and BRMERPA 125 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 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125 current (different) mesoregions respectively at the time of application.

BRMIRPA
Brazilian Microregions PSK Award

A microregion (microrregião) is a subdivision of the Brazilian states, grouping together various municipalities in proximity and with common characteristics. Microregions are grouped together into mesoregions. The microregions were created by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) for statistical purposes and do not, therefore, constitute an administrative area. There are 557 microregions in Brazil as per 3^rd June, 2016. They all are shown below in the 2^nd table's column.

BRMIRPA 50, BRMIRPA 100, BRMIRPA 150, BRMIRPA 200, BRMIRPA 250, BRMIRPA 300, BRMIRPA 350, BRMIRPA 400, BRMIRPA 450, BRMIRPA 500, and BRMIRPA 550 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, 500, and 550 current (different) microregions respectively at the time of application.

BRMPA
Brazilian Municipalities PSK Award

The Municipalities of Brazil (Municípios do Brasil) are administrative divisions of the Brazilian states. At present date, Brazil has 5,570 municipalities. They all are shown below in the 3^rd table's column. The Federal District (Distrito Federal) is divided into 31 administrative regions. These regions count as municipalities for the BRMPA award series. There are a few remote islands or island groups: PY0A - Abrolhos Archipelago (Arquipélago de Abrolhos), PY0F - Fernando de Noronha Archipelago (Arquipélago de Fernando de Noronha), PY0M - Martin Vaz Islands (Ilhas de Martim Vaz), PY0R - Rocas Atoll (Atol das Rocas), PY0R - Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Arquipélago de São Pedro e São Paulo), and PY0T - Trindade Island (Ilha Trindade). Each of them is counted as a separate municipality for the BRMPA award series.

BRMPA 100, BRMPA 200, BRMPA 300, BRMPA 400, BRMPA 500, BRMPA 600, BRMPA 700, BRMPA 800, BRMPA 900, BRMPA 1000, BRMPA 1100, BRMPA 1200, BRMPA 1300, BRMPA 1400, BRMPA 1500, BRMPA 1600, BRMPA 1700, BRMPA 1800, BRMPA 1900, BRMPA 2000, BRMPA 2100, BRMPA 2200, BRMPA 2300, BRMPA 2400, BRMPA 2500, BRMPA 2600, BRMPA 2700, BRMPA 2800, BRMPA 2900, and BRMPA 3000 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 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, and 3000 current (different) municipalities respectively at the time of application.

List of Municipalities of Brazil
Here is the list of all 5,564 municipalities of Brazil, grouped by mesoregions and microregions.