BSA - Baltic Sea PSK Award Series

The Baltic Sea PSK Award Series (BSA) was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 5^th June 2008. This was to sponsor a series of PSK awards for contacts with EPC members from various EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region. The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. Countries that border on the sea: Denmark (OZ), Estonia (ES), Finland (OH), Germany (DL), Latvia (YL), Lithuania (LY), Poland (SP), Russia (UA2), and Sweden (SM).

BSA Bronze, BSA Silver, BSA Gold, BSA Platinum, and BSA Diamond Awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted/monitored EPC members from 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region respectively at the time of application on BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125, QPSK31, QPSK63, and/or QPSK125 modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. Each EU Area counts only once. Contacts are valid on or after 10th June 2006.

EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region List
(Updated 05.09.2009)

BSA Bronze, BSA Silver, BSA Gold, BSA Platinum, and BSA Diamond Awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted/monitored EPC members from 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 EU Areas of the Baltic Sea Region respectively at the time of application on BPSK31, BPSK63, BPSK125, QPSK31, QPSK63, and/or QPSK125 modes. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 30 MHz. Each EU Area counts only once. Contacts are valid on or after 10th June 2006.