The Arctic PSK Award Program is dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the European PSK Club (2006–2026). It was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 12 March 2026 to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on the geography and amateur radio activity of the Arctic region lying north of the Arctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles and the northernmost of the five major circles of latitude. It is shown on maps of the Earth at approximately 66° 34′ N. Any award in this series may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station, or DMS (SWL) eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules who can produce evidence, in the form of an ADIF log, of having contacted or monitored amateur radio stations from the Arctic territories listed in this program on any PSK modes and on any amateur radio bands.
The Arctic PSK Award Program (APA) is established as a commemorative EPC activity award series celebrating twenty years of the European PSK Club. The awards recognize confirmed PSK activity with amateur radio stations located in Arctic islands and mainland territories situated north of, or directly associated with, the Arctic Circle. The program is intended to encourage operating activity, geographic exploration, and accurate digital-mode record keeping.
Any licensed radio amateur, club station, or DMS (SWL) eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules may apply for any APA certificate.
All PSK modes and all amateur radio bands are valid for this program unless otherwise restricted by the EPC Awards General Rules or by applicable licensing regulations.
Award credit is granted for confirmed QSOs or monitored receptions with stations located in different Arctic islands or territories listed in the official APA directory below.
Applicants must provide an ADIF log as documentary evidence. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that callsigns, dates, times, bands, modes, and territory references in format #APA ARC-000 in the comment field are correct.
Five certificates are available: APA 10, APA 20, APA 30, APA 40, and APA 50, issued for contacts with 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 different Arctic territories respectively.
Any unique ice-drifting polar amateur station, such as RIØSP, counts as a separate territory for APA purposes.
Only one credit may be claimed for the same listed Arctic territory, regardless of how many QSOs or monitoring reports exist for that territory.
All applications shall be processed in accordance with the EPC Awards General Rules and may be managed through the EPC award management platform.
- The APA series is dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the European PSK Club.
- The official program date is 12 March 2026.
- The Arctic reference directory contains 429 territories.
- The list includes islands, archipelagos, mainland administrative territories, and specially recognized Arctic operating entities.
- All applicants should retain supporting station records until their award claim has been accepted.
- Compiled by MMØDFV and DK5UR. Updated 12.03.2026.
The following embedded certificate images illustrate the commemorative APA series for the EPC 20th Anniversary.
Issued for confirmed PSK QSOs or monitored receptions with 10 different Arctic islands and territories listed in the APA directory.
Issued for confirmed PSK QSOs or monitored receptions with 20 different Arctic islands and territories listed in the APA directory.
Issued for confirmed PSK QSOs or monitored receptions with 30 different Arctic islands and territories listed in the APA directory.
Issued for confirmed PSK QSOs or monitored receptions with 40 different Arctic islands and territories listed in the APA directory.
Issued for confirmed PSK QSOs or monitored receptions with 50 different Arctic islands and territories listed in the APA directory.
The directory below contains all 429 eligible Arctic islands and territories supplied for the award program. Use the search field to filter by callsign prefix, territory name, code, island, municipality, district, or country description.
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