ARSPA - Antarctic Research Stations PSK Award Program

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 different active permanent, summer-only, Antarctic, and Subantarctic research stations listed on this page. Contacts may be made on any PSK modes and on any amateur radio bands.

There are nine ARSPA awards available: ARSPA 5, ARSPA 10, ARSPA 15, ARSPA 20, ARSPA 25, ARSPA 30, ARSPA 35, ARSPA 40, and ARSPA 45. These are issued for confirmed QSOs or monitored reports with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 different research stations respectively. Any unique ice-drifting, mobile, or portable amateur radio station operating in the Antarctic region counts as a separate entity.

1. Sponsorship and purpose. The Antarctic Research Stations PSK Award Program (ARSPA) was devised by the European PSK Club (EPC) on 13 March 2026 to sponsor a series of PSK awards based on Antarctic geography and Amateur Radio activity in the Antarctica region.
2. Dedication. The ARSPA series is dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the European PSK Club, commemorating the period 2006–2026.
3. Eligibility. Applications may be submitted by any licensed radio amateur, club station, or DMS (SWL) that is eligible under the EPC Awards General Rules.
4. Modes and bands. All recognised PSK modes on all authorised amateur radio bands are valid for this award program.
5. Qualifying evidence. Applicants must provide documentary proof in the form of an ADIF log showing contacts with, or monitoring of, qualifying stations.
6. Qualifying entities. Only stations operating from the Antarctic, Subantarctic, permanent, summer-only, and other listed research entities published in the ARSPA list are valid for credit.
7. Different-station requirement. Each award level requires contacts with the stated number of different research stations. Multiple QSOs with the same entity count only once for station credit.
8. Award levels. Certificates are available for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 different qualifying research stations and are issued respectively as ARSPA 5 through ARSPA 45.
9. Special operating entities. Any unique ice-drifting, mobile, or portable amateur radio station in the Antarctic region counts as a separate entity when adequately documented.
10. Application and management. Applications should be submitted in accordance with EPC award procedures and the approved award management platform referenced below.
11. Administration. The ARSPA list on this page contains all 97 recognised entities for the program as updated on 13.03.2026.
12. Credits. Program text compiled by MMØDFV and DK5UR.

Updated 13.03.2026.

The following table contains all 97 entities recognised for the ARSPA program.

The list above includes permanent, summer, and Subantarctic stations exactly as supplied for the ARSPA program.