We have changed a look of the EPC European Areas (EU Areas) List. The list is based on the former and present administrative geography of European countries (depends on the country). Administrative geography concerns itself with the hierarchy of areas relating to national governments in Europe. This hierarchy is complicated for not only are there several layers but the structure is different in each European country. In addition the boundaries of many of the layers in the hierarchy are subject to periodic or occasional change. Each EU Area has a unique two-letter and two-numbers abbreviation based on its official English name. These are used along with the full EU Area name on the local language as well. Be aware that these abbreviations are not an official standard, sanctioned by any international body. They are intended for EPC awards and contests use. There are 1199 current entities in the list in total. Eventually this list will be updated to more accurate list in the near future. Contacts made to claim EU Areas are considered at the time of application. If the previously worked EU Area became a deleted entity, it will be counted under the new created EU Area depending on the location of the worked station. The EPC European Areas (EU Areas) can be seen at the EPC Award Series Section on our website.

Second time our special event station from the Netherlands PA30EPC will be active on PSK frequencies from 01.11.2009 till 28.11.2009. The station is operated by Hans de Bruijn, PA4JB from the Province of South Holland (EU Area NL12). QTH is Zoetermeer. The name "Zoetermeer" (Dutch for "Sweet Lake") refers to the former fresh lake at the site of the town. QSL-cards for this activation should be sent via PA4JB. Please note that PA30EPC has been activated first time from 28.03.2009 till 24.04.2009 by Richard van der Riet, PA3GWH from Voorburg in the same EU Area. QSL cards for that activation should be sent via PA3GWH. Full colour PA30EPC QSL-cards for both activations are scheduled for printing in December this year. Don't miss your chance to get more points for your ECSA award score.

The EPC Contest Committee has received 255 logs for the CIS DX QPSK63 Contest 2009 from 35 DXCC countries: 4Z, 9A, CN, DL, EA, EA8, ER, EU, F, G, GM, HA, HB, HS, I, JA, K, LZ, OH, OK, OM, ON, OZ, PA, PY, S5, SP, UA2, UA3, UA9, UN, UR, YL, YO, and YU. Only five CIS countries were represented from these logs: ER - Moldova, EU - Belarus, UA - Russia, UN - Kazakhstan, and UR - Ukraine. All winners will receive our PDF certificates by e-mail from Heinz, DK5UR. EPC members will be able to download their certificates at the EPC Member Center [ www.epc-mc.de ]. The European PSK Club congratulates all the participants on their achievement. We would like to thank all of you for your support of the contest-untried QPSK63 mode. It was a good practice to see how this mode behaves in the contest. At the moment this contest is kept unchanged for the next year. But it is very possible that it will be replaced with a new contest in the near future. Many thanks for your interest, and we look forward to see you in the next coming EPC contests. You can download final results at http://www.cisdx.srars.org/cisdxcres2009.pdf

Final results of the EPC Russia DX Contest 2009 can be found here. It was a really good fun on PSK frequencies during the contest. The contest committee has received 634 logs from 52 DXCC countries. Our congratulations to all the winners in the contest! We have to admit very good organization of the contest, active promotion, and professional timely judgement by activists of the EPC-RU Section. Their hard work brings more and more EPC members every day. We thank our colleagues in Russia, and wish them all the very best.

We would like to show you some QSL-cards of the EPC Club and Special Event Stations. Please have a look below for a small Flash Album. All these QSL-cards have been already printed. These cards have been designed by the club. Some trustees and QSL-managers design and print their QSL-cards themselves. These cards are not listed in the album. Most of the QSL-cards were sent via the QSL-bureau, and some of them directly to those who sent SASE. Please contact QSL-managers if you still didn't get your card shown in the album. There is one exception - N4EPC QSL-cards will be printed by the LZ1JZ QSL Print Service in a few weeks, and sent to the QSL-manager KU1T in the USA. Next QSL-cards to be designed and printed by our club are K6EPC, MAØEPC, MWØEPC, MXØEPC, PA3ØEPC, and W5EPC. Please watch our announcements and news.

Have you ever tried to feel yourself as a maritime mobile station being away from the water? Andy, UR3LTD (EPC # 7283) did that during the passed CIS DX QPSK63 Contest 2009. His temporary QTH was 40 km away from Kharkiv. And guess what? Andy's shack was in a small boat laying in a garage. Andy says: "I had two reasons to go portable with my radio. The reason one is that I couldn't miss the contest. And the reason two is that my wife wished to go away from the city to have a good sunny weekend before the oncoming slushy autumnal season in East Ukraine". Andy made approximately 120 contacts. Himself and his family enjoyed very much that weekend at their friends'  projected lodge. Location details for those who made QSOs with UR3LTD/p are: Grid Locator KO70WD (35.91E, 50.15N), EU Area UR11,  QTH Ridny Kray. Please have a look at the Flash Album below. Andy thanks all of you for support in the contest. Andy runs a web site of the Ukrainian EPC Section at http://epc-ukraina.ucoz.com

We have a new EPC Special Event Station from Sibiu County, Romania (EU Area RO23). The call sign is YP6EPC (EPC # 7000). It will be active PSK up to the end of this year 31.12.2009 on all bands. The main operator, trustee, and QSL manager is one of the oldest EPC members - Jim Muntean Ioan, YO6AJI (EPC # 0013). This is another good chance to get more points for your ECSA award score. Sibiu is located in the historical region Transylvania. The legend of the vampire was and still is deeply rooted in that region. Watch for YP6EPC!

Dear Contest Participants,

The EPC Contest Committee has received 499 logs for the 6th European PSK DX Contest 2009 from 55 DXCC countries: 4K, 4L, 4Z, 9A, 9H, CO, CT, CT3, DL, E7, EA, EA8, EK, ER, EU, EY, F, G, GM, HA, HB, HS, I, J3, JA, K, KP4, LA, LU, LX, LY, OH, OK, OM, ON, OZ, PA, S5, SM, SP, SV, UA1, UA2, UA9, UN, UR, VE, VU, YB, YL, YO, YU, YV, ZC4, and ZL. We thank all participants for their activity and logs. Congratulations to all the winners in the 2009 European PSK DX Contest.