The ODESSA Award Series was devised by the Odessa Section (Ukraine) of the European PSK Club on 18^th April 2009. This was to sponsor a series of awards for PSK contacts with amateur radio stations from the Region of Odessa (EU Area UR06), Ukraine.

ODESSA-100, ODESSA-200, and ODESSA-300 Awards may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or DMS/SWL eligible under these Rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted/monitored different amateur radio stations from the Region of Odessa, and earned 100, 200, and 300 points respectively at the time of application by using any PSK mode. Each contact with EPC member from the Region of Odessa is worth 10 points. Each contact with non-EPC member from the Region of Odessa is worth 1 point. Each station counts only once. Contacts with EPC members are valid on or after 10^th June 2006, with non-EPC members - on or after 1^st January 2000. The award manager is Igor Keyer, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Below is a list of standard "prefix - first letter in the suffix" combinations to properly determine an amateur radio station located in the Region of Odessa (Ukraine). Please note the the first letter in the suffix is always "F" apart from the following seven call signs: UX5CQ, UY5HC, UX5HY, UT5RD, UT5RO, UT5RP, and UT5RW.

QSL-cards are not required. Awards are issued to the person or club. The person or club can use any legal call sign. Contacts made from club stations or special event stations count to the credit of both the club and the operator. All stations must be operated in accordance with their licensing conditions. Contacts may be made from any location in the same DXCC country. Credit will be given for contacts made on any of the amateur bands below 54 MHz. Confirmations from the DMS/SWL stations are accepted as confirmed contacts. All stations contacted must be "land stations." Contacts with ships and boats, anchored or underway, and airborne aircraft, cannot be counted. For the purposes of this award, remote control operating points must also be land based. Exception: Permanently docked exhibition/museum ships, and other historic ships will be considered land based.

The submission for credit of any altered or forged log extractions or, equally, bad behaviour on or off the air which is judged by the European PSK Club to bring a particular programme into disrepute may result in disqualification of the applicant from the Award Programme. The award manager reserves the right to spot call sign for inspection of applied contacts. The purpose of this is not to call into question the integrity of any individual, but rather to ensure the overall integrity of the EPC award program. More difficult attained specialty awards (such as ODESSA-300) are more likely to be so called. Failure of the applicant to respond to such spot check will result in non-issuance of the EPC award. The decision of the award manager on this and other matters of dispute will be finals.

All awards are issued FREE of charge in a high quality PDF format and sent via email to the applicants. Awards can be printed with the highest quality and with optimal performance by applicants themselves. The ODESSA award series is issued to the EPC members only. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the award manager.

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ODESSA Award Series Application Procedure

Since 1st June 2008 all claims for the EPC awards should be made using our UltimateEPC Award Management Software written by DK5UR. The award applicant should re-submit his application when claiming for higher classes of awards. The award manager will keep all your records in our database. Please make sure before you submit your ADIF log that you have checked it with the appropriate software.