The Grid and Prefix Awards Group [GAP Awards] is proud
to recognizes the achievements of Amateur Radio, HAMS and
SWL Operators worldwide, for confirming two way communications
or for SWL confirming SWL reception, by offering its new Digital Maidenhead Grid Awards Program.
Please be aware that the GAPA management can change the Art Work, Rules, Prices
etc.and any and all aspects of this award at no notice. |
Starting Out ~ GRID ~ rev:
12/19/22
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The starting point for all of the grid awards is the Basic Requirement. You earn this
by working digital mode stations in different grids around the world, and can
claim the total number of grid squares confirmed.
A Note for SWL. You can claim both sides of the reception but only each is
claimed separately and only those that are confirmed as per Note#1 in
section "Applications (applies to all awards)" below.
- Claims for total grid squares worked are independent of country/entity. Thus you only get one
credit for any single grid square, regardless of how many countries/entities it
touches, or of any political decisions that have changed country/entity status,
or of how many QSOs you have had with stations within that grid from those
different countries/entities. So the Basic Requirement for, say,
working 250 grid squares on PSK must be 250 unique and different grid squares.
Please remember that we only use the 4 digit Grid Square number, not the 6
digit.
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This award is available in various modes as specific in table #1
below. (Regardless of method of generation, CW is not considered a valid mode for this award.) Please note that
all the sub modes of these various modes are included in the parent mode, ie.PSK includes BPSK, QPSK, PSK63, PSK10 etc., and JTx includes all JT,
FT and variants.
Each mode has its own particular number of required grid squares for the Basic
Requirement, as noted in the table#1. Please note that each mode needs you
to get the Basic Award for the Mode you are interested
in. Once you have the Basic Award in a mode that mode is wide open to you for
any of its certificates etc. If you feel that you qualify for a non-listed
digital mode, please request that we review your information.
- You can also earn this award in the Mixed category. Mixed includes all of the digital modes listed in
#2 above, including any combination thereof. (Note that CW is not included in
Mixed, either.) If you want to include digital modes not listed above, please
make a request as listed above.
- Special Note: Remember the mixed award
is a "Catch All" which is a combination of any number of different modes. It is
also possible to claim the mixed if you have only one mode in the mixed.
Please remember that YOU must claim the mixed award. If you don't claim it, it
will not be included in the OCAR web page.
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After you have earned the Basic Requirement in a mode, you can
earn QSO Endorsements by working additional grid squares in the increments noted
in the table. This also enables you to claim any of the other certificates in
that mode. A Basic Requirement is needed in each mode before
collection of that modes offerings. ie BARS, Stamps, Stickers etc.
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OK, to get started, please email your claims to me at,
emills21@cox.net.
Please check out the example of an
excel file and select the
claim you are working on. ie DX. My
files are kept in Excel. If you need help on Excel simply download a blank excel work sheet
by clicking blank and fill in the cells. Save it
to your desktop then attach it to an email to me with your claim explained in
the email text as to what you are requiring and your "Confirmation Statement"
shown the Application Section Rule #6. If the blank
does not have a tab with your claim requirements on it please send in your claim
and I will add a tab to include your requirement and send it back to you.
When I receive your completed claim I will check it and make changes where necessary,
emailing you with any changes for your approval.
A copy of your 'master' files will be emailed to you on acceptance of
your claim. Each time you apply for an endorsement to increase the number of Grid Squares
claimed, simply submit a new copy of your excel sheet clearly
showing your additional grid squares on the original excel page. In the case of Band and Mode basic
certificates, please send these each to their own excel sheet and on making
further endorsements simply submit your updated Band or Mode list.
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Table #1 |
Mode |
Basic Requirement |
Endorsement Increments |
Mixed |
300 |
50 |
Rtty |
250 |
50 |
SSTV |
50 |
25 |
PSKx |
250 |
50 |
MT63 |
50 |
25 |
Throb |
50 |
25 |
MFSK |
200 |
50 |
JTx incl. FTx |
250 |
50 |
Hell... |
100 |
25 |
Olivia |
50 |
25 |
- In addition to the QSO endorsements
noted above, there are further endorsements that can be earned after you have
completed the Basic Requirement for that mode. A Sticker extension sheet is available.
- You can earn band endorsements as
shown in the following table, based on QSOs with the specified number of unique
grid squares on a single band. Note that the required number of grids varies
with operating mode (similar to the Basic Requirement). If you earn all bands,
160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m and 6m in a given mode, you can
claim the WAB sticker. The WAB-60
endorsement for the WAB sticker is available if you
earn the 60m stamp and all the other bands. You can claim the 60m stamp before
completing all the other bands but you can only claim the WAB-60
after all the other bands are claimed.
Note that band
endorsements are a one time endorsement per mode.
- If you earn all continents, AS, AF, EU, NA SA, and OC, you can claim the
WAC sticker. The WAC-AN
endorsement for the WAC sticker is available if you
earn the AN stamp and all the other bands. You can claim the AN stamp before
completing all the other bands but you can only claim the WAB-AN
after all the other bands are claimed.
Note that band
endorsements are a one time endorsement per mode.
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Band
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Mix
|
RTTY
|
SSTV
|
PSK
|
MT63
|
Throb
|
MFSK
|
Hell
|
JTx
|
Olivia
|
160m
80m
40m
30m
20m
17m
15m
12m
10m
6m |
45
180
240
45
300
45
300
45
300
90 |
38
150
200
38
250
38
250
38
250
75 |
8
30
40
8
50
8
50
8
50
15 |
38
150
200
38
250
38
250
38
250
75 |
8
30
40
8
50
8
50
8
50
15 |
8
30
40
8
50
8
50
8
50
15 |
30
120
160
30
200
30
200
30
200
60 |
15
60
80
15
100
15
100
15
100
30 |
38
150
200
38
250
38
250
38
250
75 |
8
30
40
8
50
8
50
8
50
15 |
60m endorsement to the WAB offered only after completion of the above |
60m |
45 |
38 |
9 |
38 |
8 |
8 |
30 |
15 |
38 |
8 |
3. You can earn continent
endorsements as shown in the following table, based on QSOs with the specified
number of unique grid squares within a single continent. Note that the required
number of grids varies with operating mode (similar to the Basic Requirement).
If you earn endorsements for all continents in a given mode, you can claim the
Worked All Continents (WAC) award for that mode. Note that continent
endorsements are a one time endorsement per mode.
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Continent |
Mix |
Rtty |
SSTV |
PSKx |
MTx |
Throb |
MFSK |
Hell |
JTx |
Olivia |
AS-Asia |
75 |
63 |
13 |
63 |
13 |
13 |
50 |
25 |
63 |
13 |
AF-Africa |
75 |
63 |
13 |
60 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
20 |
50 |
10 |
EU-Europe |
180 |
150 |
30 |
150 |
30 |
30 |
120 |
60 |
150 |
30 |
NA-N. America |
180 |
150 |
30 |
150 |
30 |
30 |
120 |
60 |
150 |
30 |
SA-S. America |
120 |
100 |
20 |
120 |
20 |
20 |
80 |
40 |
100 |
20 |
OC-Oceania |
60 |
50 |
10 |
60 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
20 |
50 |
10 |
AN-Antarctica |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
4. The Maritime Mobile or Wet
Award is a special certificate. These are now Mode specific. To qualify for this endorsement the grid
square MUST be completely, 100% water—no islands, no shore lines, water
only. Since you only need to work each Maritime Mobile grid once for credit
you will earn an endorsement for each per claim. The first successful claim will earn you a Special
DX BAR for your DX collectors sheet. At this time you should also claim your
special Maritime Mobile collectors sheet, for all future Maritime Mobile
claims you will earn a special STAMP sticker. This Maritime Mobile collectors sheet
leads you to the PINNACLE Series Neptune
Award.
5. The Antarctic Award is also available.
After receiving one (1) Antarctic BAR you can claim the Antarctic Collectors
sheet. See DX BARSs item 8 below. The Antarctic
Awards are based on the political entities authorizing stations in
Antarctica, rather than the actual grid squares within the Antarctic
continent. Similar to the Maritime Mobile award above, you will get credit
each time a different political Antarctic entity is worked. Although this
award is not Band specific it is offered in different Modes. On the first
endorsement you will get a Special DX BAR for your collectors sheet. All
additional claims will be special endorsement stickers.
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BARs
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BARs are a separate and distinct portion of the GAP Awards Grid program, and can be earned for confirming a specified number of unique grid squares within specific political entities and subdivisions. You can begin earning BARs as indicated below after you have completed the Basic Requirement.
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State and Province BARs and Collector Sheets |
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You can earn BARs for
working grids in specific US states, Canadian provinces, New Zealand and Australian
provinces as well as Japanese Districts, again only after you have completed the
Basic Requirement for that mode.
State/province BARs are mode-specific.
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Each of these entities listed in the PINNACLE table below also have
their own separate collector achievement sheet.
Please claim these when you claim your first BAR. Yes only one (1)
BAR to claim your collector sheet.
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Please check out the requirements for each on our list of Grid Squares to be used to define the state or province
claimed. Please note that we will print the revision level on any booklet
sent to you by mail. The Web Page version of this list will always be marked
with the most current version number.
- You can claim credit
towards a state/province BAR only if you have worked that state/province and
have completed the Basic Requirement
for that mode. You cannot claim credit for a grid by itself, and then apply
it to multiple states or provinces that share that grid.
- You also cannot claim
credit towards a state/country BAR if your QSO pre-dates the existence of
that state or province. Thus claims for Alaska and Hawaii must be based on
QSOs after their respective statehood dates, and a claim for Nunavut must be
based on a QSO after it was declared a separate territory in 1999.
- Please note that the US collector sheets are for the US States and not
the 16 US Territories. On the OLAR the two will be shown divided by a +.
ie 48 + 4 means you are credited with 48 US States and 4 US
Territories.
- The US States Collector sheets are unique in as far as they are indexed such that you will automatically get two Collector sheets with indexed, State names printed in the cells.
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DX BARs |
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You can earn BARs for
working grids in countries/entities on the ARRL DXCC list, and our expanded
list at Grid Squares again only after
you have completed the Basic Requirement for that mode. DX BARs are
mode-specific.
- Please check out the
requirements for each country/entity on our list of Grid Squares. Click here
for our list of Grid Squares to be used to define the
DXCC entity claimed. Please note that we will print the revision level on
any booklet sent to you by mail. The Web Page version of this list will
always be marked with the most current version number.
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Note that earning the K,
I, VE, JA, ZL or VK BAR requires earning the specified number of state/province/region
or territory BARs
as per the Grid Squares table.
- You can claim credit
towards a DX BAR only if you have worked that country/entity and have
completed the Basic Requirement
for that mode. You can not claim credit for a grid by itself, and then apply
it to multiple countries or entities that share that grid.
- You also cannot claim
credit towards a country/entity BAR if your QSO pre-dates or post-dates the
existence of that country/entity. Thus claims for East Germany must be based on QSOs prior to
reunification. Claims for Canal Zone must be for QSOs made prior to its
return to Panama, and claims for the various PJs are separated by the
10/10/10 date.
- If you have (enough) QSOs
either before or after any such dates, you can claim the appropriate BARs
for the countries/entities that existed at the times of the QSOs. Thus
someone could still submit QSOs from, say 2005, and claim the BAR for
pre-separation Bonaire/Curacao, but if the QSOs were post-10/10/10, then
they can only claim the separate Curacao and Bonaire BARs.
- There is a special DX BAR
that can be claimed after you submit your first Maritime Mobile grid square.
This BAR counts towards your DDXCC total, even though it does not appear on
the ARRL DXCC list.
- There is also a special DX
BAR that can be claimed after you submit your first Antarctic endorsement.
This BAR also counts towards your DDXCC total.
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Applications (applies to all awards) |
- All QSOs or SWL must be confirmed either by QSL card, LoTW , QRZ logbook,
HRD log, Club Log or eQSL,
and should be made available to the GAPA-Grid Award manager upon request. Do NOT
send QSL cards unless requested to do so.
- All applicants must submit
a copy of their Grid Locator list indexed on the 4 digit Grid
Locator number in alpha-numeric order, date (if available), call
sign, mode, country worked and confirmed by (unless each claim sends the
certification text below.
- Please check out the example of an
excel file and select the
claim you are working on. ie DX. My
files are kept in Excel. I will check it make changes where necessary. Or
download a blank excel worksheet
A copy of your 'master' files will be emailed to you on acceptance of
your claim. Each time you apply for an endorsement to increase the number of Grid Squares
claimed, simply submit a new copy of your excel sheet clearly
showing your additional grid squares on the original excel page. In the case of Band and Mode basic
certificates, please send these each to their own excel sheet and on making
further endorsements simply submit your updated Band or Mode
list.
- Don't forget to include
your full name, address, call sign and snail mail address with any
and all applications. All certificates will be mailed in brown manila envelopes
unless a No-Bend Envelope is requested, these are a lot more expensive in
mailing costs..
- Applications can include
any number of Basic Requirements, endorsements, modes, bands, etc. for
which you qualify. Just be sure to include all of the information and make clear
the awards/endorsements for which you are applying. Separate Excel worksheets
for each award/endorsement are a good idea and tell me if you want the paper
certificates, Traditional or just OLAR (OnLine Achievement Recognition)
There is a small charge for Traditional, the OLAR is FREE.
- Your application must
include a certification that you have worked the grids listed, and have
appropriate confirmation of those QSOs. You must include a QSO confirmed statement
as per the one below to the end of ALL your claim emails. Failing to do so will
mean the return of your claim for addition of this statement hence wasting your
time.
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I certify that I have worked and have the QSL
cards, LoTW, QRZ logbook, HRD log, Club Log or eQSL proof of contacts confirming the Callsign,
Data, Band and Mode for each of my claimed contacts, and will produce them to
the GAPA Award manager upon request. I understand that this application may be
rejected if I fail to submit the required information upon request, or if any
doubt about authenticity. I also agree to abide by the decisions of the GAPA
Officers. |
7. Send your applications to the
GAPA Manager, Ernie Mills, WM2U at
e-mail: emills21@cox.net |
Other administrative notes: |
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When submitting a claim you will normally attach an excel spreadsheet
with your claims but please also write an exact summary of what you are
claiming, for what award, by total count.
ie. I would like the following GAPA Grid Awards.
1) Mixed Mode:
900 endorsement.
DX BARS (5) CU, HB0, LZ, m/m, OZ.
VK BARS (1) VE2
WET Award (4) FJ05, FK13, FL67, FM00
2) JTx Mode:
700 endorsement.
US BARS (49) as per spreadsheet.
3) PSK Mode:
600 & 650 endorsements
Also include here the "certification that you have worked etc........"
Oh! by the way if you don't know Excel please let us know and we'll
figure an alternate out.
- Please be aware that the
effective date(s) for the rules, endorsements and BAR qualification is
the one on this web site and not the one printed on the snail mail Grid
Square booklet.
- All successful GAP Grid
award recipients will be listed in the On Line Achievement Record, OLAR on the
GAP web site at
www.gapawards.com. There is no cost for these awards.
- For a nominal fee, We
will send you paper versions of these awards. This includes certificates
for the Basic Requirements
stickers for Band, Continent and Maritime Mobile endorsements; BARs and
Antarctic endorsements; collector sheets for stickers; and certificates
for the Pinnacle series (listed below). Please click here to view some of the theme
certificates that are available.
If SWL the certificates will reflect that mode.
The fee schedule for the paper
copies of these awards can be viewed at awards pricing Replacement certificates, including those for displaying new awards
(such as WAB and WAC) are available at the normal price.
You will be automatically added to the OnLine Achievement Record (OLAR)
- There is no start date so dig deep into your log and claim those
past digital contacts, even if they are 'deleted' from the ARRL list.
they count.
- HF Bands, 160m through 6m including WARC bands are included in this award series.
- This is an
Amateur/SWL achievement award, not a location award, so your contacts count
from where ever YOU made them. If you have operated under
two or more call signs please give me the extra call signs.
- Paper certificates (if requested) will be mailed out unfolded in a 9x12
manila envelope.
- Any licensed Amateur/SWL, worldwide can claim this award.
- You do not need to be a member of a club to apply.
- To assist you in selection look at our Grid Locator table at Grid
Squares or
ask for the booklet. The latest revision will always be that of the Grid
List on the web site.
- The ARRL World Grid Locator Atlas,
http://www.arrl.org/shop/The-ARRL-World-Grid-Locator-Atlas
the ARRL North American Grid Locator Maps,
http://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-Grid-Locator-for-North-America
the DX Atlas by VE3NEA,http://www.dxatlas.com/
,F6FVY Grid Locator,
http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/
and https://zone-check.eu then on
top right drop box select 'Grid DM1CM' .. are some of the sources of Grid
Square information available to you. Remember that the confirming QSL need
not necessarily show the actual Grid Square as long as the QTH info shown
allows you to positively identify which Maidenhead Grid Square it is in.
- You can display your certificate(s)
in a 3 ring binder using clear protective, plastic covers. If you use
binder index pages you could produce a really nice book of your
different Grid Square achievements. click here to view some of the Binder Photos submitted by our users.
With this is mind we have available spare pages, complete with GAPA-Grid header, for expansion of your DX,
US, VE, JA, I, VK and ZL BARS, in any mode. Please click here to view some of the theme dedicated spare sheets and certificates that are available.
- It is highly recommended that the stickers, BARS and endorsements be mounted on the relevant
sheet using Stamp Hinges. Many thanks to Sid Grimes, KK8X
for finding this OnLine outlet for those hinges. Take a look at The
Hobby Lobby then click on "Hobbies", then search for "Stamp Hinges." I
did buy them at OfficeMax a few years ago. Staples could also handle them.
- As of 20th November 2015 there will be a minimum PayPal charge of
$5.50
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The Pinnacle Series! do you qualify? |
This series of numbered awards
honors the best of the best, the crème de la crème. They
are based on your performance in the GAPA-Grid Award program, indeed your
entrance to this hall of fame is only through that route. We will add new
Pinnacle awards at intervals but if you have a suggestion for a new one,
please let us know.
Please click here to view some of the theme dedicated spare sheets and certificates that are available.
Note1: Use the maidenhead Grid Square tables to determine the
claim requirements for the Pinnacle endorsements.
Note2: Please include a list of call signs with
the claim QSO's on each PINNACLE claimed.
The following are now available: |
- GAPA-DDXCC (digital DXCC) award.
If you have successfully claimed and hold at least 100 GAPA-Grid
DX BARS, drop me an email to claim your award. Endorsements are
available in increments of 20 up to 200, 10 up to 300 and increments of
5 beyond that. These awards are numbered. The award and endorsements
are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DWAS (digital WAS) award. To claim your US collectors
sheet work only one (1) US QSO.
After holding all the US State BARS on your collectors
sheet, you can claim
this award. This award has space for all the US territories as well,
including KG4, KH0, KH1, KH2, KH3, KH4, KH5, KH5K, KH7K, KH8 (Swains Is). After Jul 22, 2006), KH8, KH9, KP1, KP2, KP3-4 and KP5.
There are 16 territory endorsements available. The award and endorsements
are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DVE (digital worked all Canada award).
This certificate is available if you have worked and hold all
11 Canadian
Province BARS, VE1-VE7, VE9, VY2, VO1, VO2. This PINNACLE
award offers special stickers for the VE0, VE8, VY0, VY1, CY0 and CY9,
(please note that NFL, VO1 and LAB, VO2 are treated as separate
provinces for the purposes of this award ), The award and endorsements
are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DVK (digital worked all Australia award)
Available for working and holding all 8 Australian Territory BARS
on your collectors sheet VK1-VK8.
The PINNACLE Award offers special stickers for the VK0h, VK0m, VK9c, l, m, n, w, x and
y territories.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DZL (digital worked all New Zealand award)
Available for working and holding all 4 New Zealand Region BARS
on your collectors sheet ZL1-4
There is specified room on this certificate to collect all the
Protectorates and special call prefixes, E5/n, E5/s, ZK2/E6, ZK3, ZL0,
ZL5-9.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DJA (digital worked all Japan award)
Available for working
and holding all 10 Japanese Territory BARS on your collectors sheet JA0- JA9.
The PINNACLE Award offers special stickers for confirming JD1/o Ogasawara,
JD1/m Minami Torishima, JR6 Okinawa Prefecture and any 8J1 JA station in
the Antarctic.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table.
- GAPA-DIT (digital worked all Italy award)
To claim the IT Collectors sheet confirm and claim one (1) IT contact.
Available for working
and holding all 10 Italian Region BARS on your collectors sheet. that
is BARS for each Ix0-9.
This involves working 33 different grids, as seen on the Grid Locator
Table under "Required Grids". When you have received your 10 Italian Region BARS on
your collectors sheet you can claim the coveted WAIT (Worked All
Italy sticker). The PINNACLE Award offers special stickers for
confirming 19 of the harder Italian Regions and Islands including the Italian
Antarctic.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
- GAPA-DUK (digital worked all United Kingdom
Award)
To claim the UK Collector sheet confirm 1xG, 1xGM 1xGW and 1xGI.
When you confirm 12xG, 5xGM, 3xGW, 3xGI and one each of GU, GJ or GD
you can claim the DUK PINNACLE Award. This involves working
20 different grids, as seen on the Grid Locator Table under "Required
Grids".
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
Completion of this Award will allow you to claim the coveted, numbered
Union Jack Flag.
Please see Note #13 in the revision list below.
- GAPA-DDL (digital worked all Germany
Award)
To claim this DL Collectors
sheet you need to confirm only one (1)
State as per the DL requirements in the Grid-locator Tables.
Then hold one (1) confirmed QSO from each of the 13 States on the
Collector sheet to
claim the coveted DDL PINNACLE award.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
Completion of this Award will allow you to claim the coveted, numbered
German Flag.
It appears that identifying the German State from a confirmed QSO is
difficult. Leslie Johnson WA4EEZ sent us her method of finding the DL
State.
i) Make a list of all
your confirmed DL stations -- digital only.
ii) Determine the City if not evident in you log -- use QRZ,
etc.
iii) Look up the City on Wikipedia -- scroll down and locate the
State.
- GAPA-DPA (digital worked all Dutch Kingdom
Award)
Available for working
and holding all 12 Provinces and 3 cities, a total of 15, on your
collectors sheet,
you can claim the coveted DPA PINNACLE award. This will
involve working all 6 Territories. See the Grid Locator Table for more
information.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
How to determine the Provinces by Hugo, PA3GAE: On internet you can
easily find which city/village is in which province. A ham radio station
is located in a city/village, so in my opinion it is easy to determine
the province.
Completion of this Award will allow you to claim the coveted, numbered
Royal Dutch Flag.
- GAPA-DUA0 (digital worked all Asiatic Russian Award)
You can claim the very difficult
DUA0 PINNACLE award after
confirming 18 of the 29 AS Russia regions on the Grid Locator table. After confirming the required
islands as per the Grid Locator table PINNACLE list, you can then claim the coveted
Russian Federation FLAG numbered and marked UA0 for the Asian
regions worked.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
- GAPA-DUA (digital worked all European Russian Award)
You can claim the very difficult
DUA PINNACLE award after
confirming 25 of the 57 EU Russia regions on the Grid Locator table. After confirming the required
islands as per the Grid Locator table PINNACLE list, you can then claim the coveted
Russian Federation FLAG numbered and marked UA for the European
regions worked.
The award and endorsements are offered per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode OLAR table.
- The NEPTUNE Award. digital working Marine
Mobile stations
This very difficult award is offered to anyone confirming all 20 WET (Marine
Mobile) Grid Squares.
Wet Award endorsements are available in the following increments. First 4
Stamps in increments of 5, next 5 in increments of 10, then 5 in increments
of 50, and the last 4 in increments of 100.
These awards are offered in different modes each being shown on the
endorsement BAR or stamp.
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Please keep your eye on this section. This is where any new award, endorsement
or Bar will be announced. This can be a product of GAPA's ongoing improvements
or our acceptance of one of your suggestions.
If you would like GAPA to consider other BAR possibilities not covered above,
please feel free to email us with your request.
Ideas under consideration:
- Worked all New Zealand (ZL) DONE! 4/26/16
- Worked all Australia (VK) DONE! 4/29/16
- Worked all Canada (VE) DONE! 6/15/16
- Worked all Continents. DONE! 6/19/14
- Worked all Japan (JA) DONE! 6/15/16
- Worked all Italy (IT) DONE! 1/15/17
- Worked all The United Kingdom (UK). Thanks to Rich, K3VAT.
Done! 2/19/18
- Worked all Germany (DL). Thanks to Rich, K3VAT, Gerd DL1BBO Done! 4/22/18
- Worked all Dutch (PA). Thanks to Hugo, PA3GAE Done! 11/1/18
- Worked all AS Russia (UA0). Thanks to Rich K3VAT, Alan WL7CG and Hugo
PAGAE.
With a special thanks to Steve Melachrinos W3HF for his help in the final
editing. DONE! 1/4/21 .
- Worked all EU Russia (UA). Thanks to Hugo Noordhoek, PA3GAE. DONE! 1/4/21 .
- Added 60m DONE! 4/4/17.
- Added SWL. Done! 3/2/18
- Worked all CQ zones.
- Worked all CQ zones.
- Worked all ITU zones.
- Worked a complete Maidenhead Field.
- BINGO!! Play Bingo on any Grid Field of your choice, ie IO, FN etc., and fill in the Bingo requirement.
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1) The entire set of rules and philosophy for the
TARA-Grid Awards
were updated/rewritten on
25 June 2015
2) This complete Award program was transplanted to
www.gapaward.com which is run
by GAPA, The Grid and Prefix Awards Program.
11/9/16
3) There have been many changes to the number of Grids
required to qualify 11/13/16
4) The PINNACLE awards and endorsements are now offered
per mode, and the achievement recognition will be posted in
the relevant mode table. 5/9/17
5) FT8 and variants included in FTx series.
6) SWL added to this Award Series.
7) Explanation of claiming the WAB-60 Sticker.
8) Created numbered German and British Flag stickers for DDL
and/or DUK
completion. 10/14/18
9) Added AN (Antarctica) to the Continents list. Check
the rules Additional Endorsements #3 |
10) Please be
aware that only the base DX BAR for any of the PINNACLE awards will be
issued (when earned) as of 7/20/19. Any already issued will be
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11) To clarify: One must earn the Basic
Requirement certificate in the mode you wish to claim
and work in. ie Get the Basic Certificate before claiming any BARS,
Stickers, Stamps etc. in that mode.
12) We now offer St. Maarten PJ7, St.Eustatius PJ5 & Saba PJ6
as separate entities for DX BAR claims.
13) The Grid IN79 is now included in the UK G Grid Count, also
it was decided that because of low Ham count in certain GM grids we
have now joined Grid IO74 & IO84, and IO99 & IP90.
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Good luck chasing those Grids, Ernie WM2U |
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Acknowledgments 1:
Ernie Mills, wm2u and
the Grid and Prefix Awards Group [GAPA] would like to thank
Stephen Melachrinos, W3HF for his continuing support and help formulating this
upgrade and modernization of these these Awards Grid Rules.
Steve was there with me at the onset of this award quite a few years ago. He has
contributed many hours of Radio Amateur experience and insight to this project.
Without Steve’s help and valuable constructive criticism, this award would be
extinct.
Again many thanks for bringing this Award into the 21st Century.
Acknowledgments 2:
Ernie would also like to thank Rich Kennedy, K3VAT, Leslie Johnson WA4EEZ and
Alan Sorum, WL7CG for
there many suggestions
offered to us on this final rewrite of the GAPA Grid Rules.
Ernie wm2u |
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