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-- REP Rede dos Emissores Portugueses Series -- General Requirements: SWL OK. Apply to: REP - Rede dos Emissories Portugueses, Award/Contest Manager, Rua D. Pedro V, 7-4°, 1250-092 Lisboa, . Diploma CTDX100 Rede dos Emissores Portugueses sponsors this award Submit log and actual cards (or photocopy of an approved available to all amateurs and SWL’s who submit proof of ARRL DXCC award listing proving your country count.) contact/heard from 100 different countries on the ARRL Application forms from REP for SAE/IRC. The award is DXCC list on or after 15 Nov 1945. free to members of REP. Cost for Europeans is 10€, $US8 or 12 IRCs, and for all others is 12€, $US10 or 15 Modes: Phone, CW, Mixed, RTTY, SSTV or Satellite. IRCs plus necessary amount to cover the registered Bands: All bands, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40 or 80 meters. postal return fees of the QSL cards. Single band: 6, 10, 40, 80, 160 meters and satellite. 5 Bands: for working/hearing a minimum of 100 countries Basic award is for 100 countries. Endorsement stamps for on the 5 bands of 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 meters. each 25 additional countries until 300. Endorsement Honor Roll: Contact at least 300 different countries. thereafter for each 5 additional countries. Diploma Vasco da Gama Sponsored by the Portugese National Radio Association to honor the Portugese Discoveries during the XV Century and especially the discovery of the sea route to India by the Portugese navigator Vasco da Gama. Contact different countries along the route of the explorer since 15 Nov 1945. SWL OK. Earn at least 25 points which must include one contact with Portugal (CT) and India (VU). Point values shown below. Available SSB, CW or mixed. 5 different classes as follows: Class I - 75 points - Golden Sextant Class II - 100 points - Golden Compass Class III - 125 points - Golden Anchor Class IV - 150 points - Golden Astrolabe Class V - 200 points - Golden Helm Wheel Also available is and "Honor Roll" for those earning 250 or more points. Contacts may be submitted by Xerox copies of cards or GCR list. Diploma free of charge to members of REP, and will cost 1000 portuguese escudos for non-members residing in Portugal. Award cost is 3€ for members of REP, 10€ $US8 or 12 IRCs for Europeans, and 12€, $UA10 or 15 IRCs for all others. Endorsement stamps are free of charge, requiring a GCR list and SASE or SAE and 2 IRCs. Cost for "Honor Roll" level is 35€ or $US30 for Europeans and 48€ or $US40 for all others. Prefix, Name of Country and Point Values: Total Available Points: 265 CT Portugal 3 7O Yemen 10 D6 Comoros 8 TN Congo 8 CU 4 9G Ghana 5 EA8 Canary Isl. 4 TR Gabon 5 3C Equatorial Guinea 8 9L Sierra Leone 5 EL Liberia 4 TU Ivory Coast 5 3C0 Annobon 10 9Q Zaire 8 EP Iran 8 TY Benin 5 3X Guinea 5 A4 Oman 5 FH Mayotte 5 V5 Namibia 5 5H Tanzania 5 AP Pakistan 5 FR/J Juan de Nova, Europa 10 VU India 5 5N Nigeria 4 C5 The Gambia 5 J5 Guinea-Bissau 6 VU7 Laccadive 10 5R Madagascar 8 C9 6 S0 West Sahara 8 ZD7 St. Helena 5 5T Mauritania 5 CN Morocco 4 S9 S. Tome & Principe 6 ZD8 Ascension 5 5V Togo 5 CT3 4 T5 Somalia 8 ZS South Africa 4 5Z Kenya 5 D2 6 TJ Cameroon 5 6W Senegal 5 D4 Cape Verde 6 Bartolomeu Dias Award Sponsored by REP and the SARL to honor Dias's arrival at the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 for contacts as follows after 1 January 1988: Portuguese need 20 CT and 5 ZS, South Africans need 20 ZS and 5 CT, All others need 5 each of CT and ZS. SWL OK. GCR list and fee of 3€ for REP members, 10€, $US8 or 12 IRCs for EU and 12€, $US10 or 15 IRCs for all others.

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Lisbon City Award Contact 10 stations in after 1 June 1988. SWL OK. Only 7 are needed if CT1REP, the IARU representative is contacted. Can be earned for HF or VHF. GCR list and fee of 3€ for REP members, 10€, $US8 or 12 IRCs for Europeans and 12€, $US10 or 15 IRCs for all others. Pedro Alvares Cabral Award Sponsored by REP to honor the Portuguese discoveries Class Points Name of endorsement during the XV century and especially the discovery of I 20 Golden Sextant Brazil in 1500, by the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares II 30 Golden Compass Cabral. Contact at least 5 different of Portugal III 35 Golden Anchor and 5 different states of Brazil after 15 November 1945. SWL OK. IV 40 Golden Astrolabe Each Portuguese including Azores (CU) and V 45 Golden Caravel Madeira (CT3), and each Brazilian state including the There is also an Honor Roll level for earning 50 points or islands of St Peter & Paul, Trinidade and Fernando de more. Cost of award is 3€ for REP members, 10€, $US8 Noronha, count for one point. or 12 IRCs for Europeans and 12€, $US10 or 15 IRCs for For the Basic award, earn 10 points including the 5 all others. Endorsements are free of charge, but SASE or different districts of Portugal and 5 different states of SAE and 2 IRCs are needed along with the GCR list. Brazil on the four different modes SSB, CW, Mixed or Cost for the "Honor Roll" level is 35€ or $US30 for RTTY HF. There are 5 different classes and Europeans and 48€ or $US40 for all others. endorsements as follows: List of the Districts of Portugal: 01 Aveiro 07 Evora 13 19 Angra do Heroismo 02 Beja 08 Faro 14 Santarem 20 Horta 03 09 Guarda 15 Setubal 21 Ponta Delgada 04 Braganca 10 16 22 Funchal 05 Castelo Branco 11 Lisboa 17 06 12 Portalegre 18 List of the States of Brazil: Num Abbre Call Num Abbre Call State Name Capital City State Name Capital City ber viation Sign ber viation Sign Fernando de 1 PY0T 16 PA Para Belem PY8 Noronha Joao 2 Trinidade PY0T 17 PB Paraiba PR7 Pessoa 3 St Peter and Paul PY0S 18 PE Pernambuco Recife PY7 4 AC Acre Rio Branco PT8 19 PI Piaui Teresina PS8 5 AL Alagoas Maceio PP7 20 PR Parana Curitiba PY5 Rio de 6 AM Amazonas Manaus PP8 21 RJ Niteroi PY1 Janerio Rio Grande 7 AP Amapa PQ8 22 RN Natal PS7 do Norte 8 BA Baia Salvador PY6 23 RO Rondonia PW8 9 CE Ceara Fortaleza PT7 24 RR Roraima PV8 Rio Grande 10 ES Espirito Santo Vitoria PP1 25 RS Porto Alegre PY3 do Sul Santa 11 GO Goias Goiania PP2 26 SC Florianopolis PP5 Catarina Belo 12 MG Minas Gerais PY4 27 SE Sergipe Aracaju PP6 Horizonte 13 MA Maranhao Sao Luis PR8 28 SP Sao Paolo Sao Paulo PY2 Mato Grosso do 14 MS PT9 29 TO Tocantins PQ2 Sul 15 MT Mato Grosso Cuiaba PY9

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ARSUL CW Award Work 10 different CT stations and the ARSUL club station CT1ARS on CWafter 2 March 1985. Send list of contacts, photocopies of the cards and 6 IRCs to: ARSUL, PO Box 50, Portimao 8501, Portugal.

Better World Award Submit verified evidence of two-way contact with other amateur stations having BWW as their call letter suffix. Europeans need any 3 of the following stations: CQ5BWW CQ6BWW CQ7BWW CR1BWW CR4BWW CR5BWW CR6BWW CR7BWW CR8BWW CR0BWW CS1BWW CS2BWW CS4BWW CS5BWW CS6BWW CS7BWW CS8BWW CS0BWW CT1BWW CT2BWW CT3BWW CT4BWW CT5BWW CT6BWW CT7BWW CT8BWW CT0BWW, plus three other stations with BWW suffixes. (EA8BWW, IK2BWW, VK2BWW DL3BWW HA5BWW UP1BWW UL8BWW). Non Europeans need two of the above stations plus two others with BWW as their ksuffix. GCR list and fee of $US5 or 10 IRCs to: Manuel Alberto C. Marques CT1BWW, PO Box 41, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal.

Castles and Fortresses of Portugal Diploma Sponsored by GPDX-DX Portugese Group, and is available to all amateurs and SWL's for proving contact (or hearing) 10 stations operating from different Portugese castles or fortresses included on the list prepared by GPDX. See website for list of castles/fortresses. Contacts must have been made from inside the physical limits of the premises. Contacts since 2 March 1994. Different award for HF (SSB, CW or Mixed) and VHF (FM and Mixed) available. No use of repeaters, satellite or packet. Endorsements for each additional 10 castles. You should re-send entire list for each endorsement. GCR list is accepted, but if you send cards, please provide sufficient postage for their return. Award is free for GPDX members, 2.50€ or 4 IRC for Portuguese applicants, or 7 IRCs or $US5 for others. Endorsement is free but requires 1 IRC/SASE. Apply to: Grupo Portugues de DX, PO Box 1156, 2736-996 Portugal. Internet: http://ct1end.netpower.pt/diplomas/dcfp_uk.htm

-- Clube de Radioamadores De Series -- General Requirements: Contacts may be on any mode or band, but must be made after 13 Feb 1984. SWL OK. Fee for each is 12 IRCs or $5US. Apply to: CRC, PO Box 209, 2752 Cascais, Portugal.

100 CT Award Make 2-way contact with 100 CT stations of which 3 must be CT2/CU and 3 are CT3's.

Cascais County Award Contact amateurs in the six administrative divisions of Cascais County: Alcabideche, Carcavelos, Cascais, Estoril, Parede and S. Domingos de Rana.

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Portuguese Group DX Award Available to all radio amateurs or SWLs who work/hear GPDX members or their activities after 1994. All bands and modes. Contacts on VHF or UHF in FM mode or via repeaters are not valid. 20 points are needed . Each member counts : 1 point on SSB or 2 points using CW, RTTY or digital modes. Stations that are sponsored and activities by GPDX = 3 points. These are: VK9RS (OC_230) - Year 1999 K5K (DXCC=KH5K) - Year 2000 3B6RF (Agalega Isl.) - Year 2001 S05X - Year 2003 ZW8M (Mexiana I.) - Year 2003 ZX8M (Maraca I.) - Year 2004 Special Station CS1GDX, CU3I = 4 points GCR list and fee of 8€ , $US10 or 12 IRCs to: Award Manager, GPDX Grupo Português de DX, P.O. Box 1156, 2736- 996 Agualva , Portugal Internet: http://gpdx.netpower.pt/diplomas/gpdx/gpdx_award.htm Member List : CT1EDX, CT1EEN, CT1EFB, CU3AV, CU3EJ, F6HMJ, CT1AFN, CT1AGF, CT1AHU, CT1EFL, CT1EGW, CT1EHT, G3KHZ, HB9CRV, HB9FMU, CT1AIC, CT1AIS, CT1ALF, CT1EKD, CT1ELI, CT1ELP, ON5UM, PT7BI, VA2AM. CT1APE, CT1AOZ, CT1ASU, CT1END, CT1EOD, CT1EPV, CT1AUO, CT1AVC, CT1BGE, Other special callsigns used by CT1ERY, CT1ESA, CT1EWX, CT1BH, CT1BOH, CT1BNP, GPDX members: CT1FEL, CT1FUI, CT1GFK, CT1BOP, CT1BWT, CT1BWW, CT1GWC, CT1KT, CT1YH, CU2F, CU3F, CU7F, CT1BXH, CT1BXX, CT1CBI, CT1ZS, CT2GOX, CT2ICS, CU8F, CU2H, CU3H, CT1CDP, CT1CFH, CT1CHZ, CT3DZ, CT3EE, CT3FN, CU7H, CU2W, CU3W, CT1CLR, CT1CQK, CT1CTZ, CT3KY, CT3LK, CT4DX, CU7W, CQ1P, CQ2H, CT1DGK, CT1DIZ, CT1DJE, CT4HA, CT4NH, CT4SL, CT5P, CT7P. CT1DNU, CT1DRB, CT1DTO, CT4VB, CT5ITB, CU3AD, CT1DVV, CT1DWJ, CT1ECT, Portugese Island Award Contact a minimum of 10 different Portuguese islands after 1 Jan 1985. SWL OK. . When applying, use the two letter prefix (Province or Region) and the two digit number. Available for SSB, CW and Mixed modes. GCR list and fee of 5€ Portugal, $US10 or 14 IRC. Endorsements for 15, 20, 25, etc islands for SASE only. Apply to: DIP AWARD MGR CT1AHU Carlos Moreira, Apartado 1156, 2736-901 Agualva, Portugal. Internet: http://gpdx.netpower.pt/diplomas/dip/dip.htm The website contains a comprehensive list of islands and their designations for the award. Portugese Islands Plaque Issued to any amateur or SWL presenting proof of contact with a minimum of 25 Portugese Islands on HF, any band or mode since 1 Jan 1985. The Portuguese Islands are in six different groupings as follows: NT = islands North of Tejo, TJ = island of Tejo, ST = islands South of Tejo, AC = islands of the Azores, MD = islands of Madeira and XX = islands of Macau (valid only prior to 20 Dec 99).

Endorsements for each 10 added islands, and is free of charge, except for SASE/IRC. Stations operating from any valid island will receive credit without having to work the island.

GCR list must include date, time, frequency, mode, call, island reference number and island name. GCR list and fee of $3.000$00 for Portugal, Azores and Madeira, 3.000 PTAs for Spain, 16 Euros/$16 for Europe, 20 Euros/$US20 for rest of world. . The plaque is made of mahogany wood with metal inserts. Apply to: Jorge Santos, PO Box 189, P-2564-911 , Portugal

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Portugese Lightho use Award Contact lighthouses located along the coast and on the islands of Portugal since 7 Dec 1994. SWL OK. The awards may be endorsed for HF (SSB, CW or Mixed) and VHF. No repeater contacts allowed.. BASIC = 5 different QSO's with CT, CT3 and CU lighthouses. ADVANCED = 10 different. HONOUR ROLL = 25 different. TOP HONOUR ROLL = 50 different. Each member of an expedition that activates a lighthouse qualifies immediately for the Basic Award. Copy of the official lighthouse listing is available from the sponsor or K1BV for a SASE. Apply with GCR list and the cards themselves to they may be checked by the awards manager. Provide sufficient postage for the return of your QSLs. Cost for each award is $US5, each 10 lighthouse endorsement costs $US2, TOP HONOUR ROLL PLAQUE costs $US50. Apply to CS1CRA, PO Box 118, 2780 Oeiras, Portugal. (or via CT1BWW)

Technical Diploma of A.R.A.S. Earn 30 points by working stations since 1 Jan 1989. SWL OK. Point values are: CS1AAS = 10 (mandatory contact), CT1BIQ BIX CKP CLT CMZ MU MV CT4HV = 4, ARAS members = 2. GCR list and fee of $US3 or 4 IRCs for DX stations (200$00 for EA or CT) to: Associacao de Radioamadores da Amadora-, PO Box 155, Rua Primeiro de Dezembro, 54-3, 2702 Amadora Codex, Portugal.

WPEACE Award Contact Portugal, Espana, All Continents, Equator (WPEACE) as follows: a. 5 stations from CT and 3 different countries with P in their prefix. b. 5 stations from EA and 3 different countries with E in their prefix. c. One station from each Continent (EU, Africa, Asia, NA, SA, Oceania) d. 3 stations from different countries crossed by the Equator. Stations outside Europe need contact only 2 CT and 2 EA. CT and EA amateurs need 10 each from Portugal and Spain. SWL OK. Contacts must be on SSB and made since Jan 1974. GCR list and $US5 or 12 IRCs to: Award Manager, Antonio Nunes CT1CIR, R Lourais LT3, P-2410 Barreira, Colmeias, Portugal. (Buckmaster adr 6/03)