CDG ECA ( European Countries Award Series) was devised by the and Croatian Digital Group (CDG) and European PSK Club (EPC) on 1st January 2009 (idea and awards design by 9A3ZC, Management Software made by DK5UR). This was to sponsor a series of awards based on DIGITAL contacts with CDG members. The official award manager is Zdravko Todorovski 9A6ZT.

CDG ECA ( European Countries Award Series) - CDG ECA 25, CDG ECA 50, CDG ECA 70, CDG ECA TOP , may be claimed by any licensed radio amateur, club station or SWL eligible under these rules who can produce evidence in a form of ADIF log of having contacted CDG or EPC members from at least 25, 50, 70 and TOP (72 and more) European countries according to the European entities list below. CDG or EPC membership is required for the CDG ECA award applicants. All contacts must be made on Digital Modes (all modes will be valid except CW and PHONIE/ SSB, FM, AM/) since June 10, 2006.

Six Russian (UA9) and three Kazakhstan's (UN) Areas are geographically located in Europe. These areas are: UA9A (ER53) - Chelyabinskaya Oblast (West of River Ural and Ural Range), UA9F (ER54) - Permskaya Oblast, UA9G (ER55) - Komi-Permyatsky AO, UA9S (ER56) - Orenburgskaya Oblast (West of River Ural), UA9W (ER57) - Bashkortostan (West of River Ural and Ural Range), UA9X (ER58) - Komi, UN7I (EK01) - Aqtobe Oblast (West of River Emba and Mugodzhary Range), UN7M (EK02) - West Kazakhstan (Batys Qazaqstan) Oblast and UN7O (EK03) - Atyrau Oblast (Northwest of River Emba)

.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 30 MHz. Confirmations from the CDG and EPC Short Wave Listeners and Digital Monitoring Stations are accepted as confirmed contacts. All stations contacted must be "land based 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.

CDG ECA 25

CDG ECA 70

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 Croatian Digital Group and European PSK Club to bring a particular programme into disrepute may result in disqualification of the applicant from the CDG Award Programme. The decision of the award manager on this and other matters of dispute will be finals.

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