| Dyplom ESTONIA |
| This award instituted by the ESTONIAN RADIO AMATEURS UNION (ERAU) is available to all licensed radio amateurs and SWLs World Wide. * Contacts with ES-stations are valid since Jan 1st 1990. * QSL-cards from ES-stations serve as the proof of the validity of the contacts. Each station may be contacted once. Stations outside of their own/home call area like ES1QD and ES1QD/0 or ES2RJ and ES2RJ/8 count as different ES-stations. * Contacts via relay stations and/or automatic stations are not allowed. * Every QSO = 1 point. QSOs with the EARU HQ stations like at ES9A to ES9Z and like ES##HQ as well with the special event stations within any two figures in the prefix like ES60,ES75,ES80 etc. count two points. A. Points to be obtained (EUROPEAN STATIONS, all classes): ****************************************************** HF - 20 pts. on 10...160m HF bands at least 5 different ES call-areas; VHF - 10 pts. on 2m band at least 5 different WW QTH-loc squares of Estonia; UHF - 5 pts. on 70cm band; SHF - 3 pts. either on 23cm band; SIX - 10 pts. on 6m band at least 5 different WW QTH-loc squares of Estonia; SAT - 5 pts. via any amateur radio sattellite. B. Points to be obtained (STATIONS OUTSIDE OF EUROPE, all classes): *************************************************************** HF - 10 pts. on 10...160m HF bands; VHF/UHF/SHF - 2 pts. either on 2m, 70cm or 23cm bands; SIX - 5 pts. on 6m band; SAT - 3 pts. via any amateur radio sattellite. The cost of the ESTONIA AWARD is 5 USD or 5 EUR. Special awards for QSOs with 50 and 100 ES-stations are also available in all award classes. Send requests CGR list together with the corresponding fee to ERAU Award Mgr. PO.Box 125 10502 Tallinn E S T O N I A |