The UKW-EU-D is awarded by the DARC for special services on the VHF, UHF and microwave bands.
It confirms that the excellent radio amateur achieved by its activity excellent long-distance connections with a large number of European countries.
 

UKW-EUROPA-DIPLOM (UKW-EU-D)  (VHF Europe Award)

The German Amateur Radio Club DARC issues this award, which is available to all licensed radio amateurs. It is issued for amateur radio contacts with European countries (according to the WAE country list) made after 1 January 1972 on bands above 50 MHz. The award’s classes are based on the number of WAE countries contacted and the distance (QRB) covered with these contacts. Scoring is split into WAE and QRB points.

WAE points: each contacted WAE country counts once for one point.

QRB points: the applicant’s own square counts one point. An immediately adjacent square counts two points. Squares removed further from the applicant’s centre square increase the points count by one by each square covered. For fairer scoring of diagonal or east/west distances, an additional bonus is used. For the purpose of accruing QRB points, each WAE country may be used only once, i.e. the contact with that country which yields the greatest distance.

Weighing factors for scoring QRB points (including bonuses) are as follows:

A factor of 1 for 144 MHz, a factor of 2 for 432 MHz, a factor of 3 for 1296 MHz, and so forth.

The award’s classes:

III: at least 10 WAE and 60 QRB points for a total score of 70

II: at least 15 WAE  and 95 QRB points for a total score of 110

I: at least 20 WAE and 130 QRB points for a total score of 150

Trophy: at least 30 WAE and 300 QRB points for a total score of 330

For the 50 MHz award:

III: at least 25 WAE and 250 QRB points for a total score of 275

II: at least 35 WAE  and 350 QRB points for a total score of 385

I: at least 45 WAE  and 450 QRB points for a total score of 495

Trophy: at least 55 WAE and 550 QRB points for a total score of 605

The award is available for all modes. All contacts with fixed and portable land-based stations are valid which were contacted by the applicant from within the same square and under the same callsign. Contacts via passive reflectors (the moon, polar lights, mountains, meteorites) are valid, while those made via active reflectors (repeaters, satellites) are not valid.

A change of the applicant’s callsign is permitted when made for administrative reasons, e.g. when passing into a different license class, and contacts thus made under a previous callsign are valid for the award.

Applications are only accepted via the DARC Community Logbook (DCL). When contact confirmations cannot be obtained through the DCL, QSL cards may be submitted to the award manager.

Charges:

PDF award for printing: 3,00  €
Printed award: 7,00 €
Trophy in DL = 25,00 € 
Trophy EU = 35,00 €
Trophy non-EU & oversea = 40,00  €

Award manager:

Georg Tretow, DL4SVA,

E-mail:    dl4sva@darc.de