The Pennsylvania Keystone Award (PKA) was created to promote two way contact with Amateur Radio stations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The award is given to amateurs who directly contact 100 different Pennsylvania amateur radio stations. No retransmitted contacts may be counted, including repeater and digital retransmissions, of course. Applying is easy - no QSL cards are required. If you already have a PKA certificate in your shack you can earn endorsements for it as well.
Many amateurs apply for the award after participating in the annual Pennsylvania QSO Party in October. This event is the most popular QSO party in the United States.
History
The PKA award was created over 30 years ago. The program was dormant
for a period and revitalized in 1992. The award has always been sponsored
by the Harrisburg Radio Amateur's Club. The organization has over 150
members from south central Pennsylvania and has been an ARRL affiliated club for
50 years. Today over 420 PKA awards have been issued to amateurs
worldwide.
Endorsements
An endorsement is available for working 100 different Pennsylvania
amateur radio stations in any calendar year after the year the certificate is
originally issued.
Application
Send an alphabetical-by-call list of 100 different Pennsylvania stations
worked. The list must include:
Station Call
Date
Time
Band
Mode
The following statement must also be made on the submission:
"I certify that the above list is a true record of the contacts of Amateur Radio Station ______".
Mail your application to the address below.
Charges
United States and possessions: $3.00 US. There is no charge for
endorsements.
Outside the U.S.: 3 International Reply Coupons (IRCs)
Questions
Feel free to contact the club Awards Manager if you have any questions:
Michael Kalbaugh N3HLK
119 Catalpa Street
Middletown, PA 17057-2013
n3hlk@arrl.net