ARLA/CLUSTER: The Grid and Prefix Award Program (GAPA)

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The Grid and Prefix Award Program (GAPA)

The *Grid and Prefix Award Program* (GAPA) is proud to present the most
detailed and comprehensive Digital Awards Program available today.

This series is offered to both Radio Amateurs and SWL Operators. Awards
offered by GAPA fall into two major categories based on call sign prefixes
and grid square locations.

Popular digital modes such as FT, JT, RTTY and PSK can be used to earn
individual awards and as award endorsements. The program also encourages
the use of other modes like T10, Throb, SSTV and Hell. Contacts can be
confirmed through use of LOTW, eQSL, QRZ or direct QSLs. Awards are based
on operator contacts, not an operator’s location.

The Prefix Award is earned by working digital mode stations with different
prefixes from around the world. A basic award begins with submission of 50
to 400 unique prefixes based on the mode used. Additional endorsements then
can be added for different bands, modes and continents worked.

Grid square awards begin with a basic award that requires 50 to 300 unique
grid square locators depending on the mode used. Additional endorsement can
be added for band, mode and continent worked.

A separate portion of the GAPA Program is based on confirming a specified
number of unique grid square locators within a specific political entity or
subdivision that are used to earn a certificate bar. These bars can be for
individual countries or specific US States or Provinces and Districts
within Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, the
Netherlands and Japan. There are many 'one-grid-countries', such as Heard
Island, Aruba, or Guam; however, many larger and more populated countries
require multiple grids such as 20 grids for Brazil or 10 grids for Poland.
The GAPA Program provides attractive collector sheets where the bars can be
affixed.

Amateurs that collect all the bars associated with a collector’s sheet
qualify for GAPA’s top achievement, our series of Pinnacle Awards. Some of
the awards include working 100 countries (DXCC), all US States, all
Provinces of Canada and Districts of Japan. Amateurs that complete a
Pinnacle Award are also recognized online with the GAPA OnLine Digital
Award Record (OLAR).

We invite you take to a look at the GAPA Program’s Certificate Family Tree
page http://www.gapawards.com/grid/awards_tree.html to examine the
certificates offered and see some examples of certificates with their band
and continent endorsement stickers. GAPA has a group on the GroupsIO site
at https://groups.io/g/GAPA.

For further information contact Ernie Mills WM2U or Rich Kennedy K3VAT.
Email addresses for both are found on the gapawards.com or qrz.com websites.
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