"Hungarian Castle Series" (HCS)


Issued by the Hungarian Radioamateur Society. Contacts after 1 Jan 1968.

Many Hungarian stations in each call area have special cards for the HCS Award. They are of different old castles (36 total) found throughout the country. Each of the cards has a tab area with the respective castle number. This must be cut off and submitted with your application.

The award is issued in 3 levels:
  • Bronze: castle numbers 1-12 or 13-24 or 25-36
  • Silver: castle numbers 1-24 or 13-36
  • Gold: castle numbers 1-36 (all the cards)

The castle numbers are to be found in the HA call areas as follows:

  • HA1/HG1: 7, 22, 25, 31
  • HA2/HG2: 6, 8, 12, 15, 21, 23, 30, 32, 35
  • HA3/HG3: 3, 14, 23, 30, 32, 33, 35
  • HA4/HG4: 17, 23, 30, 32, 35
  • HA5/HG5: 1, 13, 36
  • HA6/HG6: 4, 10, 11, 34
  • HA7/HG7: 2, 5, 19
  • HA8/HG8: 16, 20, 24
  • HA9/HG9: 18, 27, 28, 29
  • HA0/HG0: 9, 26, 29

Award fee depend on level: Bronze – 5 IRC, Silver – 8 IRC, Gold – 10 IRC.

Application for the Award and coupons with catles numbers should send to:
Fero Baracsi HA8MT Fuzesgyarmat, Beke utca 3/a H-5525, Hungary.

E-mail: ha8mt@freemail.hu






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