Liberation of Bulgaria - special event station

Members of the Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA (LZ5A) will actiavte the special event callsign LZ130LO from January 1st to March 31st (2008).

Activity is to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman yoke by Russia. QSL to LZ1KZA via Bureau. QSLs are printed by Gold Print Service - http://www.lz3hi.com

A special award will be issued: European stations must establish 5 two-way contacts with LZ130LO on different bands or different modes, (for DX stations - 3 contacts). The same rules are for SWLs.

The fee for the Award is 5 EUROs or 10 IRCs. Mail to: Balkan Contest Club LZ1KZA, P.O. Box 36, 4300 Karlovo , Bulgaria.
Amateur radio stations from Russia and countries whose solders took part in Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, like part of the Russian army will receive the award free of charge. These countries are: Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,
Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.

For these 14 countries the awards will be sent to their national QSL Bureaus. Also, a QSO with LZ130LO counts
for 10 points towards the "St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award":
http://www.balkanclub.org/awards.htm

PLEASE NOTE -
See the following Web sites for info on the war:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_%281877%E2%80%931878%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_San_Stefano