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Radio Maritime Communication Day
1200UTC 14th April to 1200UTC 15th April 2007
Merchant Marine Radio Officers World Wide Event
This event is to remember Merchant Marine Radio Officers, their past at
sea and to support the future of W/T for New Generations, Merchant Navy
Radio Officers will be active on HF bands on the 14th and 15th April for
this special event:
"RADIO MARITIME DAY".
(DRAFT)
1). Date and duration
1200UTC 14th April to 1200UTC 15th April 2007
2). Entry categories
a). Country Coast Station.
Each participating maritime nation will be able to run stations representing
their former main coast station E.g. GKA, PCH, DAN etc. The number of
radio-stations for each country is open.
a). Single operator former Radio Officer
b). Multiple operator former Radio Officers only.
c). Single operator radio amateur.
d). Multiple operators. (Former Radio Officers not to operate for more
than 3 hours).
3). Bands
160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m
Frequencies Draft List
(Plus / minus 5kc/s)
1824 khz, 3520 kHz, 7020 kHz, 14052 kHz, 21052 kHz, 28052 kHz
4). Mode
CW
5). Power
100w except for Country Coast Stations.
6). Exchange.
a). Radio Officers exchange RST plus callsign of last ship (if only operated
at a coast station then the callsign of the coast station followed by
the last letter of own callsign).
Categories B and C must only use one ship call sign.
b). Radio amateurs RST and serial number (multiple operator stations using
only one call sign).
7). 500kc/s SILENCE PERIODS WILL BE OBSERVED AND LOGGED.
Silence periods: H+15 To H+18 And H+45 To H+48
Note - silence periods have been included in order to provide some recollection
of the silence periods they used and to make it as authentic as possible.
8). Points.
Full exchange with Country Coast Station 5 points
Ship to ship callsigns 3 points
Ship to amateur or amateur to ship 2 points
Amateur to amateur 1 point
Multipliers
Each maritime nation contacted (includes flags of convenience Panama,
Liberia etc.) a list of multipliers will be printed and on the web site.
Multipliers apply once only regardless of band worked.
9).Awards.
A certificate will be awarded to the operator(s) of the stations coming
first second and third in each category.
10). Entries and logs.
All entries must be accompanied by the entry form which can be found on
www.radiomaritimeday.org
For more information please visit the website at www.radiomaritimeday.org
Source: Wireless
Institute of Australia
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