MRD

Maritime Radio Day (MRD) is an Event held annually to commemorate the Era of nearly 90 years of manual maritime radio. It does only work in wireless telegraphy (WT). All hams are invited to take part and work especially with former radio officers of the merchant marine and navy. See page Rules for detailed information and take part in this only CW event.

The five Founders who started MRD are: Alfredo/ IK6IJF, Rolf/DL9CM, Guiliano/I1SAF, Olivier/F6DGU † and David/G3PLE

The  Maritime Radio Day will take place from 1200 UTC on April 14 to 2200 UTC on April 15 of each year.

The annual event commemorates nearly 90 years of wireless service for seafarers. Radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are welcome and should register in advance by April 1.

Stations such as coastal radio stations and ships may participate only if operated by former commercial or Navy operators, or by radio technicians who worked on the installation and/or maintenance of naval equipment. Former Merchant Marine Radio Operators or former Ship’s Electronic Technicians are encouraged to participate. Amateurs radio are welcome and they can register their partecipations as “Friend of MRD” (FOM).

All traffic must occur around the following international naval frequencies on amateur radio bands: 1824 kHz; 3520 kHz; 7020 kHz; 10,118 kHz; 14,052 kHz; 21,052 kHz, and 28,052 kHz. The primary working frequency is 14,052 kHz. There is no power limit. Participants exchange QSA (signal strength, 1-5), QRK (readability, 1-5), name, call sign of last or favorite ship/aircraft/maintenance company, and “additionally a tr, msg and/or a QTC, if you like.”

This anniversary edition will undoubtedly attract a lot of interest from all Morse fanatics.

  • Date: April 14 1200 UTC April 15 2200 UTC.
  • Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15 and 10m plus WARC.
  • Mode: CW only.
  • Output power: not limited.
  • Registration deadline: April 1 at midnight
  • Deadline for sending the log: May 1, 2021.

Starting from the year 2024, the management of the Maritime Radio Day has been entrusted to the ROA (Radio Officers Association) in U.K. , you can reach the ROA website by clicking here https://radioofficers.com/