MRD 2016, frequencies, rules and certificate

Frequencies, Rules and Procedures for Maritime Radio Day 2016

All traffic must to be done around the following International Naval Frequencies on Amateur Radio Bands (morse code)
1824 kHz
3520 kHz
7020 kHz
10118 kHz
14052 kHz
21052 kHz
28052 kHz
The Main working frequency considering the participation of many stations from USA, VK and ZL area is 14052 kHz plus or minus some kc/s and WARC bands are no considered for MRD with exception of 30 meters band.
– Date: 14th April 12.00 GMT 15th April 22.00 GMT
– Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 30 m, 20m, 15m & 10m
– Mode: CW only
– Power: not limited
– QSO: Exchange QSA, QRK, name, callsign of last or favorite ship / aircraft / maintance company *. QSA 1 .. 5, strength of receive signal QRK 1 .. 5, readability and additionally a tr, msg and/or a qtc if you like
– Silence Periods: need no longer be observed
– Deadline for submission of MRD logs is 1st of May.
– Certificate of participation ( CoP): SWL’s – send a complete log to be able to verify qso data by selection. Licenced operators – send a postcard / letter or e-mail with number of QSOs with – ship stations – coast stations – special stations – other Amateurs contacted. Send your application with data and your email adress to :
Rolf Marschner
Narzissenweg 10
53359 Rheinbach
Germany
or via e-mail: dl9cm@t-online.de
Certificate is only available by e-mail!
– QSL cards: Each participant manages their own QSL cards. There is no QSL manager.
– General Comment: Coastal radios and ship’s callsigns should be operated only by former Commercial or Navy operators and from radio technicians who worked in the brand of installation and in the maintenance of coastal and ship’s radios equipments and antennas.

“Procedure” Example QSO :

cq mrd cq mrd cq mrd de dl9cm dl9cm dl9cm k
dl9cm de ik6ijf gm rolf QSA5 QRK 5 hr is alfredo shipname/icjr or last ship was icjr k
ik6ijf de dl9cm gm alfredo QSA 5 QRK 5 op rolf shipname/dlcm or last ship was dlcm
ik6ijf de dl9cm tnx 73 .-.-
or put details in a telegram like this :
Origin nr xx ck zz date time = address = qsa x qrk y shipname call = signature+ or similar
The above are only examples . You may send different content, but the least you must include are QSA, name, ship call sign or number!
To subscribe free your partecipation at the next Martime Radio Day send an e-mail
to R/O Rolf MARSCHNER: dl9cm@t-online.de
or automatically subscription is possible on the following website:
http://www.seefunk-fx-intern.de/mrdaward/mrd_registry.php

***Last day for registering is April 10th at midnight***