MRD 2016 Rules and Procedure

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Rules

Rules for Maritime Radio Day – MRD – 2016 Maritime Radio Day is held annually to remember nearly 90 years of wireless service to seafarers. From its beginnings in 1900, the service was in use mainly until the end of 1998.

Radio Officers of the former merchant marine are invited to subscribe on the following webpage!

http://www.seefunk-fx-intern.de/mrdaward/mrd_registry.php

Date: 14th April 12.00 GMT 15th April 22.00 GMT

Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m & WARC

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 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!

Results of MRD-NC will be published on MRD homepage – results

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!