[CW] Maritime Radio Day 2017 - MRD 2017

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Announcement of MRD 2017 - open to all, but special stations will  be
operated by former radio officers, air, land and sea, those working
for electronics maintainance companies - like RCA or Marconi or
RadioHolland, ,etc.

MRD 2017 - MARITIME RADIO DAY - http://www.trafficlist.net/mrd/

Date: 14th April 12.00 GMT UNTIL 15th April 22.00 GMT
Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 30 m, 20m, 15m & 10m
Mode: CW only
Exchange QSA, QRK, name, callsign of last or favorite ship / aircraft
/ maintenance company QSA 1 .. 5, strength of receive signal QRK 1 ..
5, readability and additionally a TR, msg and/or a QTC if you like.


Maritime Radio Day 2017


The Maritime Radio Day is being held annually to remember the nearly
90 years of wireless service for seafarers. Since its beginning in
1900, Maritime Radio was in use mainly until the end of 1999.

The MRD is open to all Amateur Radio Stations. Special stations (like
Coastal radios and ship’s call signs) can participate to the MRD only
if operated by former Commercial or Navy operators, or by radio
technicians who worked in the installation and/or maintenance of naval
equipments.

If you are a former Merchant Marine Radio Operator or former ship’s
electronic Technician please subscribe to this event automatically
trough the following website
http://www.seefunk-fx-intern.de/mrdaward/mrd_registry.php or by
communicating your Amateur Radio callsign and last ship of last coast
radio you served to R/O Rolf Marschner at: dl9cm at t-online.de

We must to push many colleagues to take part at our yearly Event, last
year like in the past edition there has been a massive partecipation
with many colleagues not included in the list of partecipants and it
has been a very nice surpirse against any prevision. There are still
many Countries not reached by information about our Event and from
U.S.A.  – Unfortunately – still very few stations. Radio Officers are
the men spent their lives in front a receiver watching 500 kHz and
sending messages of any kind, our Category has gone but we know many
aspects of radio waves and we cannot refuse to look forward to confirm
the radio is still alive and in good health, the problem perhaps is
another, there are many reasons to kill the radio and they are not
properly justified by true facts but only using the famous word
“OBSOLETE” we hear every day and everywhere for promoting the
consumption of technological toys such as Smartphones, iPhones,
Tablets and so on.

Morse Code, the main language used by Radio Officers on ships and at
shore, has been the sole international language that granted for a
century radio communications at sea, nowadays used by many amateurs
radio needs to be protected against the interference due to Hi-tech
products and communications, the Radio World is made at first of Morse
communications and the code is easy to learn also if the tendency is
to send and receive Morse with computer… the wrost way to take
practice of the code, the code is not a digital mode it is a “very
special human way” to establish a communication between two points of
the Hearth with no wires and no computer, just a small, old and used
radio and a wire dipole or at least a piece of wire.

BST RGDS

MRD Staff

 Rules, Procedure and Certificate of partecipation

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  is 14052 kHz plus or minus some kc/s. The
WARC bands are NOT USED for MRD with exception of 30 meters band.

SPECIAL ADVISE FOR DX MRD STATIONS:
To give everyone a fair chance of having a QSO during the MRD, and
because 14052 kHz is the most common calling frequency, it is
suggested that we have a small band of  frequencies from 14055 to
14058 kHz  for DX and QRP stations. It is also suggested that instead
of calling CQ in “Contest Mode”, we give adequate time for weaker
stations to be heard and listen  expecially for DX contacts.
So please use the band suggested as watching band reserved to radio
stations in far distances.

– 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 address to : Rolf Marschner
Narzissenweg 10 53359 Rheinbach Germany or via e-mail:
dl9cm at 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’s call sign or progressive
number if you are only amateur! To subscribe free your partecipation
at the next Martime Radio Day send an e-mail to R/O Rolf MARSCHNER:
dl9cm at t-online.de or automatically subscription is possible and
preferred on the following website:
http://www.seefunk-fx-intern.de/mrdaward/mrd_registry.php

Video below for remembering the “Golden Age of Maritime Radio Communication”