[CW] Annual Maritime Radio Day 14 April 1200 UTC - 15 April 2200 UTC

[David J.J. Ring, Jr.]

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
equipment.

MRD Maritime Radio Day is being held annually to remember to nearly
100 years of wireless service for seafarers. Since its beginning in
1900 it was the most important communication service until the end of
1998. The date of MRD should remember to the Titanic-disaster in 1912.
Former Wireless operators of the merchant marine, fisheries and coast
stations are requested to register.

Date: 14th April 1200 UTC 15th April 2200 UTC
Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15 & 10m plus WARC
Mode: CW only
Output power: not limited
QSO-Exchange QRK, name, call sign of last or favourite ship / coast
station / aircraft / maintenance company and additional: travel
report, msg and/or qtc if you like.
Deadline of registering: 1st of April at midnight, deadline of logs: 1st
of May
Certificate of participation (CoP) SWL have to sent a complete log to
be able to verify QSO data by selection. Licensed operators send
either a log as .doc or .pdf, or an e-mail with number of ships,
coast, special and hams contacted. Do not send files with .adi, .txt
or .xls


Logs sent by Postcards or letters send to:

Rolf Marschner
Narzissenweg 10
53359 Rheinbach
Germany

Certificate is available only by e-mail!

Results of MRD will be published on MRD homepage "Resultlists of MRD"

QSL cards: Each participant manages his QSL card. There is no QSL manager!

For registering click left on button “Please register” or use
following link: http://....... .seefunker.eu

End of registration is April 1st at midnight
General Comment:
Coast station- and ship callsigns could be operated only by former
Radio Officers, Operators of Coast Stations and from Radio Technicians
worked in the branch of installation and maintenance of coastal and
ship radio equipment and antennas. Companies as they are RAMAC, DEBEG,
SAIT etc.

Radio amateurs start with Nr. 001