The Rules of the MARITIME COMMUNICATION DAY.
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1). Date and duration

1200 14th April 2007 to 1200 UTC 15th April.

2). Entry categories

a). Country Coast Station.

Each participating maritime nation will be able to run ONE station
representing their former main coast station E.g. GKA, PCH, DAN etc.

b). Single operator former Radio Officer

c). Multiple operator former Radio Officers only.

b). Single radio amateur.

c). Multiple operators. ( former Radio Officers not to operate for
more than 3 hours).

3). Bands

160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m

4). Mode

CW

5). Power 100w except for Country Coast Stations.

6). Exchange.

a). Radio Officers exchange RST plus callsign of last ship/aircraft
(if only operated at a coast station then the callsign of the coast
station followed by the last letter of own callsign). Categories B and
C must only use one ship call sign.

b). Radio amateurs RST and serial number ( multiple operator stations
using only one call sign).

7). 500kc/s SILENCE PERIODS WILL BE OBSERVED AND LOGGED.

8). Points.

Full exchange with Country Coast Station 5 points

Ship to ship callsigns 3
points

Ship to amateur or amateur to ship 2 points

Amateur to amateur 1 point

Multiplier

Each maritime nation contacted (includes flags of convenience Panama
etc.) a list of multipliers will be printed and on the web site.
Multipliers apply once only regardless of band worked.

Accuracy is important and 2 points will be deducted for inaccurate
ships call signs being logged, Failure to observe and log silence
periods will result in a deduction of 50 points and if persistently
noted may lead to disqualification. ( Check logs and referees will be
monitoring the bands).

9).Awards.

A certificate will be awarded to the operator(s) of the the stations
coming first second and third in each category.

10). Entries and logs.

All entries must be accompanied by the entry form which can be found
on the web site at www.xxx.xxx or obtained ny post from xxxxxxxx by
sending a stamped self addressed envelope.

Computer logs must be submitted to the organiser using ASCII text file
in the Cabrillo format. And submitted to xxxxx@............

Paper logs can be posted to ...

Logs must arrive by 1200UTC on date;...

Note ; silence periods have been included in this in order to provide
some recollection of the silence periods we used.

http://www.radiomaritimeday.org/

updated January 8th 2007