“Ernst Krenkel Memorial” – International Contest RAEM

Year 2009 end is fast approaching meaning that the most memorable event for all true CW Operators is coming: “Ernst Krenkel Memorial” – International Contest RAEM . The uniqueness of the contest is in non-trivial number exchange that requires operators to show their true CW skills.

We invite you to participate in this exciting event. If you love CW please come on the air and support the contest. Even if you can’t spend all of the 8 hours please consider making a part time effort - that will be greatly appreciated by all contest participants. Taking a part in the contest will be one more opportunity to pay tribute to the famous polar explorer/radio operator Ernst Krenkel. The Contest Committee is looking forward to receiving your log, that will help with more accurate scoring and decision on the contest winners.

The contest will take place from 02:00 till 09:59 UTC on the 27th of December 2009. The Contest Rules are available on SRR web site at
http://www.srr. ru/CONTEST/ cup_raem_ engl_09.php
or on the contest home page
http://www.raem. qrz.ru/contest/ raem_2009/ rules_eng_ 2009.php

We are pleased to announce that special category awards will be given this year in addition to the awards in the main contest categories. The plagues will be awarded in the following special categories:

RAEM Memorial station
SINGLE-OP YL
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND ARCTIC CIRCLE
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND UKRAINE
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH ASIA (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH EU RUS
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND GERMANY
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND ES EU LY YL
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND SCANDINAVIA
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW EU RUS
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW EU (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL LOW ASIA (NO RUSSIA)
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND AFRICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND N.AMERICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND S.AMERICA
SINGLE-OP ALL BAND VK ZL OCEANIA
SINGLE-OP 20M EU RUSSIA
SINGLE-OP 20M EU (NO RUSSIA)
MULTI-ONE WORLD (NO RUSSIA)

We do realise that a single station may be eligible for more than one award: in a main and in a special category. Should this happen the station will receive one award only and will be awarded with a plaque reflecting the highest achievement. The special category plaque will be awarded to the station with the next highest score.

The full list of all awards, the award sponsors and the photos of the sponsors are available on the following web page (sorry, in Russian only).

http://www.raem. qrz.ru/contest/ raem_2009/ raem_donor_ 2009.php

Software supporting this contest:
TR4W: http://tr4w. qrz.ru/
N1MM Logger: http://www.n1mm. com
AALog: http://www.dxsoft. com/aatest. zip

Your comments and photos are very welcome.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and see you in the contest.
73!
RAEM Contest Committee

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