[CQ-Contest] Thanks to RAEM contest committee and R4IT

[ON5ZO ON5ZO]

It seems to become a tradition:
1) I enter the RAEM contest (last one 2017)
2) I win a plaque (z14 top score)
3) I thank the contest organizers and the people who sponsor plaques. R4IT in my case.

Once again a sincere THANK YOU to the RAEM people. Guys like me don't win much tangible (i.e. non-paper) trophies in DX contests.

And RAEM indeed is a real DX CW contest: distance based scoring is king! Working ZL on 40 is not just an easy three-pointer and a double mult. It's the jackpot from here in RAEM terms!

Not many true blue contest folks outside Russia play in this one, but there is a bunch of loyal participants from all over the globe and we all sure know why: it's FUN!

A little history about the origin RAEM here:
http://hamgallery.com/Tribute/RAEM/krenkel.pdf

About the contest:
http://raem.srr.ru/

I'd say: check it out and mark the calendar. Except for those in z14. Stay away from my turf!

73 de Franki ON5ZO = OQ5M
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