[SEDXC] Announcement; RAEM Contest This Weekend

[John Laney]

Hello all:  Below find an announcement of the RAEM contest this weekend. 
  QRZ.COM will give your mailing address coordinates so you can complete 
the exchange of serial # and coordinates.  This is a fairly well 
supported contest in Russia and there is always a lot of 80M activity. 
I call this to your attention particularly because the WA7BNM web page 
sends you to a page that is all in Russian and this link will give you 
the rules in English.  RAEM was the ham call of Ernesk Krenkel, a radio 
operator hero of the Soviet Arctic, who was given the commercial call 
sign he used during the Arctic expedition as a reward for his heroism. 
I worked him on a number of occasions and have his QSL in my collection. 
  73, John, K4BAI.

Dear Friend,

Year 2008 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 28th of 
December 2008. The Contest Rules are available on SRR web site at 
http://www.srr.ru/CONTEST/cup_raem_engl_08.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