NIKOLA TESLA AWARD & PLAQUE

Radio amateur Association of Serbia, in cooperation with Nikola Tesla memorial Museum in Belgrade, YU, www.tesla-museum.org is issuing the Award and the Plaque to commemorate 150-th anniversary of Nikola Tesla's birth, the world genius (inventor) of Serbian descent.

The Award, and the Plaque are issued for two-way/heard amateur radio contacts with stations from Serbia and Montenegro during 2006. Extra points are awarded to stations who established/heard contacts with stations holding special callsigns issued during 2006 on the occasion of this event.

This award is available to all amateur radio operators and SWL. The valid modes for Nikola Tesla award are: CW, SSB, all digital modes. Contacts established by repeaters (networked or standalone), do not apply for this award.

HF 1.8 MHz - 28 MHz
VHF 50 MHz - 24 GHz

Following calls counts 8 points per CW QSO and 4 points for all other modes:
"RADIO AMATEUR UNION OF SERBIA"

• YU0TESLA
• YT0TESLA
• 4N150NT
• YU150NT
• 4N0NT
• YU0NT
• 4N1856T

Following calls counts 4 points per CW QSO and 2 points for all other modes:
QSO WITH SPECIAL CALLS "150" OR TESLA SUFIX

• YU150AA etc,
• YU1TESLA etc

All other YU calls counts 2 points per CW QSO and 1 points for all other modes:

• YU1AA, YT7AB, YT6OX etc.

EME QSO count 20 points.

You are allowed to work same call on different band / mode.
Example: YZ150T ON 80, 40, 160 CW, SSB, PSK31, RTTY.

HF

• EU STATIONS: 200 PTS
• DX STATIONS: 100 PTS

VHF

• EU STATIONS: 50 PTS
• DX STATIONS: 20 PTS

HF

• EU STATIONS: 500 PTS
• DX STATIONS: 250 PTS

VHF

• EU STATIONS: 200 PTS
• DX STATIONS: 100 PTS

QSL cards are not required, only log data:
CALL, DATE, GMT, BAND, MODE, RST SENT/RCVD

Award fee:

3 IRC or US $4 (Please new IRC only)

Plaque fee:

15 IRC OR US$ 20

Please send your request to:

Savez radio-amatera Srbije
P.O.Box 48
11001 Beograd
Serbia & Montenegro

NOTE:

Participation in YU DX contest, (15/16 April 2006) www.yudx.net, KT KUP SRSCG (16 September 2006), offers excellent opportunity to collect number of points for this Award or Plaque.

VHF stations can achieve the same participating in number of VHF contests like UKT KUP SRS (first weekend in May), TESLA MEMORIAL (first weekend in July), IARU REGION 1 contest (first weekend in September), EME contests etc.

Radio amateur Association of Serbia
(YHR discusion group, 08.02.2006. godine)

Verzija na srpskom, Special calls