The "Maritime Radio Telegram Award" is given to licenced radio amateurs, shortwave 
        listeners and former radio officers of the merchant marine and navy. It remembers to
        the era of wire telegraphy and its usage in the maritime mobile service. Museum ships
        and other institutions of maritime radio may obtain the award by an offical request.


        Radio Amateurs and short wave listeners have to:

        1) Build coast station call signs (3 letters) out of the amateur callsigns
           data from at least three different countries where coast stations have been 
           working in the past.
           
           The call signs to form must denote one station from each of the continents:
          
                North America      Europe     Asia
                C&S America         Afria     Australia

        2) Connections to own country of the applicant did not count, except special 
           stations with maritime relation. See in chapter 'forms'.
 
        3) Only data from Morse Code connections count.

        4) Only data for connections after 24th September 1900 count
           (Date of the first radio contact Cuxhaven - Helgoland)

        5) Connections to Prof. Braun Day DL0PFB,  Lizard GB2LD, 
           Poldhu GB2GM and Villa Griffone IY4FGM count as 'Joker' 
           and might replace a complete coaststation call, but only 
           once. All qso are given points for competion, Joker stations 
           count for multiplyers.

        6) Call signs might be found in http://www.seefunker.de

        Former Radio Officers and operators of maritime radio in the merchant 
        marine or navy get the award on request by sending a copy of their
        radio certificate.

        7) Send your application and 10 Euro or 10 US Dollars in cash. 
           From outside Europe please add 5 Euro for postage -

           Prof. Braun Day
           c/o Juergen Gerpott
           Nordfeldstraße 24/96
           D 27476 Cuxhaven
           Germany

        8) Give a Fairplay statement

        9) The award fee is to payed for forewarding and handling. Money in excess
           is used for Prof. Braun Day and its efforts in preserving the history
           of wireless.

        For printout of rules and formulars please look at chapter "Forms"