The diploma
Baikal Winteriada 2007

The diploma is issued by The Irkutsk Award Group.
The diploma is issued in connection with the 5th Baikal Winteriada - The International Baikal Nordic Games Festival of extreme kinds of winter sports (among them: - a ski transition over Baikal lake, 190 km on skates over the ice of the lake, races on snowmobiles, a dog sledding, fishing from under the ice etc.) Within the schedule of the Winteriada 2007 a station on ice of Baikal lake (GL OO21KT) will work on bands.
There will be 60cm of ice (2 feet) and 1000 meters (3300 feet) water depth under the station. The special station UE0SZB (Siberia Zimniada Baikal) will work from there. "Zimniada" is "Winteriada" in Russian.
(The winter is mild at lake Baikal this year and the thickness of the ice is not as thick as the last year. So we cannot say the date when station will be on bands. But it will be by all means during several days within the period of the Winteriada 2007. We publish an additional information as we get it.)

During the time when the Winteriada is held ( February, 23 2007 till March, 12, 2007) radio stations with special callsigns will work:

UE0SZB	On the ice of lake Baikal		QSL via RZ0SB
UE0SZI	Irkutsk city	CORA#3801	QSL via RZ0SB
UE0SZA	Angarsk city	CORA#3803	QSL via UA0SE
UE0SYY	Baikal National Park: RFF-136	RDA: IR-26	QSL via RZ0SB

Terms of the diploma
Two QSOs with special stations or 1 with a special station and 2 stations from Irkutsk area (UA0S..) must be provided during the time of Winteriada (from 23 Feb 2007 year(including) till 12 Mar 2007 year(including).
HAMs who make the most number of QSOs with special stations and stations of Irkutsk area will be marked by prizes. For this nomination we need your extract from the log sent before March 31, 2007. Via email - OK.
An application for the award only can be sent during 2007 year.
Valid QSOs are - at any bands and with any modes. Repeated QSOs are permitted on different bands and with different modes and at different days. (E.g. one can work everyday with the same Irkutsk station and get one point for every QSO per day.) The diploma could be got by SWLs at the same terms.
Send an extract from the log and 6 IRC (or green stamps) to get diploma.
Prizes are free.
The address of the award-manager:
Arkady Erbaev - RZ0SB
P.O. Box 285, Irkutsk, 664033, RUSSIA

E-mail: rz0sb@angara.ru

PLEASE NOTE:
If one has completed terms for the award he/she can send us an electronic application for the award.
Send us an electronic version of the application and the paper version.
As far as we get the electronic version of the application we will reserve the award number.
When we get the paper application and the payment we shall issue the award and send it.