June 12-13, 2010.   Radioamateurs of the whole world to protect the nature and environment.

 

Within the framework of the annual worldwide nature protection action the Day of Activity, «WFF GreenDay 2010» is being organized. The radio-amateurs of the whole world are invited to join us by having QSOs with radio-stations working from territories of the national natural parks and reserves of the world – Especially Protected Nature Territories (EPNT) – included into the WFF Directory (see WFF Directory: http://www.wff44.com/en/list/).

 

Founder and organizer: Nature and Environment Protection Foundation «World Flora Fauna».

 

Motto: «Let’s save the green planet Earth!».

 

Radioamateurs of the whole world act together to save the nature and its environment by participating in the WFF activities and programs.

 

Radio amateur code 44! The figure «4» symbolizes four elements: the earth, water, air and fire.

 

Sending on air the radio amateur code in the form of 2 figures «44!», is the WFF Foundation’s motto. It became a kind of tradition of the thousands of hams from different countries of the world and it reflected their relation to the preservation of Planet Earth and to aspire to live together with nature.

It is always welcomed to send and receive «44» during QSOs with the WFF DX-peditions.

 

The world-wide partner: ACOM inc. www.acom-bg.com

 

 

1. UA6HPR QSL Print www.ruqsl.ru

2. Group of the companies «Base of Electronics» www.elbase.com

3. Dxsoft Company www.dxsoft.com/ru/products/

 

1. Forest Stewardship Council www.fsc.ru

2. World Wildlife Fund www.wwf.ru

3. International nature protection public organization «Green Peace» www.greenpeace.ru

1. Russian Flora Fauna

 

1. QTC-Magazine, Poland

 

 

Purposes and objectives:

1. Life preservation on the Earth Planet in all its varieties.

2. Carrying out of the international ecologic-educational, humanitarian and nature protection actions by drawing attention to:

- problems of especially protected natural territories; - preservation of declining kinds of flora and fauna on Planet Earth; - reducing the hotbed gases and emissions into the atmosphere.

3. The organization seeks to carry out ecologically responsible radio-expeditions in the form of a «Green Expedition» into especially protected natural territories of the different countries of the world by making and receiving QSOs with them.

4. Hams from the different countries of the world will abide by the rules of the WFF Awards, national Flora Fauna award programs, as well as organization of the national award and nature programs and joining the WFF Global Network.

5. Celebrating the second anniversary of the especially protected natural territories program – World Flora Fauna (WFF).

 

Date and time: June 12, 2010 12:00 UTC – June 13, 2010 11:59 UTC.

 

Modes: CW, SSB Bands: 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15 m, 12m, 10m.

 

1. A – MAGELLAN’S PENGUIN (Spheniscus magellanicus) – single operator, MIX (CW, SSB), HP;

2. A1 – CACHALOT (Physeter catodon) – single operator, MIX (CW, SSB), LP (100W or less);

3. A2 – KILLER WHALE (Orcinus orca) – single operator, CW;

4. A3 – BELUGA (Delphinapterus leucas) – single operator, SSB;

5. B – SNUBFIN DOLPHIN (Orcella brevirostris) – club-stations, MIX (CW, SSB);

6. C – NORTHERN FUR SEAL (Callorhinus ursinus) – youth club-stations (age 18 years old or less), MIX (CW, SSB);

7. D – WEASEL LEMUR (Lepilemur mustelinus) – SWLs, MIX (CW, SSB);

8. E – JAPANESE MACAQUES (Macacus fuscata) – single operator working under program WFF from territories of the national parks and reserves, MIX (CW, SSB); (1-st place special award - sponsored by ERFF Team);

9. E1 – WEASEL LEMUR (Lepilemur mustelinus) – single operator working under program WFF from territories of the national parks and reserves, MIX (CW, SSB), power – 100W or less;

10. E2 – GORILA (Gorilla) – single operator working under program WFF from territories of the national parks and reserves, CW.

11. E3 – RED WOLF (Cuon alpinus) – single operator working under program WFF from territories of the national parks and reserves, SSB;

12. F – JAGUAR (Panthera onca) – club-stations working from territories of the national parks and reserves under program WFF, MIX (CW, SSB). (Trophy donation 50$: RD3MA; for the 3-rd place - 1 000 QSL: YOFF Team) 

 

1. It is strongly recommended to the «GreenDay 2010» participants of the subgroups E, E1, E2 and F not having special call-signs will send ‘’/FF’’ (Flora Fauna) after a call-sign for correct identification of the WFF-stations.

2. It is recommended to the «GreenDay 2010» participants of the subgroups E, E1, E2 and F who have special call-signs, to use own (home) call-signs working before and after official part of the GD activity.

3. In order to promote the «green» ideas among international radioamateur community including among the participants of the subgroups E, E1, E2 and F, a separate competition will be arranged with a nomination «Green Expedition». If an expedition intends to be considered for a Green Expedition status, it will have to provide a real and feasible contribution in the Earth Planet preservation.

CQ-ing: It is recommended to send «CQ GreenDay» in SSB and «CQ GD» in CW.

 

Exchange Numbers: The stations working from territories of the national parks and reserves are sending RST (RS) and WFF directory number (for example 599 RFF120). It is not necessary to send a WFF directory number during each QSO, but at least once per 3 QSOs. It is also recommended to send a WFF directory number during CQ ing , for example «CQ de UE1WFF RFF120». All other participants will send RST (RS).

It is recommended to send «44» at the end of a QSO.

 

Conducting of QSOs (SWLs): QSOs with the same station during GreenDay are allowed on different bands and on the same band but in different modes. Mixed QSOs are not allowed. It is allowed to have normal QSO and to exchange ordinary information depending on the current situation. For SWLs any contact is accepted if both call-signs and exchange numbers are received.

 

- For the radio station working under the WFF Program from a territory of a national park or reserve – 1 point per each QSO;

- For the rest participants only QSOs with correspondents of the subgroups E, E1, E2 and F are allowed, i.e. with the radio-stations working under the WFF Program from the territories of the National Parks and Reserves. Each QSO – 1 point.

- Points for SWLs are the same.

- For QSOs with the radio-stations worked under the WFF Program from the territories of the National Parks and Reserves but not submitted their logs the points will be not given.

 

- For subgroups A, A1, A2, A3, B, C, D each QSO with each National Park or Reserve under the WFF Program gives one point for multiplier on each band once irrespective of a mode.

- For subgroups E, E1, E2, E3 and F a QSO with each DXCC-territory gives one point for a multiplier once on each band irrespective of a mode.

 

Scoring: The final score is a result of the total QSO points multiplied by the sum of multipliers.

 

Awards: Trophy – to the best in each subgroup of GreenDay 2010. The participants who have the highest score in each subgroup will be awarded by Diplomas. All participants of WFF expeditions will be awarded special Diplomas for participation in WFF GreenDays. A special prize will be given to a team in the F subgroup if they afterwards provide a full report (an article, photos or a video file) about that expedition. Besides, the sponsors provide special prizes – 3 grades plaques for the best WFF GreenDay expeditions, and free print-out of the WFF styled QSLs. All diplomas will be printed on an ecologically pure paper, and awards are made of secondary raw materials.

The WFF GreenDay 2010 Steering Committee could additionally award some outstanding participants.

 

Logs: Electronic logs for GreenDays are accepted in Cabrillo v3. format.

Logs samples could be found here: http://wff44.com/ru/contest/obrazec_otchetov/

Logs in manually written forms are accepted but not welcomed.

Stations declaring themselves in subgroups E, E1, E2 and F have to provide evidence to validate they are working from the territory of a National Park or Reserve during GreenDay 2010 (photos, a letter from management, tickets, GPS data, APRS data, etc.).

Logs sending deadline: 30 days after the GreenDay 2010 end.

 

It is recommended to use AAtest program (RZ4AG), a detailed description could be found here: http://www.wff44.com/ru/contest/-po/

 

 

1. Green Expedition. With an aim to promote the WFF Fund’s «green» ideas through world radio amateur community, as well as among the GreenDay participants in subgroups E, E1, E2, E3, F a separate competition in nomination Green Expedition will be held. The teams of participants or the single participants applying for status «Green Expedition» should provide during their expedition a real and feasible contribution to protection and preservation of the Earth Planet, for example:

• to plant a tree or other green plantings;

• to organize dust cleaning in woods, parks, on the coasts of rivers, lakes and in other natural territories (please, fix the weight data in kg);

• to make feeding troughs for birds or animals;

• to use an ecological way of movement (the pedestrian, vessel boat, bicycle, trip bus, non-polluting car/hybrid);

• to use pure renewed energy sources – wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and hydropower – as primary energy sources for which the wind, water and the Sun are serving;

• to establish «guardianship» over a bird or an animal in any EPNT;

• to render any other help.

If an expedition intends to be considered for a Green Expedition status, it will be necessary to specify within their report which action on the Earth Planet preservation has been undertaken by participants and to outline a written acknowledgement from the EPNT management confirming the fact of the real contribution (to specify what), as well as photos or video materials from a place of events.

 

2. «Guardianship of the Amur tiger». We invite the GreenDay 2010 participants and hams from different countries of the world to make a feasible contribution and to take part in the World action «Guardianship of the Amur tiger». Donations from 5$ and above through PayPal system for foreign hams and through the postal order for Russian hams are accepted.

Lists of all world donors will be specified on a site http://www.wff44.com. A special participant certificate will be e-mailed to each donor. All received funds will be contributed to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for preservation of the Amur tiger population (2010 – year of the Tiger). The Amur Tiger is listed in the Red Book as a tiger-child – over which a «guardianship» will be established in one of the Russian Far East reserves – will be given a name «Flora».

    

3. Competition of QSL-cards «QSL – GreenDay 2010». Competition on the best and original QSL-card of WFF-expedition GreenDay-2010 which will personify as much as possible a natural landscape of territory of the country of the participant and its inhabitants from the flora and fauna world is held, and also to bear the ecologic-educational information and the information about EPNT.

 

4. Video-competition «Video – GreenDay 2010». Competition on the best amateur video film or a plot about a GreenDay-2010 Day of activity is held.

 

5. TV-competition «TV – GreenDay 2010». Competition on the best professional TV plot (a news plot) about a GreenDay-2010 Day of activity prepared by professional TV companies is held.

 

6. Photo-competition «Photo – GreenDay 2010». Competition on the best photo about a GreenDay-2010 Day of activity on following themes is held:

flora;

fauna;

a photo of a unique corner of the nature;

a night photo on the nature;

a working field position in EPNT;

a photo of a Team and participants;

the best photomontage (design) of the WFF abbreviation and 44 figures.

 

For the GreenDay 2010 participants it is welcomed: to send reports (articles, stories) in any form, wishes and impressions (personal comments); photos, video and audio records of on air working; to send electronic logs in ADIF format for WFF expeditions for all time of stay including activity by personal call-signs; eco-education in mass-media: TV- and radio-programs, plots, interviews, articles in newspapers; to press QSL on a non-polluting paper.

 

Address for the logs and other materials sending: GreenDay2010@mail.ru.

 

Address for questions and information: E-mail: ra1zz@mail.ru.

 

Post address: WFF GreenDay 2010 Steering Committee, P.O.Box 44, Balashikha-10, Moskovskaya oblast, 143910, Russia

 

Vasily Sukhanov, RA1ZZ/3 (Chairman);

Igor Tolstosheev, RA3XDX (Vice-Chairman);

Artemy Abramov, RD3MA (Vice-Chairman).

 

Vasily Sukhanov, RA1ZZ/3;

Valery Sushkov, RW3GW/3;

Artemy Abramov, RD3MA.