Rules of the ham radio award action „No More War” On 1st September 1939 at 4.45, the German armoured cruiser Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish military outpost on Westerplatte in Gdańsk. Although German bombers had launched a bomb attack on the city Wieluń 10 minutes earlier, that event is generally considered to be the beginning of the Second World War. Without having declared war, Germany attacked Poland from the West, the North and the South.
On 17th September, on the basis of the secret pact Ribbentrop-Mołotow, without having declared war neither, Poland was attacked by the Soviet Russia at the whole Eastern border. Despite the formal declaration of war, directed to Germany by its allies – France and Great Britain, regular forces of the Polish Army were fighting until 6th October, without any help. In order to honour that heroic defensive war and to reminisce about the main places of fight, the rules of this award have been established – with the motto „NO MORE WAR”. 1. The award action „No More War” is being organised for honouring the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe and for paying homage to the heroic Defensive War 1939, and it will last from 1st September until 6th October 2009. 2. On that occasion, 24 special event stations will be active: 21 stations with suffixes containing one letter and 3 stations with suffixes NMW. 3. The special event stations will be active on various HF and VHF bands (on various modes). 4. Polish stations claiming for the award „No More War” should make contacts with special event stations. With the suffixes of their callsigns - containing one letter, one should compose the slogan „No More War”. In case when one letter for composing the slogan is missing - a contact with any station with the suffix NMW will be valid instead, in conformity with the rules of the award. 5. Foreign stations claiming for the award „No More War” should make contacts with special event stations. With the suffixes of their callsigns - containing one letter, one should compose the slogan „No More War” or make contacts with 3 special event stations with the suffix NMW. In case when some letters for composing the slogan are missing - contacts with stations with the suffix NMW will be valid instead, in conformity with the rules of the award. 6. After having made contacts with all 24 stations, one will be awarded the sticker „excellent”. In order to be awarded that sticker, one should submit an extract from the logbook. 7. Short wave listeners claiming for the award „No More War” should listen to contacts of stations active during the action. The rules of the award „No More War” are identical with the rules concerning ham radio senders. 8. Claims with the exact surface mail address of the claimer should be sent via e-mail or by post to the mail address of the organiser. 9. The award is free of charge. 10. The action is financially supported by the Ministry of National Defence. 11. Any kind of assistance at the action is welcome.
Wiesław SQ5ABG is the author of the concept, and Czesław SP2UKB is the coordinator of the whole action. Organisers The website of the award action „No More War”: www.pzk.org.pl/nomorewar E-mail: nmw@pzk.org.pl Address: Sekretariat ZG PZK, ul. Modrzewiowa 25,
85-613 Bydgoszcz Bank account: 33144012150000000001950797 Appendix: list of the callsigns of stations involved in the award action „No More War”: HF70N, HF70O, HF70M, HF70R, HF70E, HF70W, HF70A, SN70N, SN70O, SN70M, SN70R, SN70E, SN70W, SN70A,SO70N, SO70O, SO70M, SO70R, SO70E, SO70W, SO70A, HF70NMW, SN70NMW, SO70NMW
Translation: Paweł Zakrzewski SP7TEV | 
