RULE
AWARD REGI SOMMERGIBILI

 

A new diploma is presented in the vast world of the Royal Navy Award. Once again we wanted to represent and bring to historical evidence the contribution that our submarines and the heroic feats of the men of the sea who piloted these vehicles during the Second World War gave to our country.

Below you will find the regulation that partly takes up the regulation of the Royal Navy awards, but which differs substantially in that, instead of the letters there are a series of numbers preceded by the letter "S" which indicates SUBMARINE. Each number has been assigned a boat in alphabetical order of class.

Each operator station, will have to request accreditation at each appointment with the diploma and will be assigned a number (e.g. S-12), this will indicate the boat, which will vary from time to time with each participation.
This acronym is not fixed like the letters, but will vary at each radio appointment with the diploma, so as to allow everyone to acquire more boats to access the diplomas.

There are three diplomas (bronze, silver and gold) and they are acquired by connecting 15 submarines the bronze diploma, 25 submarines the silver diploma and 50 submarines the gold diploma.

At 75 submarines connected, you will be entitled to request the plaque, at 100 the trophy. Only these two awards are paid while the diplomas are issued free of charge.

During the year we will have only two appointments, one in February and the other in October, each of 7 days each, so as to give everyone the opportunity to connect the accredited stations and have the opportunity to access the diplomas. The methods will be the same as the Regia Marina award, they will be able to use the SSB, CW modes and the digital modes FT8/FT4 and RTTY. The bands in use are only the HF including the WARC. The VHF and UHF are excluded.

 

The A.R.M.I. Diploma called "AWARD REGI SOMMERGIBILI ITALIANI" was created to remember and commemorate the over 150 Italian boats that during the Second World War gave their contribution by sacrificing men and means for the glory of the Beloved Homeland. The Diploma can be obtained by all OM and SWL in the world.

PERIODS:
1st Period: first week of February
2nd Period: first week of October

ACCREDITED STATIONS
These are all the ARMI stations that will voluntarily accredit themselves. Each of them will be issued a serial number (*) that will be used only for that period.
(*) see list on the website

MODES
The following modes are allowed:
CW – SSB – DIGITAL (RTTY-FT8/FT4)

BANDS
All HF bands, according to the IARU Band Plan - excluding VHF, UHF.
PARTICIPATION:
All OM/SWL stations can participate

POINTS
Each connected numeric serial is worth one point.

CATEGORIES
There are FIVE categories: VOICE - MORSE - MIXED - DIGITAL - SWL
Only one contact with the accredited station is allowed for each single emission MODE (SSB-CW-DIGI) for the entire duration of the event. All connections in the various digital modes are worth only one contact.

DIPLOMA POINTS
There are five classes:
Bronze: 15 points;
Silver: 25 points;
Gold: 50 points;
Submarine Top Honour Plaque: 75 points
Submarine Diamond Cup: 100 points

CALL
The call will be as follows:
CW / DIGITAL: CQ CQ DE IT9MRM IT9MRM IT9MRM AWARD REGI SOMMERGIBILI ITALIANI K
FT8*: CQ SUB IT9MRM JM77
SSB: CQ CQ from IT9MRM – (ACCREDITATED STATION) CALL FOR THE DIPLOMA OF REGI SOMMERGIBILI ITALIANI.

REPORTS AND NUMBERS
Non-accredited stations will pass RST reports.
Accredited A.R.M.I. stations will pass RST reports followed by the assigned serial number.

PRIZES
All stations that will certify the connection with the accredited stations via log, will receive the diplomas in JPG format based on the requests received. The Diplomas will all be free.
For the request of the "Submarine Top Honour Plaque" and the "Submarine Diamond Cup" a flat fee of Euro 45 is foreseen.
Italian stations that wish to do so may send the contribution through the following methods:
- via "POSTEPAY" nr. 4023601045297900 in the name of Mattei Alberto;
- via "PAYPAL" to the following address it9mrm@gmail.com;
- BANK TRANSFER: IBAN IT46V0200884625000103416422 c/o UNICREDIT Augusta branch.

REQUESTS
The Diploma must be requested from the national Award manager:
IT9MRM Alberto Mattei - Via E. Millo, 20 - 96011 Augusta (SR) - Italy -
email: it9mrm@assoradiomarinai.it

LOGS
They must be in ADIF/CBR/TXT/DOC/XLS format.
The use of any electronic Log is permitted.