Callsign R100AP dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Pokryshkin. He was a Marshal of the Sovet Air Force. And was made a Hero of the Soviet Unionon three separate occasions (24 May 1943, 24 August 1943, and 19 August 1944).

With A.Pokryshkin biography can be found at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pokryshkin

Callsign R100AP will work in air from 18 to 31 March 2013.

For the period from 18 to 29 March to QSO (SWL) with R100AP, and for QSO (SWL) with radioamateur of Komi Republic (R8X, R9X) will be issued award "100 years A.Pokryshkin". Founders award: RO DOSAAF Komi Republic and RO SRR Komi Republic.

To obtain the award must score 100 points.

QSO (SWL) with R100AP gives 20 points;

QSO (SWL) with R8XF R9XC R9XV gives 15 points;

QSO (SWL) with RA1QLD RA4NX RD8X RK9XWU RK9XXF RV9XL RX9XO UA9XCI/6 UA9XO UA9XW UA9XX gives 10 Points;

QSO (SWL) with R8XA R9XM R9XU R9XZ RA9XAF RA9XI RC8X RK9XS RM9X RT9X RU8X RV9XV UA9XBJ UA9XF UA9XL UA9XRV UA9XTL UB9XT gives 5 points;

The rest CALL of the Komi Republic gives 1 point each.

Repeated QSO (SWL) are resolved in different bands, and one band in different modes: CW, SSB, DIGI.

Application for award send to the R8XF on e-mail: srr-rkomi@yandex.ru or post: P.O.Box 841, Syktyvkar, 167000 Russia. Free award in PDF-format will be published on the site http://srr.komi.ru. For those need a degree in paper form, must be paid to the postage.

30-31 March R100AP will be work in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest.