In order to celebrate the MIL.LENARI OF THE MONTSERRAT MONASTERY, and to publicize this event worldwide, to promote the preservation of the historical and natural environment of the monastery, and the contact between all radio amateurs, with the approval of the ABADIA DE MONTSERRAT 2025 FOUNDATION, the UNIÓ DE RADIOAFICIONATS DE CATALONIA – URCAT organizes this diploma on the following RULES:
The valid calls to obtain it are those listed below on the dates mentioned.
During the year 2025.
AN1ØØØMM
AO3MMM from january 11 to 20 - from february 1 to 10 - from march 1 to 10.
AM1ØØØMM from april 1 to 10 - from may 1 to 10 - from june 2 to 10.
AO1ØØØMM coming soon.
EH1ØØØMM coming soon.
During the year 2024.
AM1ØØØMM from October 01 to 10, November 01 to 08, December 01 to 10.
AO3MMM from September 07 to 30.
EH1ØØØMM November 09 &10.
Will be the initial call, the rest will be announced well in advance on the website for tracking and downloading the diploma that can be done at QSLManager
Duration: The special commemorative stations will be active from September 07, 2024 to December 08, 2025, the duration of the Millennium celebration.
Modalities: PHONE (ssb, fm, ...), DIGITAL (ft8, ft4, rtty, psk, ...) and CW.
Bands: HF, VHF and higher.
Awards: 3 types of diplomas will be awarded depending on the contacts obtained. To achieve them, the following requirements must be met:
•GOLD: to the 26 contacts.
•SILVER: to the 18 contacts.
•BRONZE: to the 10 contacts.
•PLATE: to the first 3 classified with the most contacts.
The diploma can be obtained by all duly authorized radio amateurs in the world Listeners (SWL) can request it until January 31, 2026. To send the plaques, the organizer will contact the mail that appears on the QRZ.com website.
Contacts will be valid on different days and bands with any of the callsigns. Contacts made on the same band and mode on the same day will be considered duplicates and will not count towards obtaining the diploma.
Repeater contacts will not be valid.
Satellite contacts are calculated by obtaining the diploma.
Any unforeseen question or doubt in the interpretation of these rules should be sent to contest@urcat.cat The organizing committee will resolve the case and its decision will be final. All participants in the diploma accept these rules.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MONTSERRAT MONASTERY
Next year, 2025, the millennium of the founding of the monastery of Montserrat by Oliba, abbot of Ripoll and Cuixà and bishop of Vic, will be celebrated.
Around the year 880 on the mountain of Montserrat there was already a small hermitage, but it was not until 1025 when a group of monks from Ripoll, sent by their abbot, built a Benedictine monastery next to the hermitage. Thus the monastery of Montserrat was born.
That the founder was the abbot and bishop Oliba, one of the most important promoters of peace during the Middle Ages, has deeply marked the monastery of Montserrat throughout its history. For a thousand years, Montserrat has wanted to be a place of welcome and meeting, a place of listening, understanding and peace. Not in vain, one of its main mottos has always been: Pax! A simple but profound motto.
Rooted to the earth and open to the world, grateful for the past and walking towards the future. This is the spirit with which the Montserrat monastery prepares to celebrate its first millennium of existence.
The valid calls to obtain it are those listed below on the dates mentioned.
During the year 2025.
AN1ØØØMM
AO3MMM from january 11 to 20 - from february 1 to 10 - from march 1 to 10.
AM1ØØØMM from april 1 to 10 - from may 1 to 10 - from june 2 to 10.
AO1ØØØMM coming soon.
EH1ØØØMM coming soon.
During the year 2024.
AM1ØØØMM from October 01 to 10, November 01 to 08, December 01 to 10.
AO3MMM from September 07 to 30.
EH1ØØØMM November 09 &10.
Will be the initial call, the rest will be announced well in advance on the website for tracking and downloading the diploma that can be done at QSLManager
Duration: The special commemorative stations will be active from September 07, 2024 to December 08, 2025, the duration of the Millennium celebration.
Modalities: PHONE (ssb, fm, ...), DIGITAL (ft8, ft4, rtty, psk, ...) and CW.
Bands: HF, VHF and higher.
Awards: 3 types of diplomas will be awarded depending on the contacts obtained. To achieve them, the following requirements must be met:
•GOLD: to the 26 contacts.
•SILVER: to the 18 contacts.
•BRONZE: to the 10 contacts.
•PLATE: to the first 3 classified with the most contacts.
The diploma can be obtained by all duly authorized radio amateurs in the world Listeners (SWL) can request it until January 31, 2026. To send the plaques, the organizer will contact the mail that appears on the QRZ.com website.
Contacts will be valid on different days and bands with any of the callsigns. Contacts made on the same band and mode on the same day will be considered duplicates and will not count towards obtaining the diploma.
Repeater contacts will not be valid.
Satellite contacts are calculated by obtaining the diploma.
Any unforeseen question or doubt in the interpretation of these rules should be sent to contest@urcat.cat The organizing committee will resolve the case and its decision will be final. All participants in the diploma accept these rules.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MONTSERRAT MONASTERY
Next year, 2025, the millennium of the founding of the monastery of Montserrat by Oliba, abbot of Ripoll and Cuixà and bishop of Vic, will be celebrated.
Around the year 880 on the mountain of Montserrat there was already a small hermitage, but it was not until 1025 when a group of monks from Ripoll, sent by their abbot, built a Benedictine monastery next to the hermitage. Thus the monastery of Montserrat was born.
That the founder was the abbot and bishop Oliba, one of the most important promoters of peace during the Middle Ages, has deeply marked the monastery of Montserrat throughout its history. For a thousand years, Montserrat has wanted to be a place of welcome and meeting, a place of listening, understanding and peace. Not in vain, one of its main mottos has always been: Pax! A simple but profound motto.
Rooted to the earth and open to the world, grateful for the past and walking towards the future. This is the spirit with which the Montserrat monastery prepares to celebrate its first millennium of existence.
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