What is Via Transilvanica?
Via Transilvanica is a long-distance trail for walking, cycling, and horse riding. It is about 1400 kilometers long and crosses Romania from Putna (in the North-West part of Moldova) to Drobeta Turnu-Severin, a city in the Western part of Wallachia, passing through more than 400 communities.
Most of it crosses Transylvania, hence the name. Via Transilvanica is inspired by other long-distance trails around the world, such as the El Camino, Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail.
Via Transilvanica is a journey of courage because it makes us rediscover landmarks and talk about who we really are, from Danube’s shores to the mountain ridges.
For more information about Via Transilvanica, please visit:
The Traveler’s Guide on Via Transilvanica and
About us (viatransilvanica.com)
The Guide is available in English, Romanian, Hungarian and German.
The special station callsign to celebrate the event is
YR1400VT
PERIOD: From December 2022 to June 30, 2023.
MODES: SSB and CW.
CW speed: 14 wpm or less. We don't use CW decoder.
BANDS: Contacts can be made
using the
following bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m,
20m, 17m, 15m, 10m and 6m.
A slot is a radio contact in the same band, mode and month.
A radio contact in the same band and mode can be repeated during the following month. It counts only once per month.
There are 119 SLOTS as shown in the table below, 17 slots for each month, beginning with December 2022, ending in June 30, 2023.
AWARDS
There are four different categories, depending on the number of slots (or SWL reports in the case of Short Waves Listeners).
1. BRONZE DIPLOMA:
For european stations at least 7 contacts with the station YR1400VT in different bands/modes/months (7 different slots).
At least 4 different slots for stations from other continents.
2. SILVER DIPLOMA:
For european stations at least 14 contacts with the station YR1400VT in different bands/modes/months (14 different slots).
At least 8 different slots for stations from other continents.
3. GOLD DIPLOMA:
For european stations at least 21 contacts with the station YR1400VT in different bands/modes/months (21 different slots).
At least 12 different slots for stations from other continents.
4. SWL DIPLOMA:
At least 50 contacts received in 3 or more different bands, minimum 10 QSOs per band. Altogether at least 50 QSOs received. The SWL log must be sent via e-mail according to the requests below.
- Diplomas will be available for free in PDF format via e-mail.
- You will receive it in 30 days after request, only if you meet the conditions for obtaining the diploma and fill out the log correctly.
- All the diplomas will indicate the name and callsign of the requestor.
- A special Diploma will be awarded to all stations that will have completed all 17 main slots (9 bands/2 modes).
- Each band/mode/month contact counts only once, duplicate contacts during the period of the same month are not taken into account. Repeated QSOs are recommended if you are not sure that the QSO was made properly.
REQUESTS:
- Logs are required to be sent in cabrillo format to yr1400vt@yahoo.com after March 10, 2023, but not later than July 10, 2023, and the diploma will be sent to the requester by email. If it is dificult for you to send it in cabrillo format, you can use Microsoft Word or a screenshot (print screen) of the log.
- The log MUST show the following information for each contact: correct date and time in UTC, frequency (or band), call sign, exchange sent, and exchange received.
- The QSOs must be written in chronological order.
- Logs submitted after July 10, 2023 are not eligible for awards.
- The log can also be written with Notepad in a TXT file, attached inside the e-mail. The title of the file can be the callsign,
- SWLs will also send their logs until July 10, 2023, to yr1400vt@yahoo.com and their diploma will be sent by email. They must specify their SWL callsign, name, surname and also the complete callsigns received for each QSO.
Sample of log:
START-OF-LOG: 3.0
CALLSIGN: YO1XXX
NAME: [....]
EMAIL: [.....]
QSO: 28000 SSB 2023-06-05 1316 YO1XXX 59 YR1400VT 59
QSO: 7000 CW 2023-06-09 1929 YO1XXX 599 YR1400VT 599
QSO: 14000 SSB 2023-06-10 1037 YO1XXX 59 YR1400VT 59
[. . .all the QSOs made with YR1400VT until the request.... ]
QSO: 21000 SSB 2023-06-14 1839 YO1XXX 59 YR1400VT 59
QSO: 14000 CW 2023-06-30 1444 YO1XXX 599 YR1400VT 599
END-OF-LOG:
