===== UV1IA - Jul 27, 1967 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) =====
"Nobody's forget, nothing' s forget" was the official Motto to this epochal event
Here is memorable for me Note list from hotel "Oktjabrjskaja" with participants' signatures for UQ2PN:
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1967 Jul 27th - Memorial signatures from most of participants in 1st former USSR HF presence Team Contest. Below is OCR version of text in alphabetic order
1967.07.27 - Hotel Oktjabrskaja, St. Peterburg - For UQ2PN: UA3ALE, UA3ATF, UA3BV, UB5ESQ, UB5KHG, UC2BA, UD6DA, UG6AD, UH8ABB, UH8AWB, UH8KAA, UI8ATC, UI8BBN, UI8BCS, UJ8AAT, UJ8AAZ, UJ8KAJ, UL7AHY, UM8-8463, UO5GD, UO5WGZ, UP2AY, UP2BJ, UP2...,(YL), UQ2-22470, UQ2AQ, UR2OP, UR2OV, UR2PA, UW3FL, UW3HH, UW3KAX, UY5RR.
Contest was like WRTC now. 17 teams - 15 former Soviet Republics + Moscow + Leningrad (each Team had 3 OPs no older of age 28). We drowed lots near s/s Aurora to choose our Calls and Locations in Leningrad City Gardens, Parks and Squares. Equipment was identic for all Teams - Military "P-109" FM Transceivers <4 W Output for 28 Mc with slopped ~30m wire antenas.
Each Team was followed by local Referee, he allowed to dislocate each Team member Equipment in radius <=100 m. Our Latvian Team dislocation was on Vassilyevsky Island Park/Square grass. Contest time was 11:00-14:59 local time - four 60 min frames in four hours. Paper Logs were manually checked by referies immediately after the Contest.
Individual Winner V. Franguljan from Azerbaijan (~UD6AD?) had 111 confirmed QSOs (of 4 x 48 = 192 possible) and 46 of 48 possible multipliers (different calls).
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Latvian Team: :
UV1IA (17th of 51 positions) - UQ2PN - (nw YL2PN),
UV1IB (2nd of 51 positions) - UQ2AQ (nw YL2AQ),
UV1IC (23rd of 51 positions) - UQ2-22470 - (nw YL2RM)
was the Team competition winner - next were Azerbaijan and Bielorus teams.
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Here we are (on back cover of magazine "RADIO" 1967 November issue) - pretty YL from Lithuania team searching map of Leningrad and right to her - Leonid - UV1IC (now YL2RM) screwing Soviet army P-109 transceiver head phone and mic set. In background - legendar Cruiser "Aurora" on Neva river in St. Peterburg.
