The organizer of the contest is Soyuz Radiolyubiteley Rossii (Union of radio Amateurs of Russia).
Soyuz Radiolyubitelei Rossii (Union of Radioamateurs of Russia) have the honor to invite all radio amateurs from around the world to participate in the 51 annual RAEM International DX Contest – in December, 2023.
The RAEM contest is organised by «Soyuz Radioljubitelej Rossii» (Union of Radioamateurs of Russia) in memory of Ernst Krenkel (1903-1971) – famous polar investigator and radio communications operator (callsign RAEM), Hero of the Soviet Union, chairman of the USSR Radiosport Federation (1959-1971), and the first chairman of Central Radio Club of the USSR. Beginning in 1924, Krenkel was a pioneering member and main radio operator of many Russian Arctic winter research expeditions, as well as a veteran of the Russian Arctic polar station «North Pole-1» and numerous other Arctic marine expeditions.
RAEM International DX Contest is recognized by IARU.