[CVCC] Fw: Eu Sprint Contest 2005

[Ed Moore]

CVCC,

Upcoming EU Sprint info.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Spalluzzi" <marco.spalluzzi at orobiacom.it>
To: <marco.spalluzzi at orobiacom.it>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:11 AM
Subject: Eu Sprint Contest 2005


> Hello!
>
> This email is to invite all contesters to have a go in the European
> Sprint contests 2005. The phone contest is on Saturday 9th April
> and the CW leg is the following Saturday, 16th April.
>
> If you're wondering which software to use, DL2NBU's program has
> been written specially for this contest. It is very much like K1EA's CT,
> and it is FREE for download from the new Eu Sprint web
> site <http://www.eusprint.com>.
> SD by EI5DI, TRLog by N6TR, WriteLog, N1MM Contest Logger
> (and many others) all support the Eu Sprint, and if you prefer to log
> on paper, that's fine as well. We accept any fixed column ASCII
> file, too.
>
> So, we hope you will give the Sprints a try in April, and then send
> your logs to <eusprint at kkn.net>. The full Eu Sprint rules are shown
> below.
>
> 73 from the EU Sprint Gang
> G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD & 9A6XX
>
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>
> About Eu Sprint:
> - download the FREE software,
> - rules in English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portugese, Russian, Czech,
> German, Polish, Greek, Croatian
> - all past results from 1994,
> - download full logs and ubn reports,
> - all time records,
> - find more information about Log Checking,
> - and much more about the Eu Sprint....
> You will find everything here: <http://www.eusprint.com>
>
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>
> Eu Sprint Contest - 2005
>
> ENTRANTS: any licensed station may enter the Sprint. European stations can
> work everybody; stations outside of Europe can work only European
stations.
>
> CATEGORIES: Single Operator ONLY. Only ONE signal may be aired at one
> time. Low Power entries (up to 100W) will be indicated by an asterisk (*)
in
> the listing.
>
> DATES:
> EU SPRINT Spring:
> * SSB: second Saturday in April - 9 April 2005 - managed by G4BUO
> * CW: third Saturday in April - 16 April 2005 - managed by 9A6XX
> EU SPRINT Autumn:
> * SSB: first Saturday in October - 1 October 2005 - managed by I2UIY
> * CW: second Saturday in October - 8 October 2005 - managed by OK2FD
>
> TIME: from 15:00 UTC until 18:59 UTC.
>
> BANDS: 20, 40 and 80 metres only.
> Pilot frequencies are: SSB: 14.250, 7.050, 3.730. CW: 14.040, 7.025, 3.550
>
> EXCHANGE: all of the following data MUST BE PART OF THE EXCHANGE:
> a) your callsign,
> b) the other station's callsign,
> c) your serial number starting from 001 (RST not required),
> d) your name or nickname.
> Please note that BOTH stations MUST repeat BOTH callsigns DURING the
> exchange.
> A valid exchange is: "OK2FD de I2UIY 118 Paolo" while "OK2FD 118 Paolo" is
> NOT a valid exchange.
>
> SPECIAL QSY RULE: if any station initiates a call (by sending CQ, QRZ?,
> etc.), he is permitted to work ONLY one station on the same frequency. He
> must thereafter move AT LEAST 2 (two) kHz before he may call another
> station or before he may solicit again (CQ, QRZ?, etc.) other calls.
>
> VALID CONTACTS: valid contacts are QSOs correctly logged and confirmed.
> Each operator may use ONE and ONLY one name during the Sprint. If the
> exchange is copied incorrectly, that operator will receive zero (0)
points.
> In case of miscopied callsigns, both stations will receive zero (0) points
> for that QSO.
>
> SCORING: each valid QSO counts one 1 (one) point. The final score is the
> total number of QSOs.
>
> AWARDS: Colorful certificates will be issued to the winners of each
Sprint,
> and to the leaders in each country.
>
> EU SPRINT PLAQUE: A special plaque will also be awarded for the top
> three scores from all four contests combined. To be eligible for this
> award an operator must enter at least three of the Sprints in the
> year. Results will be forwarded as soon as possible to Leagues,
> magazines and bulletins.
>
> LOGS: a single chronological log is required. Please send us your log via
> email or on a floppy disk, if you use computer for logging. Use any of the
> available software or send a plain ASCII file. Eu Sprint is supported by
> all the major software (N6TR, Writelog, N1MM, SuperDuper and many
> others; see the software information on our webpage). Please send us
> the right files: for DL2NBU software, send yourcall.ASC; for N6TR
> software, send yourcall.DAT; for Writelog, send Cabrillo file.
> If you want the latest release of the DL2NBU software, you can download
> it from the new EU Sprint web site: <http://www.eusprint.com>.
> Log files must be sent NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to:
> <eusprint at kkn.net>. The receipt of your electronic log will be immediately
> confirmed. If you do not receive a confirmation within few hours, try
again
> or use the postal system.
> Disk logs, or paper entries must be posted NO LATER than 15 days after
> the contest to the appropriate address:
> * Spring  SSB Sprint: Dave Lawley, G4BUO, Carramore,  Coldharbour  Road,
> Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8EX, England, UK.
> * Spring CW Sprint: Hrvoje Horvat, 9A6XX, 25 Rujan 4, HR-52000 Pazin,
> Croatia.
> * Autumn SSB Sprint: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, P. O. Box 14, 27043 Broni
> (PV), Italy.
> * Autumn CW Sprint: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody 636, 674 01
> Trebic, Czech Republic.
>
> Thanks in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD & 9A6XX.
>
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