[CW] G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest 7th Sept 23:00 UTC to 9th Sept 23:00 UTC

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

CQ: Everyone is invited!  Bring your straight key!

FISTS Announces this year's G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key
Contest<http://www.fists.org/operating.html#straightkey>
.

FISTS North America G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest <
http://fists.org/operating.html#straightkey> .  starts on Friday 7th
September 23:00 UTC and runs until Sunday 9th September 23:00 UTC.

*FISTS Headquarters UK* Web Page (Europe, Africa, Middle East)
http://fists.co.uk/
*FISTS USA* Web Page (North and South America) http://www.fists.org/
*FISTS Down Under* (Australia, New Zealand, Oceania)
*FISTS East Asia* Web Page (East Asia) http://www.feacw.net/

*G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest*


The International G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest will be *2300Z
September 7 through 2300Z September 9, 2012*. Everyone is welcome to
participate, but only the logs of those using straight keys for all claimed
contacts are eligible for awards.

*BANDS: *
Operation is limited to 3.5, 7, 14, 21, and 28 MHz amateur bands. No WARCs.
Work stations only once per band.

*ENTRY CLASSES:*
There are three entry classes:
QRO: QRP: Club: Entry class MUST be shown on logs to be considered for
entry in a particular class, or will be assumed QRO.
An entry must be ONE class only, no combination of classes is allowed.

*CALL:* CQ FS (short for fists straight = straight key)

*EXCHANGE: *RST, U.S. state/Canadian province/DXCC country, first name,
FISTS number (or power output for non-FISTS).

*MULTIPLIERS:*
Each U.S. State and Canadian province counts as 1 multiplier. Count each
only once, no matter how many times worked.
Each DXCC entity counts as 1 multiplier. Count each no matter how many
times worked.

*SCORING:*
Each QSO with a FISTS member: 5 points.
Each QSO with a non-FISTS member: 2 points.
Final score is total QSO points times multipliers.

*Logs within 30 days to:*

*Lee Hallin N7NU
3413 Walton Ln
Eugene OR 97408*

*or email (ADIF, Excel or ASCII format) to
Lee-N7NU at comcast.net<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=Lee-N7NU@comcast.net&su=FISTS%20G3ZQS%20Straight%20Key%20Contest>
Logs
must indicate type of key used.*
*
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