[Fists] New award for 2002

[nancy@tir.com]

Hi FISTS,

This info will be in the next Keynote, and on the web page, but I 
wanted to start spreading the word so you can be ready to start 
working for the award Jan 1.

The next Keynote will go into the postal mail Dec 27.

73,
Nancy

Happy Anniversary to us! 2002 is the 15th Anniversary of The 
Founding of FISTS. To celebrate, we have created a special 
award. This is going to be a challenging certificate to earn, both 
for the DX FISTS and the North American FISTS, but it�s 
definately do-able. The certificate has not been designed yet, but 
it will be worthy of prominant display in your shack.

The period of time to earn this award will be one year, 2002. QSO�s 
made between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2002 ONLY will 
be valid.


To earn this award, you must have a 2 way QSO with:
15 FISTS in each of the 10 callsign zones (0 through 9) - a total of 
150 contacts.
40 FISTS in England
40 FISTS in Canada
40 Non-UK, Non-USA, Non-Canadian, DX FISTS
30 Clubs with FISTS numbers
for a total of 300 contacts.

Each contact must be with a different FISTS member. Each 
FISTS member is counted only once, no matter where they are 
located at the time of the contact;  no matter what callsign they 
are using. If you contact WZ8C while I�m at home in Michigan 
and later when I�m on vacation in Costa Rica, you may count only 
ONE of the contacts toward the Anniversary Award. 

Clubs are also only counted once, no matter how many different 
members you may work. Clubs may be US, or DX. 

DX is defined by DXCC rules, which means Hawaii and Alaska 
are DX for the continental USA.

Once you have a person or club�s number, they cannot be 
counted again toward your total.

Good luck! Hope you have fun and don�t forget to do some 
ragchewing in the process, please!