[Fists] Latebreaking FISTS news

[Nancy WZ8C]

Hi FISTS,

Issue 3 of the KNote went into the mail yesterday. I put the mailing labels
in a different spot, the postmaster said that should speed up delivery. I
sure hope so, Issues 1 and 2 took up to 2 months. I hear some Issue 2's are
STILL being delivered.

I spoke with Terry, our Code Buddy Coordinator tells me that he is getting
time to work on the backlog of Code Buddy applications, so if you've sent in
a CBud application, you should be hearing from him soon.

This news came to me too late to put in the KeyNote, but thought you might
be interested.

 EUCW/FISTS QRS PARTY
To encourage newcomers to Morse operating, and as a contribution to the
activities of the European CW Association, FISTS CW Club invites all
licensed radio amateurs, especially members of EUCW clubs, to take part in
the annual EUCW/FISTS QRS Party.
This event provides an opportunity for EUCW club members, and non-members,
to meet and exchange greetings with each other at a leisurely pace. At the
same time it is an opportunity to make contacts qualifying for the
prestigious Worked EUCW award.
Although not a contest in the normal sense of the word, there is a contest
element for those who thrive on challenge, with awards for those who score
the most points, and a merit award for the "Most Readable Morse Heard" voted
for by other contestants.
In this event, taking part is more important than winning, providing fun for
all in a non-stressful introduction to a contest-like event for beginners,
and an opportunity for more experienced operators to put something back into
the hobby by helping and encouraging those less experienced in CW operating.
Feedback can only be obtained from contestants' reports so, whatever your
level of experience, and even if you only have time to make a few contacts,
please make an effort to send in a log.
Dates/times
>From 00.01 UTC on the fourth Sunday in April, for one week, to 23.59 UTC on
the following Saturday. For 2002, the dates will be Sunday 28th April to
Saturday 4th May.
Mode: CW only.
Frequencies: All bands, except WARC bands. Non-QRP stations are requested to
avoid calling CQ on the popular QRP frequencies.
Keys/Speeds:  Any type of key or keyer may be used, but no keyboard sending
or pre-programmed messages from computers or keyers allowed. Maximum speed
14 words per minute (70 cpm).  The speed of a QSO should be at the speed of
the slower station
CALL: CQ QRS/EUCW. Stations may be worked or logged once each day in each
band used
EUCW Clubs:
Listen out for members of the following clubs, taking part in the EUCW/FISTS
QRS Party:
AGCW-DL (Germany); Benelux-QRPC; BTC (Belgium); CFT (Belgium); CT-CWC
(Portugal); EA-QRPC (Spain); EHSC (Extremely High Speed Club); FISTS; FOC
(First Class Operators); G-QRP; GTC (Greece); HACWG (Hungary); HCC (Spain);
HSC (High Speed Club); HTC (Switzerland); INORC (Italy); I-QRPC (Italy); ITC
(Italy); MCWG (Macedonia); OE-CWG (Austria); OHTC (Finland); OK-QRPC (Czech
Republic); RTC (former GDR); SCAG (Scandinavia); SHSC (Super High Speed
Club); SP-CWC (Poland); UCWC (Russia); UFT (France); U-QRQC (Ukraine); VHSC
(Very High Speed Club); YL-CW-GP (Germany); 3A-CW-G (Monaco); 9ACWG
(Croatia).
Club Membership:  Entrants who are members of more than one EUCW club should
take part in the QRS party as a member of only one of those clubs.
Classes:
A - Members of EUCW clubs using more than 10w input or 5w output power
B - Members of EUCW clubs using QRP (10w input or 5w output, or less)
C - Non-members of EUCW clubs using any power
D - Shortwave listeners
Exchanges:
Class A & B, RST/QTH/Name/Club/membership number
Class C, RST/QTH/Name/NM (ie, not a member)
Class D, Log information for both stations
Scoring:
Class A/B/C - 1 point per QSO with own country, 3 points per QSO with other
European  countries.
Class D - 3 points for every complete logged QSO.
Multiplier, all classes: 1 multiplier point for each EUCW-club worked/logged
per day and band.
Logs: To include date, UTC, band, call worked, info sent, info received, and
score claimed for each QSO
Summary: To include entrant's full name, call, address, EUCW club, Class
entered, multiplier claimed, total points claimed, station details,
including type of key/keyer used,  power used, comments (if any) on the
event, up to three votes for "Most Readable Morse Heard" ( only one vote per
station), and signature of entrant.
E-mailed logs and summaries are acceptable, provided they follow the same
format as detailed above.
Entries: Send log and summary to:
FISTS/EUCW Contest Manager,
Keith Farthing, M0CLO,
86, Coldnailhurst Avenue,
Braintree, Essex, CM7 5PY,
England.
or e-mail to: keithm0clo@hotmail.com
All logs to be received not later than 31st May.
Awards:
a) A certificate will be awarded to the three top scorers in each class.
b) A certificate of merit will be awarded to the operator receiving most
votes for the "Most Readable Morse Heard", provided the operator nominated
has also submitted a log. If the recipient of the most votes has not
submitted a log the certificate of merit will be awarded to the qualifying
entrant with the next highest number of votes. In the event of a tie
multiple certificates will be awarded, endorsed "Shared Award".
No correspondence can be entered into. The Contest Manager's decision shall
be final in making all awards.