[Fists] [CW] Upcoming Sprints

[Stan Reas]

In reply to my statement:

	And the FISTS Summer Sprint July 10, 1700-2100Z

John W2AGN wrote:

	I thought the FISTS Sprint was Saturday, July 9..?

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

And of course he is right.  I was looking at QST when I typed that.  Don't 
know why QST always seems to get it wrong.

 From July 2005 QST - Page 104

QUOTE
FISTS Summer Sprint - CW, from 1700Z-2100Z
Jul 10 (see Feb QST, p 102, or www.fist.org)
UNQUOTE

The Sprint was from 1700Z-2100Z Jul 9 - not Jul 10.

Reference to page 102 in Feb QST is also wrong as FISTS CW Winter Sprint is 
on Page 103 not page 102.

The FISTS Sprints are held on the second Saturday in February, May, July 
and October.

Also the exchange sequence in QST is wrong.

Exchange in Feb QST is:
         Name, RST, S/P/C, members send FISTS number, nonmembers send power 
output.

Exchange in Issue 1, 2005 Keynote is:
         RST, S/P/C, first name, FISTS number (non-FISTS Power output)

And as far as I know the Exchange has always been the one in the Keynote.

It is frustrating when the folks at ARRL put incorrect information in the 
Contest Corral in QST !

And the E-mailed ARRL Letter, Vol 24, No 26 dated July 8, 2005 was not much 
help in clarifying the date as it reads:

QUOTE
* This weekend on the radio: The IARU HF World Championship, The
VK/Trans-Tasman 160-Meter Contest (Phone), the FISTS Summer Sprint, the ARCI
Summer Homebrew Sprint are the weekend of July 9-10.
UNQUOTE

I did get on Saturday, July 9 and had 26 QSO's. - Conditions on 20 Meters 
were poor and the IARU HF World
Championship had quite a few DX stations up in the 14.050 - 14.075 MHz 
portion of 20 Meters.

Next time I'll check my calendar before I make a statement on the FISTS 
reflector - Hi !

73, Stan - K4UK