[Fists] Straight Key Week

[Stan Reas]

Hello Fellow FISTS Members

There is a "Straight Key Week" which follow up on the 
"International G3ZQS Memorial Straight Key Contest" 

In fact there is a 22 hour 59 minute overlap on Sunday since 
Straight Key Contest ends at 2300Z September  5, 2010, and 
the "Straight Key Week" begins at 0001 UTC on 5 September.

So you can get almost a full eight days worth of using your 
straight key to pound brass and make QSO's world-wide.

73, Stan - K4UK

Here is the announcement of the Straight Key Week:

DATE:  0001 UTC on 5th September to 2359 UTC 11th September 2010.  

FREQUENCY: All licensed amateur bands except the WARC bands. 

SCORING:  5 points FISTS HQ stations, 3 points for a FISTS affiliated Club 
                 Station, 2 points for a Fist Member, 1 point for a Non Member. 

EXCHANGE: RST / NAME / QTH / FIST No or NM / DAY No. 
          Sunday is Day 1 Monday is Day 2 and so on To Saturday as Day 7. 
          All entrants must have used a straight Key for all their QSO’s but the 
          worked station does not have to use a straight key. 

LOGS: To include: 
DATE / CALL / NAME / QTH / QRG / RST / TIME / FIST No or NM / DAY No / POINTS. 
            All entries to be received by the 26th September 2010. 

 GENERAL: A station can only be worked once per day! PLEASE vacate or pass on the 
                  FIST calling frequency after 5 continuous QSO’s or QSY off the calling 
                  frequency. 
 PLEASE NOTE, These contests are meant to be fun and friendly as well as competitive. 
Any contact not showing the required return information will be excluded from the total scores. 

AMENDMENT TO THE RULES! As from 2010 a manual sideswiper may be used as long 
as no electronic means of keying are used. This amendment has been allowed for those 
who find straight keying for a long period of time causing discomfort and aggravating any 
medical condition. 
 
SEND LOGS TO: All entries can be received by post to:
                     R.D.Walker, 
                     87A Whitehall Road, 
                     West Bromwich. B70 0HG. 
                     
                      or by EMAIL to:
                      m0bpt at yahoo.co.uk 
                      in Excel / csv / tabbed word format if possible please