[Fists] Straight Key Week Rules

[Stan Reas]

Fellow FISTS members:

Here are the rules for the Straight Key Week (SKW) 

73, Stan - K4UK

STRAIGHT KEY WEEK 2011 (SKW)  

DATE  0001 UTC Sunday 4th September 
             to 2359 UTC Saturday 10th September 2011.

QRG  All licensed amateur bands except the WARC bands.  

SCORE:  5 points FISTS HQ stations
(GX0IPX, GX3ZQS, MX5IPX, VK2FDU, ZL6FF, JL3YMV, KN0WCW)
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 a 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 2011.  

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.  

AMENDMENTS  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.  

AWARDS QRO Members: Certificates to the three highest placed entrants.
QRP members: Certificates to the three highest placed entrants.  

SEND LOGS TO All entries can be received by post to: 
R.D.Walker, 
87A Whitehall Road, 
West Bromwich. B70 0HG. 

or by EMAIL m0bpt(at)yahoo.co.uk 
in Excel/csv/tabbed word format if possible please