[Fists] New for 2015, Slow Speed Sprints!

[Karl]

Did you ever want to participate in the Quarterly FISTS Sprints but felt
like the speed was just too fast?

Starting in 2015 the FISTS CW Club N.A. is adding four new Slow Speed
Sprints to the Sprint Program lineup.  Sprints will be held on the first and
second Saturdays.  The first Saturday will be the Slow Speed Sprint and the
second Saturday will be the usual Sprint with no speed limit. 

The Slow Speed Sprint is a great opportunity to introduce our newer members
to the fun of operating FISTS Sprints and for our old hands to maybe brush
off those straight keys, cooties, side-swipers, bugs, etc. and also join in
the fun!

In the Slow Speed Sprint, all operators should send no faster than 13 WPM
and if someone is calling you or CQing at a slower speed, you should QRS to
match their speed. That is the only change; all other Sprint rules, scoring,
etc., will remain the same.

Certificates will be awarded to stations with the highest cumulative point
totals in the QRO, QRP and Club categories for all Sprints (both slow speed
and unlimited speed) in calendar year 2015. The award will be a special
framed certificate acknowledging the achievement. To win a certificate,
operators must be current or life members. 

If you participate in a Sprint, and submit a log showing a minimum of five
(5) QSO's, you will have a chance to win a $150 gift certificate at the end
of the year. You get one chance for each Sprint log that you submit. There
will be one gift certificate awarded to QRP entries and one for QRO entries.
A random drawing will be held after the last Sprint of the year. Only active
and life members are eligible to win the gift certificate, and winners can
choose the amateur radio company from whom they want the gift certificate.

 

Please go to http://fistsna.org/operating.html#sprints  for full Sprint
info.

 

Posted on behalf of Ed, N2ED, Chapter on-air Activities Coordinator

 

73 de Karl, KB1DSB