From g3zodna at gmail.com Sat Feb 6 09:55:36 2016 From: g3zodna at gmail.com (Graham Smith) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 14:55:36 -0000 Subject: [Fists] Spring Unlimited Sprint from FISTS Americas today 06 Feb 1700-2100 UTC Message-ID: <000501d160ee$70346560$509d3020$@com> The FISTS CW Club Americas Spring Unlimited Sprint http://fistsna.org/sprint takes place today on Saturday 06 February 1700-2100 UTC on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m. The exchange includes: RST, U.S. state or Canadian province or DXCC country, first name, FISTS member number. Non-members send their power output in Watts instead of a member number. Members worldwide are invited to participate. For N1MM contest logger users, a User Defined Contest (UDC) file is available. Go to the N1MM website http://n1mm.hamdocs.com , choose "FILES" then "User Defined Contests (UDC)" and look for the file G3ZQSmem.zip (can be used for Sprints despite the name). A FISTS Call History File is also available at http://fists.co.uk//docs/n1mm/fists_call_history.txt 73 de Graham G3ZOD FISTS #8385 FISTS Membership Secretary (Europe) From g3zodna at gmail.com Sat Feb 6 11:24:18 2016 From: g3zodna at gmail.com (Graham Smith) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 16:24:18 -0000 Subject: [Fists] CORRECTION: Spring Slow Speed Sprint (max. 13wpm) from FISTS Americas today 06 Feb 1700-2100 UTC In-Reply-To: <000501d160ee$70346560$509d3020$@com> References: <000501d160ee$70346560$509d3020$@com> Message-ID: <00a901d160fa$d4b5a6a0$7e20f3e0$@com> Sorry - the previous post should have said it was a Slow Speed Sprint today (max. 13 wpm). 73 de Graham G3ZOD FISTS #8385 The FISTS CW Club Americas Spring Slow Speed Sprint http://fistsna.org/sprint takes place today on Saturday 06 February 1700-2100 UTC on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m. The exchange includes: RST, U.S. state or Canadian province or DXCC country, first name, FISTS member number. Non-members send their power output in Watts instead of a member number. Members worldwide are invited to participate. For N1MM contest logger users, a User Defined Contest (UDC) file is available. Go to the N1MM website http://n1mm.hamdocs.com , choose "FILES" then "User Defined Contests (UDC)" and look for the file G3ZQSmem.zip (can be used for Sprints despite the name). A FISTS Call History File is also available at http://fists.co.uk//docs/n1mm/fists_call_history.txt 73 de Graham G3ZOD FISTS #8385 FISTS Membership Secretary (Europe) From w2lj at verizon.net Mon Feb 8 18:41:28 2016 From: w2lj at verizon.net (Larry W2LJ) Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:41:28 -0500 Subject: [Fists] NAQCC February Sprint this Tuesday Evening Message-ID: <4e260c16aa42484182eb91f6a226aa55@192.168.1.3> The February sprint is this coming Tuesday evening local time (February 9th, EST - 8:30-10:30PM, CST - 7:30-9:30PM, MST - 6:30-8:30PM, PST - 5:30-7:30PM), which translates as Wednesday, February 10th, 0130 to 0330Z in all cases. For all the "official" information, please go to: http://www.naqcc.info/sprint201602.html There you will find all the details as to time, frequencies and other important information. Certificates: SWA (simple wire antennas) certificates by call area, VE and DX for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers (New!). A Certificate for top score in the GAIN antenna category. Prizes: Too many to list!! - check out the prizes page on our website. This is a monthly event that caters to the CW veteran, the CW newcomer, straight key and bug fans. All are welcome to participate (this includes QRO); but you must use QRP power levels to compete for awards. If you've been hesitant to join in our sprints because you hear other sprints running at breakneck speeds, have no fear. Our sprints are geared to the newcomer to CW and/or contesting. Virtually everyone including the many veteran contesters who regularly enter our sprints will slow down to YOUR speed to help you make your contacts. If you are not already a member of NAQCC... membership is FREE! Now is your chance to join the largest QRP CW Club in the world!! We currently have 7100+ members in: All 50 States - 9 VE Provinces - 100 Countries. Sign up on the NAQCC website today (http://naqcc.info/) and receive a handsome certificate, with your membership number on it, which is good for life. Come join us and have a real good time! 72/73 de Larry W2LJ NAQCC #35 for NAQCC http://naqcc.info/ From g3zodna at gmail.com Fri Feb 12 07:12:25 2016 From: g3zodna at gmail.com (Graham Smith) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:12:25 -0000 Subject: [Fists] Winter Unlimited Speed Sprint from FISTS Americas Saturday 13 Feb 1700-2100 UTC Message-ID: <006d01d1658e$a2f965f0$e8ec31d0$@com> The FISTS CW Club Americas Winter Unlimited Speed Sprint http://fistsna.org/sprint takes place on Saturday 13 February 1700-2100 UTC on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m & 10m. The exchange includes: RST, U.S. state or Canadian province or DXCC country, first name, FISTS member number. Non-members send their power output in Watts instead of a member number. Members worldwide are invited to participate.? For N1MM contest logger users, a User Defined Contest (UDC) file is available.? Go to the N1MM website http://n1mm.hamdocs.com , choose "FILES" then "User Defined Contests (UDC)" and look for the file G3ZQSmem.zip (can be used for Sprints despite the name).? A FISTS Call History File http://fists.co.uk/docs/n1mm/fists_call_history.txt is also available. 73 de Graham G3ZOD FISTS #8385 FISTS Membership Secretary (Europe)