From news at fists.co.uk  Sat Oct 12 18:29:26 2019
From: news at fists.co.uk (FISTS CW Club News)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:29:26 +0100
Subject: [Fists] Welcome to new FISTS CW Club Members
Message-ID: <007101d5814c$8205bf50$86113df0$@fists.co.uk>

We're very pleased to welcome our latest FISTS CW Club members:

Daniel VK7DPF 15248, 
Ramesh VU2LU 15287, 
Peder W7RPK 19463, 
Richard N0JBF 19464, 
Ira WB2POP 19465, 
Michael KD9MED 19466, 
Raymond KC3NDZ 19467, 
Keith KN4RFL 19468, 
Charles AF5AO 19469, 
John N8GOU 19470, 
Bill N5CX 19471, 
David WB6DNL 19472, 
David NN7RM 19473, 
Dale KJ4VTS 19474, 
Richard W9KMF 19475, 
Ron KW1Q 19476, 
Joey W4JF 19477, 
David KO4MC 19478, 
Bill NF6R 19479, 
Michel VE2BJG 19480, 
Sonny W4KXQ 19481, 
Les KT3R 19482, 
Rick WW9JD 19483, 
Greg WB7DUO 19484, 
David KB7QHL 19485, 
David XE2AD 19486, 
Aaron W8AAR 19487, 
Claude VE2DPE 19488, 
Jeffrey KC9TR 19489, 
Richard NZ2I 19490, 
Steve W0AZ 19491, 
Jay K4EMF 19492, 
Mark W8EWH 19493, 
Phil K5PGH 19494, 
Tom KF4YEY 19495, 
Peter KW0FRE 19496, 
Thomas W4OLR 19497, 
Steven WB2GDD 19498, 
Paul NZ7Q 19499, 
Al DA6RAM 19508, 
Jim MM1DPH 19509, 
Jeff MW6OVT 19510, 
Nick G8SYE 19511, 
Barry G6JMX 19512, 
Luke 2W0LXT 19513, 
Tim G4YTD 19514, 
Sam G0BOM 19515, 
Terry G3VMT 19516, 
Jim G4EQX 19517, 
Win DK6JK 19518, 
Pete G8RXZ 19519, 
Claus DJ0DX 19520, 
Roger G3KMV 19521, 
Sal IK7UKF 19522, 
Geoff MW0PUG 19523, 
Andy M0TIZ 19524, 
Roy G0VFS 19525, 
Ian GI0AZB 19526, 
Esther GI0AZA 19527, 
Mario DD7CW 19528, 
Nigel G4DFQ 19529, 
Adrian G0EHG 19530, 
Ken M0OAE 19531, 
Kevin M0KHZ 19532, 
Leonardo IZ2VTO 19533, 
Paddy 2E0TWD 19534, 
Bruno EA4EPY 19535, 
Frank M6JZO 19536, 
Thomas DG6UAX 19537, 
Ian EI4DP 19538, 
Aaron M0IER 19539, 
Chris G4WVF 19540, 
George G0UCF 19541, 
Laurence WA0EJX 19550, 
Richard KU4NZ 19551, 
Mike WB0BEE 19552, 
Art K7DWI 19553, 
Sam KN4SYS 19554, 
Dudley KD0NMD 19555, 
Gregory KE8GC 19556, 
Frank K8WY 19557, 
Bob WA4SUH 19558, 
Robert K6DDS 19559, 
Gene VE6EFC 19561, 
Bill N2RKL 19562, 
Roy KN4WOJ 19563, 
Cono W2ZMZ 19564, 
Fabio PY1RCH 19565, 
Tony W8CDC 19566, 
Ward KL7IXW 19567, 
Al K7AJG 19568, 
Peter KA1IFG 19569, 
Matthew W4MLS 19570, 
Kevin K4MCX 19571, 
Mark WW5SS 19572, 
Thomas W8WEU 19573, 
Ronnie N4PHL 19574, 
Bob K4DJG 19575, 
Michael K6VN 19576, 
Pedro WP4O 19577, 
Luis NP4RA 19578, 
Ray AK6E 19579, 
William W1WRH 19580, 
David K5DWJ 19581, 
Christopher N2MCS 19582, 
James W5JT 19583, 
Richard K4CRD 19584, 
Cecil W5CFT 19585, 
Darrell AA9OM 19586, 
Neil K6UIP 19587, 
Eric KZ5ED 19588, 
Bob AC8ZU 19589, 
Robert N9TO 19590, 
Joshua KI5FXG 19591, 
Don KI5AIU 19592, 
Guillermo KM4OOD 19593, 
Joe AG7FH 19594, 
Oscar NK3B 19595, 
Mark KC0MH 19596, 
David VE3KIU 19597, 
Kenneth KB3HXA 19598, 
Rich KB1FGC 19599, 
Dennis WV8DX 19600, 
Joel ND5V 19601, 
Mark AC2ZR 19602, and 
David WA5DJJ 19603.


From news at fists.co.uk  Sat Oct 12 18:56:57 2019
From: news at fists.co.uk (FISTS CW Club News)
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:56:57 +0100
Subject: [Fists] Congratulations to FISTS CW Club Awards Winners
Message-ID: <008a01d58150$59bb6dc0$0d324940$@fists.co.uk>

Please join us in congratulating the recent FISTS CW Club Awards winners:

Peter G4LHI 2219: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.
Peter M5ABN 6423: Down Under Gold 25, Down Under Gold 50.
Derek M0DRK 8344: Gold Century.
Fabio IK0IXI 14539: Silver Century, Rag Chewers 80m Endorsement, Rag
Chewers, Spectrum 20m, Down Under Gold 50.
Bert F6HKA 14577: Spectrum 80m Endorsement, Spectrum 30m Endorsement, Worked
All States 15m Endorsement, Down Under Gold 25, Down Under Gold 75.
Ben DH0DK 16573: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.
Pete G0PNM 16592: Down Under Gold 25.
Mik IZ2FME 18103: Silver Century, Millionaire 2 Million Endorsement, Down
Under Gold 25.
Robin G4DNP 18149: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.
Andrew G0OEY 18402: Down Under Gold 25.
William MI0WWB 18434: 1 X QRP, Millionaire 3 Million Endorsement, Prefix 100
Endorsement, Down Under Gold 75.
Richard G4TGJ 18559: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.
Ray M0DHP 18562: Basic Century.
Joe IK2WAD 18599: Millionaire, Prefix, Prefix 50 Endorsement, Prefix 100
Endorsement, Prefix 150 Endorsement.
Ivan G0BON 18877: Millionaire.
Vlado IU0HMB 18894: Basic Century.
John G4YTJ 19024: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.
John M6BLV 19277: Down Under 5 Day QRP QSOs.

For more information about FISTS Awards, available free to paid-up members
worldwide, please see the Awards web page https://fistsna.org/awards.html


From news at fists.co.uk  Thu Oct 24 20:11:35 2019
From: news at fists.co.uk (FISTS CW Club News)
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 01:11:35 +0100
Subject: [Fists] Summer 2019 Key Note newsletter http://fists.co.uk/members
	from FISTS CW Club Europe
Message-ID: <019401d58ac8$c41b3f70$4c51be50$@fists.co.uk>

The Summer 2019 Key Note https://fists.co.uk/members from FISTS Europe is
now available to all current FISTS CW Club members.  Please visit the
Members' Area to get your copy: https://fists.co.uk/members 

Items in this issue include:

- Ralph Sutton ZL2AOH SK).
- The electro-bug key (IK0IXI).
- Why is my key called a "Bug" (M0MMX).
- My passage into Morse Code (MI0WWB).
- The G5RV antenna (G4BEQ).
- Be happy with your (P)lot (G3VBS).
- A mystery Marconi Key? (G3XMM).
- Restoring a double current key (G3YZZ).