EUCW/FISTS QRS PARTY 2006

NEW RULES FOR 2006

FISTS CW Club invites all radio amateurs to take part in the annual EUCW/FISTS QRS Party over five days, Monday-Friday, following the 4th Sunday in April each year.

This is not a contest. Just enjoy plenty of slow Morse activity for a period of five days. The dates selected are intended to avoid weekend contest activity. Work any station, including members of EUCW clubs (see below), but send only in QRS. Standard QSO’s with non-participating stations can be included in logs.

• DATES/TIMES
  • From Monday 24th April 2006, 0001 UTC
  • To Friday 28th April 2006, 2359 UTC.
• MODE
  • CW only.
• POWER
  • Any authorised power.
• CALL
  • CQ QRS.
  • Stations may be worked once per day, per band.
• FREQUENCIES
  • Recommended areas of activity, +/- 10 kHz of the FISTS calling frequencies, including WARC bands (see below), but contacts can be made on any frequency.
  • Non-QRP stations should avoid calling CQ on the popular QRP frequencies (see below).
• KEYS/SPEEDS
  • Use any type of key or keyer.
  • No keyboard sending or pre-programmed messages from computers or keyers, but pre-programmed CQ calls or CQ loops are permitted.
  • Maximum speed 14 words per minute (70 cpm).
  • The speed of a QSO should be at the speed of the slower station.
• CONTACTS
  • Normal friendly QSOs, no special requirements.
  • QSOs with any station count.
  • Work any station in any country, including stations not taking part in the QRS Party but try to persuade them to work QRS.
• LOGS/FEEDBACK
  • This is not a contest, but logs and feedback will be welcomed in the following classes:
    • A - More than 10w input or 5w output power
    • B - QRP (10w input or 5w output, or less)
    • C - Shortwave listeners.
  • Logs should show Date, Time, Callsign, Name, QTH and EUCW Club/Number (if appropriate) of the stations worked/heard, and may include up to three votes for "Most Readable Morse Heard" (one vote per station).
• AWARDS
  • a) A certificate will be awarded to the three participants working/hearing the most stations in each class.
  • b) Certificates of Merit will be awarded to the three operators receiving most votes for the "Most Readable Morse Heard", provided the operators nominated have also submitted a log. If the operators receiving the most votes have not submitted a log the certificates of merit will be awarded to the qualifying operators with the next highest number of votes. In the event of a tie in first, second or third places, multiple certificates will be awarded, marked "Shared Award".
• SEND LOGS TO
  • FISTS/EUCW QRS Party Organiser,
    • Robert Walker M0BPT
      38 Wheatley Street,
      West Bromwich, B70 9TJ, England
    • E-mail: m0bpt (atsign) blueyonder.co.uk
  • To be received by surface mail or e-mail not later than 31st May 2006.
• NOTES
  • EUCW (European CW Association) Clubs
    AGCW-DL (Germany); Benelux-QRPC; BTC (Belgium); CFT (Belgium); CTC (Croatia); CT-CWC (Portugal); EACW (Spain); EA-QRPC (Spain); EHSC (Extremely High Speed Club); FISTS; FOC (First Class Operators Club); G-QRPC; GTC (Greece); HACWG (Hungary); HCC (Spain); HSC (High Speed Club); HTC (Switzerland); INORC (Italy); I-QRPC (Italy); IS QRP (Italy); ITC (Italy); LZCWC (Bulgaria); MCWG (Macedonia); OE-CWG (Austria); OHTC (Finland); OK-QRPC (Czech Republic); RTC (Germany); RU-QRP (Russia); SCAG (Scandinavia); SHSC (Super High Speed Club); SP-CWC (Poland); UCWC (C.I.S.); UFT (France); U-QRQC (C.I.S.); VHSC (Very High Speed Club); YL-CW-GP (Germany); 3A-CW-G (Monaco); 9A-CWG (Croatia).
  • EUCW Associated Clubs
    CWAS (Brazil); GACW (Argentina); QRP-ARCI (U.S.A).
  • FISTS Overseas Chapters
    FISTS Down Under (Australia & New Zealand); FISTS East Asia; FISTS USA.
  • FISTS calling frequencies
    Recommended area of activity +/- 10 kHz
    • 2m 144.058 MHz
    • 6m Use any authorised CW frequency
    • 10m 28.058 MHz
    • 12m 24.918 MHz
    • 15m 21.058 MHz
    • 17m 18.085 MHz
    • 20m 14.058 MHz
    • 30m 10.118 MHz
    • 40m 7.028 MHz
    • 80m 3.558 MHz
    • 160m 1.808 MHz
  • QRP CW Calling Frequencies to be avoided by non-QRP stations
    1843; 3560; 7030; 10116; 14060; 18096; 21060; 24906; 28060 kHz.

Info from Tony G4FAI via Jun JL8MIL. Re-written by Harry JL3AMK.
November 19, 2005