This weekend brings us the delights of the French REF Phone Contest.
...dig out your striped T shirt..hang a string of onions
around your neck, pick up a moustache at the joke shop ....and steal
the beret from your missus and join in the fun!
OK...so we've got the "look" (a "french" word!)...now we just
need the right accent!
So...here's the "JFX Guide to QSOing in French"
We'll keep things simple on the phonetics...but be sure to respect the
following transformations:
Charlie becomes "Sharlie"
Hotel, "'otel"
Tango, "Tongo"
and Xray, "Eek-ser-ray"
Avoid further transformations...ie. if you happen to be WN4KKN/T
DO NOT USE "Waterloo Napoleon Four Kant Kwit Nuclear Testing!"
This would not be politically correct!
So that's the call...now to the report and exchange:
Lets stick to "59" only reports...
"thank you you're fifty nine" becomes
"mer-see vooz-zett sank-aunt-nough" (taking the "nough" from "enough")
Now to the exchange:
From the rules below you'll see that a serial number is required from
DX stations.
zero reads "zeero"
un "un" from "bun"
(or impersonate Meg Ryan's performance in When HarryMet Sally)
deux "du" from "duck"
trois "twa" from "twang"
quatre "cat"
cinq "sank"
six "cease"
sept "set"
huit "wheat"
neuf "nough" (as in enough)
dix "dease" (as in grease)
So to summarize lets look at a typical QSO:
Frog: Fox Six Kilo Baker Fox contest!
DX: Sharlie Tongo Un Bravo Oscar Otel
Frog: CT1BOH Merci Jose! Vous etes cinquante neuf - sept huit
DX: Mer-see vooz-zett sank-aunt-nough - zeero cat
Frog: Quelle super accent Jose! QRZ F6KBF!
OK...boys and girls...all you need now are the rules:
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The rules (for stations outside: France, French overseas territories and
DA1/2) are to be found in QST and RadCom.
For those without a copy...here are the basics:
Date/time:
0600Z Feb 24 to 1800Z Feb 25
Mode: "phone" Bands: 80-10m
Categories:
single-op single band
single-op all band
multi-op all band
Valid QSOs:
French stations, including overseas territories and DA1/DA2 (French
military stations).
Exchange:
RST and serial report.
Valid QSOs:
1 point for QSOs within own continent
3 points for QSOs outside own continent
Multipliers:
(per band)
- French Metropolitan Departments
(there are 96 including Corsica's 2A and 2B)
- DA1 and DA2
(FFA: French Forces in Germany)
- French Overseas Departments and Territories (within DXCC list):
(DOM/TOM: FG,FH,FJ,FK,FM,FO,FP,FS,FT,FW,FY)
- DXCC countries (excluding F,TK and DOM/TOM see above)
- F6REF/00 (this REF station counts as an extra mult)
Scoring:
Multiply the total QSO points by the sum of all multipliers.
Certificates:
Europe:
- top single-op (with atleast 100 QSOs)
- top multi-op (with atleast 250 QSOs)
and then for each other continent:
- top single-op (with atleast 50 QSOs)
- top multi-op (with atleast 100 QSOs)
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I do have a copy of the complete rules (and thus for stations within
France, FFA and DOM/TOM)....but they're in French...
I look forward to hearing you this weekend!
Richard Riley
G0JFX/F5VCO ==>F6KBF this weekend
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email: rriley%esa.bitnet@vm.gmd.de
packet: G0JFX@F6KBF
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