[CQ-Contest] EU Sprint 2001

[I2UIY]

EU SPRINT 2001
In 1994 the EU Sprint Gang (I2UIY, OK2FD, DL6RAI, and G4BUO) organized  the
first European Sprint contests. For 2001 there have been some rule changes,
introducing an awards programme and bringing the Spring Sprints forward  in
the  calendar.  You can find past scores and other  information  about  the
sprints  by  visiting  the official EU Sprint web  site  at  this  address:
<http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/>.
The BIG news is that now we will award a certificate to the winners in each
country but this is not all. Three nice plaques will be awarded for the top
three scores from all four contests combined. Therefore, please red  circle
the  four EU Sprint saturdays on your calendar, we will be looking for  you
starting April 14!

EU SPRINT 2001
The  EU Sprint Gang hereby invites you to participate in the four  European
Sprint Contests held in 2001.

ENTRANTS: any licensed station may enter the Sprint. European stations  can
work everybody; stations outside of Europe can work only European stations.
CATEGORIES: Single Operator ONLY. Only ONE signal may be aired at one time.
DATES:
EU SPRINT Spring:
   * SSB: second Saturday in April - 14 April 2001 - managed by G4BUO
   * CW: third Saturday in April - 21 April 2001 - managed by B.C.C.
EU SPRINT Autumn:
   * SSB: first Saturday in October - 6 October 2001 - managed by I2UIY
   * CW: second Saturday in October - 13 October 2001 - managed by OK2FD
TIME: from 15:00 UTC until 18:59 UTC.
BANDS: 20, 40 and 80 metres only.
Pilot frequencies are: SSB: 14.250, 7.050, 3.730. CW: 14.040, 7.025, 3.550
EXCHANGE: all of the following data MUST BE PART OF THE EXCHANGE:
   a) your callsign,
   b) the other station's callsign,
   c) your serial number starting from 001 (RST not required),
   d) your name or nickname.
Please  note  that  BOTH stations MUST repeat  BOTH  callsigns  DURING  the
exchange.
A valid exchange is: "OK2FD de I2UIY 118 Paolo" while "OK2FD 118 Paolo"  is
NOT a valid exchange.
SPECIAL  QSY  RULE: if any station initiates a call (by sending  CQ,  QRZ?,
etc.),  he is permitted to work ONLY one station on the same frequency.  He
must  thereafter  move  AT LEAST 2 (two) kHz before  he  may  call  another
station or before he may solicit again (CQ, QRZ?, etc.) other calls.
VALID  CONTACTS:  valid contacts are QSOs correctly logged  and  confirmed.
Each  operator  may  use ONE and ONLY one name during the  Sprint.  If  the
exchange is copied incorrectly, that operator will receive zero (0) points.
In case of miscopied callsigns, both stations will receive zero (0)  points
for that QSO.
SCORING:  each valid QSO counts one 1 (one) point. The final score  is  the
total number of QSOs.
AWARDS: Colorful certificates will be issued to the winners of each Sprint,
and  to the leaders in each country. A special plaque will also be  awarded
for  the top three scores from all four contests combined. To  be  eligible
for this award an operator must enter at least three of the Sprints in  the
year.  Results will be forwarded as soon as possible to Leagues,  magazines
and bulletins.
LOGS:  a single chronological log is required. Please send us your log  via
email or on a floppy disk, if you use computer for logging. Use any of  the
available software or send a plain ASCII file. A separate summary sheet  is
also  required. Please send us the right files: for DL2NBU  software,  send
yourcall.ASC;  for N6TR software, send yourcall.DAT; for  IK4EWK  software,
send yourcall.DBF.
If you want the latest release of the DL2NBU software, you can download it
from the EU Sprint web site:
<http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/free_sw/eu_sprint.zip>.
Log files must be sent NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to:
<eusprint at dl6rai.muc.de>. The receipt of your electronic log will be
confirmed.
If you do not receive a confirmation within two days, try again or use the
postal
system.
Disk logs, or paper entries must be posted NO LATER than 15 days after the
contest to the appropriate address:
   *  Spring  SSB Sprint: Dave Lawley, G4BUO, Carramore,  Coldharbour  Road,
Penshurst, Kent, TN11 8EX, England, UK.
   *  Spring  CW  Sprint: Bernhard Buettner,  DL6RAI,  Schmidweg  17,  85609
Dornach, Germany.
   *  Autumn  SSB Sprint: Paolo Cortese, I2UIY, P. O. Box  14,  27043  Broni
(PV), Italy.
   *  Autumn  CW  Sprint: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody  636,  674  01
Trebic, Czech Republic.

Thanks  in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY, OK2FD, and  the
B.C.C. Sprint Committee.


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