[CQ-Contest] this weekend: Eu Sprint Contest CW

[I2UIY]

Are you... 
--> tired listening to those "@#£$%" that park on a frequency CQing 
      for hours? 
--> tired seeing the people who live in "£§&@#%" win one contest after 
      another just because they are in a rare country/zone? 
--> tired exchanging 59/599 without knowing who's on the other side? 
--> tired operating only 4 hours in a contest? 
--> tired waiting months to see the final results? 
--> tired...?

If your answers are *any combination* of Yes/No/Maybe, then the 
Eu Sprint is YOUR contest!

Join the fun 4 times a year!

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Eu Sprint Contest - Autumn 2002
(Download the FREE software: http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/)

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 Autumn: 
* CW: second Saturday in October - 12 October 2002 - 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/>. 
Log files must be sent NO LATER than 15 days after the contest to: 
<eusprint at kkn.net>. 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: Karel Karmasin, OK2FD, Gen. Svobody 636, 674 01 
Trebic, Czech Republic.

Thanks in advance for your participation de: G4BUO, I2UIY & OK2FD.

Download the FREE software: http://loja.kkn.net/~i2uiy/