[SD-User] REF CW Contest

[Paul O'Kane]

The REF contest takes place from 0600 UTC Saturday 24th to
1759 UTC Sunday 25th January.  It is CW-only on the 5 contest
bands from 80 - 10m.  For single-ops there are single and
all-band options for HP, LP (100w) and QRP (5W).

Rules (in French) at
http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_fr_0610.pdf

SD supports SO entries.  V14.17 runs on Windows and Linux/Wine,
and is free from www.ei5di.com.

  Select the "REF, DX" template (outside France) - or
             "REF, France" template  (French side)

French stations send 5NN + département number or country
prefix (Overseas Territories).  Others send 5NN + Serial,
and work "French" stations only - with multipliers for
départements and certain country prefixes.

French stations include Mainland France, Corsica, and French
Overseas Territories.

If you're not sure which countries, apart from France, you
can work - look for SD to show a beam heading (under the
logging line) after you've entered two or more callsign
characters.  Once you see a heading, it means SD has
identified it as a "French" country.  You can log other
stations, but they will not score.

Use SDCHECK to create your Cabrillo .LOG file.  Email it,
as an attached file, to cdfcw at ref-union.org.

Please mention SD in your soapbox comments.  This encourages
others to try it.

73,
Paul EI5DI