[SECC] Month-CW Contest, October, Bonus for Straight Key Use

[John Laney]

Hello all:

I ran across an operating activity for the whole month of October 
sponsored by SPAR, the Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio. It 
is for making contacts on CW and has a multiplier that figures in both 
WPX prefixes and the length of the QSO.  QSO points are figured on the 
type of key used on both ends of the QSO, which is designed to encourage 
the use of Straight Keys or Hand Keys.  I have been using one of my hand 
keys in the monthly North American QRP CW Club Sprints and, while 
probably not up to my Novice days (1954-55) standards, my SK fist is 
much improved as a result of this monthly use.  I have noticed that 
W4WXA is using a hand key a lot lately and thought Tom might be 
interested in this too.

The website for rules is: 
http://www.spar-hams.org/contests/keymonth/index.php.

73/72,

John, K4BAI.