[UK-CONTEST] Give the EU Sprints a Try

[Dave Lawley]

The Autumn European Sprint contests take place on the next two 
Saturdays, phone is on 2nd October and CW on 9th. Both are 4-hour 
events, starting at 15.00z

Short contests seem to be popular with Gs, and there were several 
positive comments on this reflector after the spring sprints this year. 
The basic idea of the sprint is that you cannot sit on a frequency and 
CQ all the time, you *MUST* QSY after calling and making a QSO. This is 
an excellent test of operator skill and agility.

Exchange is serial number and name or nickname. After CQing and making a 
QSO you must QSY at least 2KHz before CQing or working anyone else. 
Because people are constantly QSYing, you must send BOTH callsigns as 
part of each exchange.

Activity starts on 20m, people begin to move to 40 after an hour or so, 
and the last hour is mainly 80m. Full rules and other information  is on 
the web site  http://www.qsl.net/eusprint/

There's a choice of logging software, including SD, WL, TR, N1MM. My 
preference is for the DL2NBU software which is very similar to CT in 
look and feel.

I hope as many G contesters as possible will have a go in the sprints 
this autumn.

73, Dave G4BUO