[UK-CONTEST] EU Phone Sprint this Saturday

[Stewart Rolfe]

Dave Lawley wrote:
> For those of you not going to the HF convention, the European Phone 
> Sprint contest takes place this coming Saturday 16.00-19.59z, SSB on 20, 
> 40 and 80m. The main feature of the sprints is that after CQing and 
> making a QSO you must QSY at least 2kHz before your next contact.
>
> This means you cannot simply sit on a frequency and CQ all the time as
> in other contests. What typically happens is that you tune around, find
> someone CQing, call them and make the QSO. They QSY so you stay on the
> frequency and make another QSO then you have to move, and so it goes on.
> Both callsigns must be given on each QSO and if you sign your call at
> the end of the exchange, it signals to anyone else who has tuned in that
> you will be staying on the frequency and are ready to be called by the
> next station.
>
> Activity for the first hour is primarily on 20m, with more and more
> stations moving to 40m during the second hour, and the last hour is on
> 80m.
>
> Please visit www.eusprint.com to view the full rules, past results and 
> lots more useful information. The contest is supported by just about all 
> major software including SD, DL2NBU, TR, Writelog, Win-Test, N1MM and 
> plenty of others. Details and links for downloads are on the web site.
>
> The CW sprint takes place the following Saturday, 14th October.
>
> 73, Dave G4BUO
>
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Anyone thinking of giving the eusprint a go for the first time may find 
a short article I wrote for our club newsletter 
useful/interesting/amusing. Specifically for the cw event, it's from the 
perspective of a 'newcomer' to contesting in general.

It's at http://www.gw3vvc.freeserve.co.uk/news.htm - scroll down to the 
Autumn 2005 edition (No.75) or simply do a 'Find in Page' for eusprint.

I've 'booked' a slot for the cw event this time round and will be again 
attempting to increase on my score in the spring - no more no less...

73,
Stewart Rolfe, GW0ETF