[UK-CONTEST] EU Phone Sprint Contest

[Dave Lawley]

This Saturday it's the phone sprint, details as for the CW contest see 
below.

Dave G4BUO

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: CW Sprint Tomorrow
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:15:52 +0000
From: Dave Lawley <dave at g4buo.com>
To: UK Contest Reflector <uk-contest at contesting.com>

Tomorrow (Saturday) the European CW Sprint contest takes place, from
16.00 to 19.59UTC.

While it's great to have so much activity in the RSGB 80m CC contests,
it means these days that unless you 'stake out' a frequency before the
contest starts, it's hard to find anywhere to CQ and the louder stations
tend to dominate.

The Sprint format solves those problems: once you call CQ or QRZ and
make a QSO, you must QSY at least 2kHz before your next QSO, so no-one
can gain an advantage by sitting on a frequency.

The exchange is serial number (no RST needed) and name, and both sides
of a QSO must send *both* callsigns. The contest is held on 20, 40 and
80m.  Activity typically starts on 20, the middle period is spent on 40
and then the last hour is mainly 80m.

It's a fun contest with a QSO format that keeps you on your toes, so I
hope there will be lots of UK activity this year. Information and full
rules are at www.eusprint.com

Dave G4BUO