[UK-CONTEST] Fed up with 5NN TU - Try this

[G3SJJ]

There have been a few comments recently about 5NN TU style activity 
outside of contests. The art of chatting on CW does some to be 
disappearing. The First Class CW Operators Club organise some events 
where non-members can join in. If you can spare a few minutes next 
Saturday try this. I guess most activity will be on 40 and 20 but if the 
bands open like this weekend, who knows!

Don't be put off by the First Class bit in the Club name. Nowadays we 
are just a bunch of guys who enjoy our CW, although the Club does have a 
long history of excellent operators. The late Bill Windle G8VG was 
secretary for 14 years from 1967-81. He was very keen that members 
should be active and the QSO Parties are named in recognition of him. 
Chris G3SJJ


THE BILL WINDLE QSO PARTY (BWQP) by KZ5D

There are two BWQPs per annum.One of the main reasons to take part is to 
generate activity on the frequencies that we all cherish to show there 
is enough activity
to warrant the allocation to CW only, and to have fun!

The next BWQP runs for the 24 hour period from 0000z to 2359z, Saturday 
31 May 2008. Call CQ BW from 015 to 040kHz on all bands, excluding the 
WARC bands. The minimum exchange is RST, name, and FOC number 
(non-members will only send RST and name). However, feel free to engage 
in longer QSOs if you so desire. FOC members may want to add FOC in 
their CQs from time to time to indicate to non-members that they are a 
member. Try something like this: CQ BW de xxxx FOC.

After it is over, you can send in an activity report, but it is not 
required. Members are invited to report QSO totals and total FOC QSOs, 
counted once per band; use this format: 125/97, indicating a total of 
125 QSOs, of which 97 were with FOC members. Non-members will report 
total QSOs with FOC members, counted once per band. Send in your 
activity report to me at <kz5d at aol.com> no later than one week after the 
event. A brief report will be published in the News Sheet and a fuller 
report, including members’ and non-members’ comments, will be published 
in FOCUS. All non-members who submit their totals will also receive a 
copy of the results and some information about FOC.