[UK-CONTEST] REF CW Contest

[Paul O'Kane]

The REF contest takes place from 0600 UTC Saturday 24th
to 1759 UTC Sunday 25th January.  It is CW-only on the
5 contest bands from 80 - 10m.  For single-ops there are
single and all-band options for HP, LP (100w) and QRP (5W).

Rules (in French) at
http://concours.ref-union.org/reglements/actuels/reg_cdfhf_fr_0610.pdf

SD supports SO entries.  V14.17 runs on Windows and
Linux/Wine.  It is free from www.ei5di.com.

  Select the "REF, DX" template"

Send 5NN + Serial.  Log 5NN + département number or
country prefix (Overseas Territories) from "French"
stations.  These include Mainland France, Corsica, and
French Overseas Territories.

If you're not sure which countries, apart from France,
you may work - look for SD to show a beam heading (under
the logging line) after you've entered two or more callsign
characters.  When you see the heading, it means SD has
identified it as a "French" country.  You can log other
stations, but they will not score.

Use SDCHECK to create your Cabrillo .LOG file.  Email it,
as an attached file, to cdfcw at ref-union.org.

73,
Paul EI5DI