Find out about our July "Bastille Day" Sprint:
First, this month's factoid: Bastille Day is the French national holiday that celebrates the storming of the Bastille (a fortress-prison) on July 14, 1789, the act that is seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation.
Now, here are details on our July Sprint, which will not be on the 3rd Saturday to avoid conflict with another digital contest (although it has been noted that the IARU HF Contest begins at 1200Z and may produce a lot of CW activity. Be prepared to move up to our hold haunt of 14074 or even 14100)
DATE: July 11, 2009
TIME: 1500 - 1800
MODES: All modes of Hell are allowed
BANDS: All non-WARC bands are allowed
EXCHANGE: RST, FH #, QTH (ONLY GIVE STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY UNLESS YOUR TOWN IS LISTED BELOW...)
POINTS: 3 for a each member QSO, 1 for a non-member QSO. You get points for a QSO with the same ham on a different band.
MULTIPLIERS: 1 for each state, province, or country. You do NOT get multiplier points for a QSO on different bands, only contact points above.
BONUS POINTS:
1) 100 points goes for your first QSO with any ham in France (F)
2) 25 points for your first QSO on each band with WW1FHC, the club callsign.
All other multiplier rules apply (once for each state, province, and country you contact. Contacts with the same state, province, or country on another band does NOT count as another multiplier, but does qualify as another QSO)
Previous Sprint Results
2009
June: N9FTC, Tim (FH1648) won the Summer Solstice Sprint. Tim, if he wants, may take the club callsign for the July Sprint. Unfortunately, we had no DX entries agn (come on, guys, where are you?) Here are all the scores.
May: KZ1Z, Pete (FH008) won the May Hamvention Sprint. We had no DX entries this month.
May: KZ1Z, Pete (FH008) won the May Hamvention Sprint. We had no DX entries this month.
April: Tom, VE3II (FH1699) took top NA honors and DK5AI (FH607) Wolfgang earned his first DX win.
March: WW1FHC (FH001) was manned by ART (WA7NB, FH1337) who took first place again in NA, while Gary, G7USC (FH401) earned first place honors.
February: Art, WA7NB (FH1337) was the NA winner and Pavel UR5WCQ (FH1041) was the DX winner
January: Art, WA7NB (FH1337) was the NA winner in our first-ever 24-hour WAS Sprint with 45 states. Chris, G7OGX (FH1194) was the DX winner with 9 states.
2008
December: Pete (FH008), as WW1FHC, took first place in NA and Jose, EA5FL (FH1248) took first in the DX category.
November: Pete, KZ1Z was first place in NA and Zahidul, S21VA was our DX winner for the 3-hour Thanksgiving Sprint
October: David, WB2HTO, was first place in NA and the Akademisk Radioklubb, LA1K, was our DX winner in the Spooky Sprint
September: Ed, AI6O and Frank, F/N4SPP were our NA and DX winners
July: Kent, W9KAO was the top scorer for NA. There was no DX entry.
June: Dave, VA3KAB took NA honors with Anton, ON6NL grabbing the DX top spot
May: Our regular monthly Sprint was won by WB2HTO. There were no DX entries.
May "Flash" Sprint: AI4OF took top honors for our first "Flash" Sprint, which celebrated our club's 1000th club member. (Fitting that Phil is club member #1004.)
April: Congratulations to Pete, KZ1Z for his first place NA score, and Anton, ON6NL for the top DX score
March: WB2HTO and G7USC were our NA and DX winners.
February: WB2HTO took first in NA while OY1JD took the DX honors.
January: N1BAA was the NA winner and G7USC our DX winner.
2007
December: WB2HTO won first place in NA, LA1K in DX
November: K7GQ took NA first and M5PLY gets the DX gold
October: W0YSE and G7USC were our NA and DX winners
September: AI4FR, John, grabbed the NA title. We had no DX entries
August: S51TN was not only the DX winner, but overall score leader. WA6L took first in NA
July: K7FV in NA, M5PLY took DX prize
Upcoming Sprints
- WE LOVE LUCY! OUR AUGUST HELL SPRINT ON AUGUST 15TH WILL LOVE LUCILLE BALL'S HOME STATE OF NEW YORK FROM 1300Z TO 1600Z
- SEPTEMBER 19th WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE THE OLD ROUTE 66 FROM 1700Z - 2000Z
- TENS ARE WILD ON OCTOBER 17th DURING OUR 10-10-10 SPRINT FROM 1000Z TO 2000Z (COULD CHANGE, WILL WAIT TO SEE SUNSPOT ACTIVITY)
- NOVEMBER 21st WE TAKE A RIDE ON EUROPE'S ORIENT EXPRESS FROM 0800Z - 1600Z
- DECEMBER 12th IS OUR 24-HOUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR THE MAN WHO INVENTED HELLSCHRIEBER, RUDOLPH HELL. NOTE THAT THIS DATE IS NOT THE 3RD SATURDAY!
Questions about our contests can be sent to contest@feldhellclub.org
Here's a quick FAQ on our contests:
- Any licensed ham can participate
- SWLers are encouraged to join in the fun (we've even created a special award just for them)
- The times and duration of each Sprint can vary, so check for updated rules on this web site and our Yahoo Reflector
- No logs required! Just use our handy and easy-to-use autolog system to submit your score (see way above at the top of this page for the link). Excel, .adi, or text logs will NOT be accepted. We would appreciate logs being submitted within 10 days of the contest.
- CONTEST EXCHANGE: SIGNAL REPORT, FH #, STATE/PROVINCE/COUNTRY
- Please see Contest page for special exchange requirements
- Points are usally awarded as follows, although there may be different rules for certain months. ALWAYS CHECK THE CONTEST PAGE FOR UP TO DATE RULES:
- 3 points are usually awarded for a QSO with any FHC member, 1 for non-member
- You get one multiplier for any contact in a state, province, or country. If you work that station on multiple bands, you still get the credit for a new QSO, but you don't get another multiplier. (Example: If I work new member Phil AI4OF (FH1004) in FL on 20, 40, and 80 meters (as I did in the Flash Sprint) I get credit for 3 member QSOs, and 1 multiplier.)
- Bonus points are usually awarded for meritorious results. Again, check the Contest Page and the Yahoo Reflector for details each month.
- 160 - 10 meters, no WARC bands.
- 100 watts limit
- The club callsign, WW1FHC, will be awarded for use to the U.S. club member with the top score in the most recent Sprint. (We are exploring a way to get non-U.S. stations use of the callsign, or of creating special callsigns for Canada, England, and other countries in the future).
- So that as many members can get the opportunity to use WW1FHC, no member may use the callsign more than once every three months.
- This rule goes into effect with the January WAS Sprint. Watch this web site and the Yahoo Reflector for more information.
- Contacts made as WW1FHC do not count towards any Awards for your own callsign. (You are allowed, of course, to switch to your own callsign during the QSO to record the contact for yourself, if you wish.)
- And, oh yea, only real ham radio contacts are allowed (no Hamsphere, Echolink, or other Internet contacts - RF must be involved!)