• Semi-automatic ("bug") mechanical key: MYKEY BUG

• Fully-automatic ("bug") mechanical key: MYKEY FAB

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60M ACTIVATION 2024

DESCRIPTION Let's get busy on 60m in February with 2 weeks of CW QSOs with anyone on the band (no scores, no results tables!)

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21 LOCAL TIME PLEASE (if you want to work Dx then adjust accordingly). Also try different times of the day and night to learn about propagation.

Monday 12th Feb to Monday 26th Feb - 2 weeks activity.

FREQUENCIES Any 60m frequency you are licensed to use for CW.

• UK holders of a Full licence only: The RSGB Band Plan 60m primary CW segment is
  5258.5 kHz - 5264.0 kHz and includes a QRP Centre of Activity (CoA) of 5262.0 kHz.
• Outside UK: There is an IARU Region 1 (Europe) Band Plan that includes a 60m CW and narrow band segment. Please refer to your national guidelines.

EXCHANGE There is no minimum exchange.

SCORING There are no points.

LOGS In order to assess the success or otherwise of this event I would appreciate soapbox comments and total number of QSO please to .

WIN COPY OF ROGER SO FAR

DESCRIPTION Win a copy of the book "Roger So Far - The first 100 years of the Royal Corps of Signals" by achieving the highest number of CW QSOs in any single 100 minute period of your choice during March 2024.

"Roger So Far", written by Nick Kendall Carpenter, celebrates The Royal Corps of Signals' 100 years of service, innovation and achievement.

Note: Open to FISTS CW Club members only. In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random.

DATES and
TIMES 00:00Z Friday 1st March to 23:59Z Sunday 31st March.

Once you have begun your challenge attempt you have 100 minutes to complete it. It is a race against the clock. All QSOs in your submitted log must begin within the same period of 100 minutes from the time of the start of the first QSO.

Remember that you can have as many attempts as you like before submitting your best 100 minutes but you may only submit ONE logged period to enter.

FREQUENCIES The following rules apply only if you are sending in an entry:

• You can use any amateur radio band in your licence except for 12m, 17m, 30m, 60m, and bands lower in frequency than 160m.
• Keep at least 1 kHz away from QRP centre of activity frequencies unless running QRP. (For 80m, 40m, and 20m, these are 3.560, 7.030, and 14.060 MHz.)
• After you finish a QSO on 3.558 or 7.028 MHz, unless you replied to a CQ or tail-ended a QSO, you must QSY by at least 500 Hz for a minimum of 10 minutes.

EXCHANGE No minimum exchange.

SCORING You may claim only ONE QSO with any given operator.

Scoring: 1 point per QSO.

LOGS Entries must be received no later than 7th April 2024 and must include your callsign, name and email address (if you have one).

Log formats:

• The free FISTS Log Converter program version 4.5.0 or later for Windows is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily.
• Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order:
  
  QSO_Date, Call, Freq, Time_On, Mode, Comment, Points
  Example:
  
  2024年03月03日,M7QNH,3.557,17:05,CW,WRSF,1
  'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC.
  'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number only, e.g. 3.557
  'Mode' must be CW
  'Comment' for the first QSO must include WRSF, e.g. Temp 20C WRSF
  'Points' can contain 1 or be left blank, e.g. 1
• ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above.
• Other file formats may be acceptable - please ask.
• If you don't have access to email, you can use official FISTS Activity paper log sheets; please ask and we will post you a set.

The email address for questions and entries is .

BONFIRE NIGHT VALVES 2024

DESCRIPTION Bonfire Night Valves runs for 10 days in November. A time to dust off the valve gear, or try to work as many valve sets as you can.

Call "CQ VALVES"

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21.

00:00 UTC Friday 1st November to 23:59 UTC Sunday 10th November.

FREQUENCIES The following rules apply only if you are sending in an entry:

• You can use any amateur radio band in your licence except for 12m, 17m, 30m, 60m, and bands lower in frequency than 160m.
• Keep at least 1 kHz away from QRP centre of activity frequencies unless running QRP. (For 80m, 40m, and 20m, these are 3.560, 7.030, and 14.060 MHz.)

EXCHANGE The minimum exchange is:

SCORING You may claim only ONE QSO with any given operator per day, i.e. all QSOs claimed each day must be unique callsigns.

"Valve gear" can be a separate TX, separate RX or transceiver that contains at least one valve. Score per QSO is one of the following:

• 1 POINT if only you use valve gear.
• 1 POINT if only the other station is using valve gear.
• 4 POINTS if both you and the other station are using valve gear.

LOGS Entries must be received no later than 7TH DECEMBER 2024 and must include your callsign, name, and email address (if you have one). The email address for questions and entries is .

LADDER 2024
DESCRIPTION	The Ladder is a monthly activity with two, two-hour sessions on the 2nd and 4th Sunday in a month. As with all FISTS Europe activities, it is a relaxed and sociable activity. The results at the end of the year will list the leading three entries in two categories: Entrants located anywhere. Entrants located outside DXCC entity 223 (England). (If operating from more than one DXCC entity, the location will be the one used most in the sessions.)
DATES and TIMES	QSOs must start between 14:00–15:59 UTC and 18:00–19:59 UTC on the following Sundays: 14/28 January, 11/25 February, 10/24 March, 14/28 April, 12/26 May, 09/23 June, 14/28 July, 11/25 August, 08/22 September, 13/27 October, 10/24 November, 08/22 December.
FREQUENCIES	The following rules apply only if you are sending in an entry: You can use any amateur radio band in your licence except for 12m, 17m, 30m, 60m, and bands lower in frequency than 160m. Keep at least 1 kHz away from QRP Centre of Activity frequencies unless running QRP. (For 80m, 40m, and 20m, these are 3.560, 7.030, and 14.060 MHz.) After you finish a QSO on 3.558 or 7.028 MHz, unless you replied to a CQ or tail-ended a QSO, you must QSY by at least 500 Hz for a minimum of 10 minutes.
EXCHANGE	The minimum exchange is: RST, Name, QTH, and FISTS member number (if applicable).
SCORING	There are four 2-hour sessions in each month of which at most two can be claimed. Within each claimed session, a station can be worked once; it follows that a station can earn points at most twice (once per claimed session). Scoring: Points Station 1 Non-member. 3 FISTS member (current or lapsed). 5 FISTS-affiliated club station. 8 FISTS HQ station (GX0IPX, GX3ZQS, MX5IPX, VK2FDU, ZL6FF, JL3YMV, KN0WCW).
LOGS	Send in your entry after the last session in a month. Entries must be received no later than the 7th of the following month and must include your callsign, name, and email address (if you have one). Log formats: The free FISTS Log Converter program https://fists.co.uk/flc.html for Windows is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily. Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order: QSO_Date, Call, Name, QTH, Freq, RST_Sent, RST_Rcvd, Time_On, FISTS, Mode, Points Example: 2024年01月28日,G4YVM,David,Salisbury,7.027,599,559,14:25,15868,CW,3 'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC. 'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number only, e.g. 7.027 'FISTS' must either be blank or contain a FISTS member number only, e.g. 8385 'Mode' must be CW 'Points' can contain a number or be left blank, e.g. 3 ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above. Other file formats may be acceptable - please ask. If you don't have access to email, you can use official FISTS Activity paper log sheets; please ask and we will post you a set. The email address for questions and entries is .

WIN RSGB YEARBOOK

DESCRIPTION Win an RSGB Yearbook by contacting RSGB members and collecting their RSGB member numbers. Highest number of QSOs wins!

The Yearbook:

• Includes more than 100,000 UK and Northern Ireland callsigns.
• The most comprehensive guide to amateur radio in the UK and worldwide.
• Over 170 pages of invaluable reference material for just about everything you are ever likely to want to know about amateur radio.

Note: Open to FISTS CW Club members only (do not need to be RSGB members). In the event of a tie, a winner will be chosen at random.

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21.

00:01Z Friday 1st December to 23:59Z Sunday 31st December.

FREQUENCIES The following rules apply only if you are sending in an entry:

• You can use any amateur radio band in your licence except for 12m, 17m, 30m, 60m, and bands lower in frequency than 160m.
• Keep at least 1 kHz away from QRP centre of activity frequencies unless running QRP. (For 80m, 40m, and 20m, these are 3.560, 7.030, and 14.060 MHz.)
• After you finish a QSO on 3.558 or 7.028 MHz, unless you replied to a CQ or tail-ended a QSO, you must QSY by at least 500 Hz for a minimum of 10 minutes.

EXCHANGE The minimum exchange you SEND is:

The minimum exchange you RECEIVE is:

SCORING You may claim only ONE QSO with any given RSGB member per day regardless of callsign.

Scoring: 1 point per QSO.

LOGS Entries must be received no later than 7th January 2024 and must include your callsign, name and email address (if you have one).

Log formats:

• The free FISTS Log Converter program version 4.4.5 or later for Windows is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily.
• Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order:
  
  QSO_Date, Call, Freq, Time_On, Mode, Comment, Points
  Example:
  
  2023年12月03日,G3QNH,3.557,17:05,CW,RSGB 54321,1
  'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC.
  'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number only, e.g. 3.557
  'Mode' must be CW
  'Comment' must include an RSGB member number, e.g. Temp 20C RSGB 54321
  'Points' can contain 1 or be left blank, e.g. 1
• ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above.
• Other file formats may be acceptable - please ask.
• If you don't have access to email, you can use official FISTS Activity paper log sheets; please ask and we will post you a set.

The email address for questions and entries is .

30M ACTIVATION

DESCRIPTION Let's get busy on 30m in September with 3 weeks of CW QSOs with anyone on the band (no scores, no results tables!)

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21 LOCAL TIME PLEASE (if you want to work Dx then adjust accordingly). Also try different times of the day and night to learn about propagation.

Monday 4th September till Monday 25th September - 3 weeks activity.

FREQUENCIES Remember the FISTS Centres of Activity (CoA) are 10.118 & 10.128 and the most used QRP CoA is 10.116.

EXCHANGE There is no minimum exchange.

SCORING There are no points.

LOGS In order to assess the success or otherwise of this event I would appreciate soapbox comments and total number of QSO please to .

60M ACTIVATION 2023

DESCRIPTION Let's get busy on 60m in October with 3 weeks of CW QSOs with anyone on the band (no scores, no results tables!)

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21 LOCAL TIME PLEASE (if you want to work Dx then adjust accordingly). Also try different times of the day and night to learn about propagation.

Monday 2nd October till Monday 23rd October - 3 weeks activity.

FREQUENCIES Any 60m frequency you are licensed to use for CW.

• UK holders of a Full licence only: The RSGB Band Plan 60m primary CW segment is
  5258.5 kHz - 5264.0 kHz and includes a QRP Centre of Activity (CoA) of 5262.0 kHz.
• Outside UK: There is an IARU Region 1 (Europe) Band Plan that includes a 60m CW and narrow band segment. Please refer to your national guidelines.

EXCHANGE There is no minimum exchange.

SCORING There are no points.

LOGS In order to assess the success or otherwise of this event I would appreciate soapbox comments and total number of QSO please to .

ACT YOUR AGE WEEK 2023 (AYAW)

DESCRIPTION Act your Age Week runs for 7 days in July. Any QSO counts but the important thing is the other person's age. They must send their age because this is how points are scored. Please ask them AT MOST ONCE; not everyone will be willing to reveal their age.

Any radio, any key, any band listed below under FREQUENCIES so long as the entire QSO is conducted in Morse code.

Call "CQ Age" or simply "CQ".

DATES and
TIMES Continuous running, 24/7 from start to finish BUT if you concentrate your Age activity around the cardinal hours it will improve chances...maybe! So, operate any time at all but try to be on at 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18, 21.

00:01 UTC Monday 3 July to 23:59 UTC Sunday 9 July 2023.

FREQUENCIES The following rules apply only if you are sending in an entry:

• You can use any amateur radio band in your licence except for 12m, 17m, 30m, 60m, and bands lower in frequency than 160m.
• Keep at least 1 kHz away from QRP centre of activity frequencies unless running QRP. (For 80m, 40m, and 20m, these are 3.560, 7.030, and 14.060 MHz.)
• After you finish a QSO on 3.558 or 7.028 MHz, unless you replied to a CQ or tail-ended a QSO, you must QSY by at least 500 Hz for a minimum of 10 minutes. This is a courtesy.

EXCHANGE The minimum exchange is:
Age is sent as a whole number of years, e.g. 54

SCORING You may claim only ONE QSO with any given operator per day, i.e. all QSOs claimed each day must be unique callsigns.

• All QSOs score 1 point for each year of age.
• Bonus of 10% of age (rounded) for each QSO starting between 0000-0059, 0300-0359, 0600-0659, 0900-0959, 1200-1259, 1500-1559, 1800-1859 & 2100-2159 UTC.

Examples:

QSO with someone aged 59 at 17:20 is 59 points (59 + no bonus).
QSO with someone aged 64 at 18:10 is 70 points (64 + bonus of 6).
QSO with someone aged 65 at 18:30 is 72 points (65 + bonus of 7).

LOGS Send in your entry after the last day.

Entries must be received by 31 July 2023 and must include your callsign, name, and email address (if you have one).

Log formats:

• The free FISTS Log Converter program https://fists.co.uk/flc.html version 4.3.3 or later for Windows is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily.
• Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order:
  
  QSO_Date, Call, Name, Freq, RST_Sent, RST_Rcvd, Time_On, Mode, Age, Points
  Example:
  
  2023年07月05日,G4QNH,John,7.026,599,559,18:05,CW,54,59
  'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC.
  'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number only, e.g. 7.026
  'Mode' must be CW
  'Age' is a whole number of years, e.g. 54
  'Points' can contain the QSO points or be left blank, e.g. 59
• ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above.
  Note: if your logbook application does not provide an AGE field, you can instead include age in a COMMENT or NOTES field, e.g. NICE QSO AGE 54
• Other file formats may be acceptable - please ask.
• If you don't have access to email, you can use official FISTS Activity paper log sheets; please ask and we will post you a set.

The email address for questions and entries is .

CHADBURN CUP FOR AFFILIATED CLUBS 2023

DESCRIPTION There are many Clubs who choose to be affiliated to FISTS, so this cup is for them and their members.  Anyone can enter the cup challenge provided they are a member of an affiliated club and the more members of an affiliated club who enter, the better the chances of that club winning.

Please note: overseas clubs may enter. The cup is open to all affiliated clubs.

The challenge runs from January to December each year and it is a simple challenge: the more points a club team gains the better its chances of winning.  The winning club is the club with most points at the end of the year.

Operators may belong to and operate for more than one club, as many members already do.

Team members MUST operate using their club callsigns.  I.e. ANY club member, and any number of club members can operate for the award but they MUST use the club callsign whilst on air.

DATES and
TIMES Ended early in September 2023.

7 days a week, continuous running.  Starting 0000Z January 1st each year and running till 2359Z December 31st of the same year.

FREQUENCIES 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m & 2m.

SCORING All QSOs made for the purposes of the award must be made using a club callsign registered with FISTS CW Club.

Clubs with multiple callsigns MAY be worked more than once per day provided each QSO is with a different operator and is on a different band – so you can’t count Fred, who is using GX0ABC and then simply changes to GX0ARC for the same club, twice. Working GX0ARC twice on one day is not permitted, working GX0ARC on 20m and working GX6ARC on 80m in the same day IS permitted.

A member callsign (rather than a club callsign) may NOT be worked more than once per day.

Note that "callsign" means a main callsign. For example G4YVM/P counts as the main callsign G4YVM.

Contest QSOs are permitted because we can’t police them but FISTS numbers MUST be transmitted during the QSO. Also see the note re club calls: if you work the contest as a club, fine, if you work it as yourself or as a Specific contest call, not fine. As ever, honesty to the fore please.

Points will be awarded as follows:

• For non-FISTS stations worked – nil points.
• For FISTS members worked – 1 point.
• For FISTS HQ callsigns worked – 5 points.
• For FISTS affiliated clubs worked – 10 points.

Points are NOT awarded for intra-club QSO (e.g for GX0ARC working GX0ARC, no points. For GX0ARC working GX6ARC – the same club – NO POINTS). Points are only awarded for QSOs between different clubs. If a club station works an operator who is also a member of the same club, NO POINTS. Obviously we cannot check everything so please, a little honesty!

QSO must be held both ways in Morse code.

LOGS Entries must be received no later than the 7th of the following month and include:

• The club's name.
• The name and email address of the person submitting the log.
• The club's callsign optionally followed by a "/" and one of the operators' callsigns, e.g. either GX0ARC or GX0ARC/G4YVM

A single club log can be submitted each month or a club's members may submit logs containing just their QSOs. In the single log or combined log for the club, contacted stations’ FISTS member numbers must appear in QSOs no more than once per day (QSOs with non-club callsigns) and no more than once per band per day (QSOs with club callsigns).

Clubs must be affiliated to enter the cup challenge. Logs of non-affiliated clubs will not be counted. Clubs MAY affiliate part way through the event but must be aware that no logs from the period pre-affiliation will be counted.

Log formats:

• The free FISTS Log Converter program for Windows version 4.3.1 or later is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily.
• Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order:
  
  QSO_Date, Call, Time_On, Freq, FISTS, Station_Callsign, Operator, Mode, Points
  Examples:
  
  2023年02月03日,G5VZ,14:25,7.027,12540,GX0ARC,G4YVM,CW,1
  2023年02月03日,G3ZOD,17:16,3.552,8385,,,CW,1
  
  'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC.
  'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number, e.g. 7.027
  'FISTS' must contain a FISTS member number, e.g. 12540
  'Station_Callsign' can be left blank if all the QSOs in the log are using the club callsign specified in the covering information e.g. GX0ARC. Otherwise, 'Station_Callsign' must contain the operator's callsign for the QSO e.g. G3QFE.
  'Operator' can be left blank if all the QSOs in the log are from the operator whose callsign is included in the covering information e.g. G4YVM. Otherwise, 'Operator' must contain the operator's callsign for the QSO e.g. G3QFE.
  'Mode' must be CW
  'Points' can contain a number or be left blank, e.g. 1
• ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above. If the ADIF file includes the STATION_CALLSIGN field in QSO records, this must be set to one of the club's callsigns.
• Other electronic file formats may be acceptable - please ask.
• NO PAPER LOGS ACCEPTED.

The email address for questions and entries is .

PRIZES Each year the affiliated club with most points will be awarded "the" Chadburn cup to retain as well as an electronic certificate which they can print for each club participant.

AUTUMN PARTY

DESCRIPTION We are having a meet-up on the bands this autumn. Not a ladder, not an award or other points collection, just a FISTS gathering.

As far as can be seen from contest calendars, there’s very little CW going on, so let’s wheel out the homebrew, the military gear, the old stuff and the new and let's just chat to each other. No points, any bands, just around the FISTS Centre of Activity frequencies, shall we?

DATE & TIME Saturday October 22nd at 1900Z to 2359Z.

ROYAL PLATINUM JUBILEE WEEKEND CELEBRATION

INTRODUCTION FISTS CW Club is celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth over the holiday weekend at the beginning on June 2022.

The celebration will take the form of an international on-air activity and culminates in the award of commemorative plaques to two participants.

OVERVIEW An on-air activity on the days Friday, 3. June; Saturday, 4. June; Sunday, 5. June 2022.

UK stations may use the RSL 'Q' per Ofcom regulation. NoV applications can be made on the RSGB NoV web page.

ACTIVITY The activity is open to all licensed radio amateurs.

Work as many stations as you can over the three days – starting at 0001UTC on Friday, 3. June 2022 and ending at 2359UTC on Sunday, 5. June 2022.

All HF bands from 160m to 10m, excluding WARC bands and 60m: That is, CW contacts on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10m.

Each contact must include the exchange of callsigns and, as a minimum, must also include signal reports, operators’ names, location of stations and – as applicable – each operator’s FISTS number.

SCORING Only CW contacts may be counted for scoring purposes.
1 point for each QSO per station contacted per band per day (One callsign only once per band on each of the three days).
One QSO point plus bonus points added.

• 1 bonus point added for working any UK station using 'Q' RSL
• 1 bonus point added for a FISTS member when their member number is received on air and logged
• 5 bonus points added for a FISTS HQ station – including GX0IPX or GQ0IPX, GX3ZQS or GQ3ZQS, MX5IPX or MQ5IPX, VK2FDU, ZL6FF, JL3YMV, KN0WCW.

Scores will be subject to adjudication by FISTS Europe and that process will be final.

AWARDS Two awards will be presented: one for the highest scoring UK station using 'Q' RSL; one for a station – UK-based or elsewhere – being the station, not using 'Q' RSL, with most points. These awards will be commemorative plaques, engraved with the recipient’s callsign and name.

LOGS Logs must be submitted before the end of Monday, 13. June 2022 using FISTS Log Converter or by email in one of the following formats (paper logs cannot be accepted).

• The free FISTS Log Converter program https://fists.co.uk/flc.html for Windows version 4.2.2 or later is recommended for creating and submitting logs quickly and easily.
• Excel, Calc, CSV (comma-separated values), or TSV (tab-separated values) files. The first row/record in the file must include these exact column names although they don't need to be in this order:
  
  QSO_Date, Call, Name, QTH, Freq, RST_Sent, RST_Rcvd, Time_On, FISTS, Mode, Points
  Example:
  
  2022年06月03日,GQ5VZ,Chris,Pontefract,7.027,589,579,14:25,12540,CW,3
  'QSO_Date' and 'Time_On' are UTC.
  'Freq' is in MHz and must be a decimal number only, e.g. 7.027
  'FISTS' must either be blank or contain a FISTS member number only, e.g. 12540
  'Mode' must be CW
  'Points' can contain a number or be left blank, e.g. 3
• ADIF files. These can be ADI (text) files or ADX (XML) files and must include the fields named above.
• Other file formats may be acceptable - please ask.

The email address for questions and entries is .

2M CHRONOPHAGE 2022

DESCRIPTION Named after the eponymous clock in Cambridge, the chronophage is a fun event on 2m CW. Most folks these days have only vertical antennas, so try both polarisations if you have the choice! No points, no contest mode.
Licence power limits.

DATES and
TIMES February 27th to March 6th

Sunday. Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday. Sunday. NB the Tuesday is planned to coincide with the UKAC contest 1st March 2000 – 2230Z. This is intentional to introduce people to it and to maximise chances of a QSO.

All day each day.

FREQUENCIES 2m, 144.050 or 144.058. During UKAC it will be all over the band.

LOGS and COMMENTS Logs and comments welcome to ...let's have some VHF fun.