Join in & have some CW fun... FOC 80th Anniversary Challenge In May 2018 The First Class CW Operators Club, FOC, will be celebrating its 80th Anniversary. Between 1st May and 31st May 2018 our members from around the world will be active on the bands using CW with special call signs, many of them containing the number ‘80’. The challenge is being run as a leaderboard on Club Log, and your ranking in the leaderboard determines the award level you achieve. All stations are welcome to participate. Rules The rules of the challenge: Times: Start at 0000z on 1st May, End at 2400z on 31st May 2018 Points are scored by making CW QSOs with FOC members and special call signs, once per band All bands, 160 through 10m are included QSOs with special callsigns containing "80" score 10 points per band QSOs with special callsigns containing "FOC" score 5 points per band QSOs with FOC members score 1 point per band The leaderboard stops at 800 entrants To view the leaderboard visit: https://clublog.org/foc_leaderboard.php Finding FOC Members on the Bands We recommend using the DJ1YFK skimmer, which is available here: http://foc.dj1yfk.de/bandmap, or the G7VJR FOC Cluster, which can be viewed here: https://dxlite.g7vjr.org?foc=1. Good luck! Awards At the end of the challenge awards are made as follows: Top 80: Gold Award Top 400: Silver Award Top 800: Bronze Award To claim your certificate please contact Art KZ5D by email to art@kz5d.com after the end of the challenge. Special Calls The following special calls are expected to be active in May 2018 for the FOC 80th Anniversary Challenge. GX4FOC GS4FOC GC4FOC GH4FOC GT4FOC GP4FOC GN4FOC GB80FOC 5B80FOC 9J80FOC DF80FOC DJ80FOC DK80FOC DM80FOC DP80FOC HA80FOC II7FOC IR0FOC K2FOC K5FOC K6FOC K7FOC KM4FOC KT5FOC M0RSE N4FOC N5FOC OL80FOC OZ80FOC PA80FOC PA80JLS PF80FOC PH80FOC R80FOC RA/SD80FOC S580FOC SC80FOC SF80FOC SM80FOC SP80FOC SX80FOC TM80FOC VE2FOCW VE3FOCW VE5FOC VE6FOC VI6FOC80 VU8FOC W1FOC W2FOC W5FOC W9FOC WA5FOC WF1OC YR80FOC ZB2FOC ZL1FOC ZS9FOC We look forward to working you during our celebration in May, 2018. (161) / 77/73 Steve / W5BIB - (SOC #1133))
