FISTS USA Club Call
Rules and
Information
For questions regarding;
Scheduling Operating Dates, Logs and QSL's contact:
KN0WCW Sked & QSL Manager - Karl Zuege, KB1DSB, e-mail -- KB1DSB
Telephone: 802-468-5444
The FISTS USA Club Call is: K N Ø W C W
The FISTS number for the CLUB CALL is: 10,000
The CC number for this call
is: 1380
Please DO NOT use your personal FISTS numbers for QSO's made using the Club Call.
A contact with the FISTS USA
Club Call is worth 5 points
It may only be counted ONCE
towards your personal awards log total.
1. Currently paid FISTS dues.
2. Current FCC issued USA Call Sign.
3.
Permission from the FISTS USA Club Call Trustee.
If you would like permission to use the FISTS USA Club Call, please send an
e-mail with your name, call sign, and home phone number to:
OR ...
Send a letter with the same information to:
FISTS Club Call
c/o Karl Zuege, KB1DSB
2176 Drake Road
Bomoseen,
VT, 05732
The phone number given MUST be your HOME PHONE NUMBER.
DO NOT sent your office or business phone number.
You may choose up to a total of 7 days in a calendar year for your use of the Club Call. These dates can be consecutive or may be broken up into individual days or groups of days throughout the calendar year.
Dates are assigned on a first come first served basis. Please click on the YEAR numbers below for a calendar listing of dates already in use:
Rules for FISTS USA Club Call Use
2. A log must be kept of all QSO's with the following minimum log
information; UTC Date and Time of QSO, Call of Station Worked, Frequency, His
RST, Your RST, Name of Operator Worked, and QTH of Station Worked. A Club Call
Log sheet has been created in a PDF format by Tom WB5KHC. You will need Adobe
Reader to use this log sheet. To download the Club Call Log Sheet just click on
the link below:
Send your paper Club Call log, within 15 days after your last day of operation, to:
Or . . .
Send your Club Call log via e-mail attachment, within 15 days after your last day of operation, to:
Log should be sent in one of the following formats: Excel, Word, or a Text file.
3. All dates of operation are according to UTC (GMT) date and time.
4. All contacts made using the FISTS USA Club Call are not
useable for awards for your own call sign.
5. While many operators wish to complete and forward the QSL cards for their
contacts, some operators may not be able to accomplish this. Operators can
complete their cards and forward those cards, (which might be too expensive for
them to deal with), to the KN0WCW QSL MGR. This includes US and DX cards for
Non-FISTS members. The last option is for the operator to forward their log to
the KN0WCW QSL MGR and cards will be filled out and forwarded. FISTS USA does
not want a difficulty with QSL'ing to prevent someone from being an operator of
the Club Call.
Those who may not be able to prepare the cards and forward them should
contact Karl well before their scheduled date(s) of operating. This will save
him sending blank cards to them.
For all other operators, an initial number of cards and FISTS brochures will
be sent to them prior to their scheduled dates. Additional cards and/or
brochures will be forwarded on request.
QSL cards may be requested from Karl Zuege, KB1DSB via telephone, (
802-468-5444 ), his mailing address above or via his e-mail address;
6. All QSO's must be made on CW mode only. Any amateur band may be used.
7. When you are the control operator of the station using the FISTS USA Club Call, you must stay within the operating priviliges of your own operator license class.
8. The FISTS number for the FISTS USA Club Call is 10,000 and is the number you should give out when using the Club Call Sign, NOT your own FISTS number. The FISTS USA Club Call CC number is 1380.
There will be two FISTS USA Club Call certificates:
Operator -- & -- Achievement
The Operator Certificate will be issued for making a minimum of
10 contacts per day, (FISTS or non-FISTS stations), of scheduled use of the
FISTS USA Club Call during the time you are the Control Operator of the call.
Example: If you signed up to use the Club Call for 5 days total, you must
make a minimum total of 50 QSO's with the Club Call in order to qualify for the
"Operator Certificate". These 50 contacts may be spread out over the 5 days in
any manner.
You can send your Club Call Log to the KN0WCW QSL Manager in one of two ways.
1. Send your paper Club Call log, within 15 days after your last day of
operation, to:
Or . . .
2. Send your Club Call log via e-mail attachment, within 15 days after your last day of operation, to:
Log should be sent in one of the following formats: Excel, Word, or a Text file.
Operator certificates will not be sent out until logs are received and verified.
Achievement Certificate:
There are two options to obtain the Achievement Certificate:
1. Contact the FISTS USA Club Call once each month of the calendar year.
(Total of 12 QSO's)
Example: You work W2YMX using the Club Call in January, you may also work
W2YMX using the Club Call again in February, plus other stations in the
remaining 10 months. A contact needs to be made with the Club Call every month
of the year under option #1.
Using Option #1, the same station using the Club Call may be worked more than
once providing it is in different months.
OR ...
2. Contact 12 different authorized stations using the FISTS USA Club
Call during a calendar year. (Total of 12 QSO's)
Example: If you work W2YMX, N1PT and KB1DSB using the Club Call in January,
you may not work those stations using the Club Call again in any other month
during the year if you are going to claim the Achievement Certificate under
option #2.
Using Option #2, you can only work a station authorized to use the Club Call
once during the calendar year.
Send your station log claiming the Achievement Certificate to:
E-Mail logs will be accepted for the Achievement Certificate only at the following e-mail address:
fistsawards@comcast.net
Only Excel, Microsoft Word and Text files are acceptable e-mail logs for the Achievement Award.