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 GB2FOC
GB4FOC 5B80FOC 9J80FOC DF80FOC DJ80FOC DK80FOC DL80FOC DM80FOC DP80FOC
HA80FOC II7FOC IR0FOC K2FOC K5FOC K6FOC K7FOC KM4FOC KT5FOC
M0RSE N4FOC N5FOC OL80FOC OZ80FOC PA80FOC PA80JLS PF80FOC PH80FOC
S580FOC SC80FOC SF80FOC SM80FOC SP80FOC SX80FOC TM80FOC VE2FOCW VE3FOCW
VE5FOC VE6FOC VI6FOC80 VU8FOC W1FOC W2FOC W5FOC W9FOC WA5FOC
WF1OC WG4FOC YR80FOC ZB2FOC ZL1FOC ZS9FOC
Club Log will show active stations who have uploaded logs here: https://clublog.org/foc_participants.php
Award chasers do not need to upload their logs to Club Log in order to appear in the leader board or claim an award certificate.
QSL route for G*4FOC, GB80FOC and M0RSE
Please do not send cards for these calls via the bureau, only use the Online QSL Request Service, kindly run by G3SWH. We will either send your card direct or via the bureau - your choice.
G*4FOC OQRS Link
GB80FOC OQRS Link
M0RSE OQRS Link
For all other special stations please observe their own QSL policies by checking www.qrz.com or asking the operator over the air.
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