Remember! You don't have to be a FISTS member to participate! Non-members can use club points (3 points per club) towards FISTS awards when they join FISTS later.

1. Purpose: To contact as many FISTS clubs as possible.
2. Mode: CW Only.
3. Contest dates --- Runs 24 hours 0000Z-2400Z October 24th (Pacific Daylight Time 5 PM Saturday to 5 PM Sunday). Clubs will operate to their own schedules. They are not required to be on the air the entire 24 hours of the event.
4. Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, and 10 meters. We encourage Clubs to use the Novice segments also. Sorry, no WARC bands. Clubs will call near regular FISTS frequencies.
   
5. Two categories of participants: QRP (5W or less) and QRO. All clubs will be considered QRO.
6. Only FISTS clubs will call. Clubs will call --- "CQ C2C"
7. Exchange --- Clubs and operators exchange the following elements:
   1. FISTS Members and Clubs:RST, Name, State (or 2 character prefix if DX), and FISTS number. Clubs: Send only your club's FISTS number.
      1. U.S. Example: 579, Stan, VA, 2934
      2. DX Example: 599, Ralph, ZL, 1073
   2. Non-FISTS: RST, Name, State, and Power (be sure to suffix with 'W').
      1. U.S. Example: 459, Bill, OR, 50W
      2. DX Example: 569, Yuri, UA, 100W
8. Scoring: Points for C2C awards are accrued as follows –
   1. 1 point for each club worked on each band, once per band.
   2. For the first QSO with any club you accrue one multiplier point.
   3. To calculate your final score, multiply the total number of C2C club QSOs times your multiplier points.
   Examples:
   1. You had 20 club QSOs total. Those 20 QSOs were with 12 of the clubs (remember that only one club QSO per band counts towards your total). Thus, your final score is your multiplier, 12, times the total QSOs, 20 = 12 X 20 = 240 C2C points. 12 clubs qualifies for the Bronze C2C Certificate.
   2. You worked 15 clubs. 10 of those clubs you worked on one band, 5 you worked on 2 bands. Your total QSOs are 10 + (5 x 2)= 20 QSOs. Since you worked 15 clubs total, your final score is 15 X 20 = 300 C2C points. 15 clubs qualifies for the Silver C2C Certificate.
   3. You worked 25 clubs on just one of the 5 bands. You worked the same 20 clubs once more each, but on one or more of the other 4 bands . Your multiplier is then 25 (for 25 unique clubs) and you have 45 club QSOs total. Your final score is then 25 times 45 = 1125 C2C points. 25 clubs qualifies for the Gold C2C Certificate.

   In summary

   1. Your first QSO with a club counts 1 point for your multiplier and 1 point for your total QSO count. Your total multiplier points cannot exceed the number of clubs that are on the air.
   2. You get 1 point toward your total QSO count for the same club each time you work it on one of the other 4 bands.
   3. Your multiplier alone determines which certificate you qualify for.
   4. You multiply all club QSOs times your multiplier for your total C2C points.

9. Club operators, please note this special rule: Club operators count any exchange with another club to your club and personal C2C QSO count. Example: If you are using your club's call and are called by another club, both club operators count C2C points for their club and themselves without the operators using their own home calls in the QSO. This rule is intended to reward our club volunteer ops without the need for confusing "double-call QSOs" or separate QSOs while you are pounding brass on behalf of your club. CAVEAT: The home call points in this example only count toward the operator's C2C point count and can not be used for FISTS Awards (e.g. Century), since the home calls were not actually exchanged (see footnote below).

1. All participating Clubs will handle their own logging and QSLs. Please, do NOT submit QSLs or logs to claim a C2C Certificate. Please QSL to Club contacted only (NOT to the contest organizers or FISTS HQ)! Send points results to, Paul Beringer, NG7Z: FistsC2C@yahoo.com
2. All contacts with Clubs will count toward regular FISTS awards (FISTS clubs are worth 3 points each), as applicable. In addition, special Coast-to-Coast certificates can be ordered by any participants who work the following number of clubs (NOTE: log submittal is NOT required, nor desired):
   A minimum of 10 Clubs ---- Bronze Certificate For contact of 15 Clubs ---- Silver Certificate For contact of 25 Clubs ---- Gold Certificate For contact of 35 Clubs ---- Platinum Certificate For contact of 45 Clubs ---- Diamond Certificate

   Your certificate will be endorsed with the total number of C2C points your earned according to the multiplier rule above. Point totals for top finishers will be reported in the Keynote for informational purposes after the event.

   Your certificate level is determined by the total number of clubs contacted, not the total points attained.

   Your certificate can also be endorsed for QRP or Mobile operation if you choose.

   Note that scores must be submitted within 30 days of the end of the event to qualify