Announcement

We are pleased to announce the establishment of a new Fists chapter, Fists East Asia, with 20 Fists members in Taiwan and Japan.
The Fists East Asia team would like to thank Geo, Ralph, Nancy and others for offering a great deal of assistance in establishing this new chapter.

Introduction

The FISTS Club, (International Morse Preservation Society) was founded in 1987 by Geo Longden G3ZQS of Darwen, Lancs England, after recognising a need for a club in which veteran operators would help newcomers and
less-experienced operators learn and improve CW proficiency.
During the first year, membership reached 300, most of whom were in Great Britain and Europe.

The North American chapter was formed in 1990 to assist 11 members in the USA receive the newsletter and as a banking convenience. Nancy Kott WZ8C of Hadley, Michigan was named US representative, a position she still holds but she now handles the affairs of over 2,000 members in the Americas.

The NZ Chapter was formed in 1998 to provide a similar service to Australasian members, with Ralph Sutton ZL2AOH as the VK/ZL representative. From a VK/ZL membership of four, there are now over 70 members "Down Under", principally in New Zealand. The NZ membership is the largest in any country outside England and Wales and North America.

The East Asia Chapter was formed in 2004 by a few BVs and JAs to provide East Asian members with various services in their native languages.

Worldwide, there are more than 15,000 members as of March 2023.

The FISTS Club is one amateur radio's fastest growing organisations. It's an unique club, founded and maintained on solid principles using radio's oldest and yet most reliable communications mode - CW!

FISTS Awards

FISTS members participate between themselves in a popular award scheme that includes the following:

• Century award is for 100 FISTS contact points
• Platinum Award is for 100 Century Award contacts
• 250 Century award is for 250 Century Award holder contacts
• 500 Century Award is for 500 Century Award holder contacts
• Silver Award is for 250 FISTS contact points
• Gold Award is for 500 FISTS contact points
• Diamond Award is for 1000 FISTS contact points
• Worked FISTS all US States - for exchange between FISTS members in QRP as well as QRO categories.

1 point for your own country
2 points outside your own country as per DXCC rules
3 points for any FISTS club station
5 points for any of the NATIONAL FISTS club stations : GX0IPX, ZL6FF, KN0WCW, VK2FDU and JL3YMV

See FISTS HQ and FISTS NA for more information.

If you want to join us, please email to following address with your:

• Callsign or SWL number (required, if you're a radio amateur or an SWL)
• Handle/Nickname (required)
• Fullname (required)
• Location (Prefecture/Province/State, Country) (optional)
• E-Mail Address (required)
• Year of Birth (optional)
• Other Callsigns (if you have)