CONTEST GENERAL INFORMATION
(CLICK HERE FOR A WORKSHEET)
START DATE	END DATE	TYPE 1 ALPHA 2 NUMERIC 3 CHARACTER 4 OTHER	NO. OF TIMES TO WORK	REPEAT CALLS ALLOWED	WILD CARD FOR CHARACTER NEEDED	2 WAY CONTACTS ALLOWED	ENDORSEMENT?
1 MAY 2011	NONE	4	2	NO	NO	YES	NO

ALPHA CROSS RULES

THE IDEA OF THIS PUZZLE IS TO CROSS OFF ALL 26 LETTERS
OF THE ALPHABET BY USING THE FIRST AND LAST LETTER OF
EACH CALL SIGN AND---THE INTERSECTING LETTER OF TWO OR MORE
CALL SIGNS TO ELIMINATE ALL 26 LETTERS
PLEASE NOTE THT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE BEFOREHAND
HOW MANY CONTACTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CROSS OFF ALL 26 LETTERS.

THERE IS AN EXAMPLE.  IT TOOK ME 4 TIMES TO GET ALL THE
CALL SIGNS TO FIT IN THE 19X19 GRID.
EXAMPLE HERE

1	THIS CONTEST MAY BE WORKED TWO TIMES IF YOU HAVE THE FORTITUDE.
	CALLS USED ON THE FIRST CONTEST CANNOT BE USED IN THE SECOND CONTEST

2	ONLY CONTACTS MADE AFTER 1 MAY 2011 CAN BE USED IN THIS CONTEST
	
3	YOU WILL BE USING THE COMPLETE CALL SIGN - MEANS NUMBERS
	ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN CROSSING CALL SIGNS
	
4	AN UNLIMITED SIZE GRID CAN BE USED BUT IT MUST FIT ONTO ONE SHEET
	OF PAPER NOT TO EXCEEL 8.5" X 11".
	 
5	CLICK HERE FOR WORKSHEET
	
6	EACH CALL SIGN IS TO INTERSECT AT LEAST ONE OTHER CALL SIGN.
	THE CALL SIGNS CAN BE USED LEFT TO RIGHT; RIGHT TO LEFT; TOP DOWN;
	OR BOTTOM UP.
	
7	ALL INTERSEGTING CALL SIGNS MUST BE CALL SIGNS THAT WERE WORKED AS 
	PART OF THIS AWARD.  JUST LIKE IN THE GAME OF SCRABBLE(TM),
	LETTERS IN CALL SIGNS CANNOT TOUCH IF THEY AREN'T PART OF A CALL SIGN 
	WORKED FOR THIS AWARD.

8	EACH CALL SIGN CAN ONLY, AND NEED ONLY, BE USED ONE TIME.  THIS ALSO
	MEANS A CALL SIGN USED IN CONTEST ONE CANNOT BE USED IN CONTEST TWO.

9	ALL CALL SIGNS USED MUST MAKE ONLY ONE GRID OF LETTERS.  IN
	OTHER WORDS, NO DISJOINTED OR SEPARATE GROUPING OF CALL IN THE
	GRID ARE ALLOWED.  (ANOTHER WAY TO SAY THIS, NO FLOATING CROSSOFFS ALLOWED)