Objective: To make known Esperanto to other hams and shortwave listeners and to show how much fun Esperanto can be. Indeed this is the safest way to hear Esperanto on the air. Esperantists are by far more active here than anywhere else. It's not like a classical contest, expect no more than a few dozen contacts in 48 hours, only the very enthusiastic reach a hundred contacts. Try 14266 kHz first since it is the most active frequency. The contest is also a good opportunity to collect points for the Esperanto Award.

To be held every year third weekend in November, 0000 UT Sat. - 2400 UT on Sun. (20 hours of QRX required).

Category: "single operator, multi band".

Use all bands 1.8 through 28 MHz except WARC. The same station may be worked once per band.

Exchange: RS and serial number starting 001 in the ESPERANTO language. 

Note:    All you have to know are the numbers of Esperanto : 

1 = unu,   2 = du,  3 = tri,   4 = kvar,   5 = kvin,  6 = ses,   7 = sep(en),   8 = ok,   9 = nau,  10 = dek 

(Pronounce: oonoo, doo, tree, quaar, quinn, ses, sep, ock, now, deck, ... sorry, this is just an unscientific approximation).

Scoring: Each contact counts one point.

Logs must show: time UT, call, sent and received RS(T) and serial numbers.

Entries should be sent to ... - PLEASE sent them even if you just make a single contact:                NEW !!!!

                                                         Wolf  Krüger    DL1CC 

                                                          PF  7223

                                                          15872    Eisenhüttenstadt
                                                          Germany

If you decide to listen you may find this list of expressions useful:

jes                             yes
ne                              not
chu                             (is a word preceding many questions)
chu bone?                       OK?
ghenerala alvoko                CQ
iu ajn                          CQ 
kiu vokas?                      QRZ?
mia nomo estas                  my name is
mia loghejo estas               QTH
intermikso                      QRM
ghis reaudo                     CU
ghis baldau                     CU
voku denove                     call again
chu vi audas min                do u copy?
ripetu la numeron               rpt the number
ripetu la raporton              rpt the report
dankon pro la kontakto          tnx QSO
dankon pro la alvoko            tnx fr the call
Chu vi komprenis?               did you understand?
mi ne komprenis                 I didn't understand
uzu la anglan bonvolu           speak English please
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Pronounciation:
...au like cow
gh... like John
ch... like chat
sh... like shy
c...  like tsar
j...  like yes 
a...  like under
e...  like end
i...  like in
o...  like top
...u  like woodoo
The good news is that there are no exceptions.

More rules:

Singular nouns finish with -o
Plural nouns finish with -oj
Verbs in present tense finish with -as 
Verbs in past tense finish with -is 
Verbs in future tense finish with -os 

ALL RULES:

Try www.esperanto-chicago.org/16rules.htm or webcom.com/~donh/Esperanto/rules.html or search the net for more.