30-minute sessions: 2200-2230Z, Thursday, 22 September 0200-0230Z, Friday, 23 September Ed - W0YK _____ From: nccc-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:nccc-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Muns Sen
Remember that the log deadline is just 10 days away. Over 2000 logs have been submitted ... thank you! We expect to exceed 3000 this year, so be sure and get yours sent in to mailto:rtty@cqww.com. Pu
Remember the NA RTTY Sprint runs from 00-04z on Sunday, 9 October. This is Saturday evening, NA time. This is a short, fun contest that really builds operating skill, so don't miss it! There will be
OK, you procrastinators ... the deadline is just 20 hours away for the CQ WW RTTY log submittals (23:59:59 UTC on 15 October 2011). Thanks to the 2600+ who have submitted. Still, there are several th
Logs are due today (0400z, Sunday, 16 October) for last weekend's NA RTTY Sprint. The preferred submittal method is to upload them via the NCJ website: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php Preli
The preliminary results for the NA RTTY Sprint held a week ago are now posted on the NCJ website: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrttyprelim.php. The final results article will be published in the Jan/Fe
The following logs were submitted as HIGH power in the 10-Meter RTTY Contest. Since this was a low power (100 watts) contest, these logs have been reclassified as CHECKLOGS. If this is a mistake and
The 2012 CQ WPX season opens in less than 10 days with the RTTY mode on 11-12 February, followed by SSB in March and CW in May. With 10 meters back and activity continuing to rise in all three modes,
How mode-versatile are you? New this year is the CQ WPX Triathlon Award, for the highest cumulative-scoring Single-Op making at least 500 QSOs in each of the three modes: RTTY, SSB and CW. Here are t
Over 2700 logs have been received, topping last year's record number of 2374. However, there are another 2800 calls in the aggregate QSOs from the received logs, so potentially there are twice as man
With the log deadline just 24 hours away, a number of significant logs are missing: QSOs Missing Logs Logs are accepted after the deadline, of course, because they improve the log checking up to the
This Saturday is the semi-annual NA RTTY Sprint sponsored by the NCJ. It is a 4-hour slice out of your weekend running from 00-04Z, Sunday, 11 March (Saturday evening, NA time). The Sprint format is
Results for last week's NA RTTY Sprint are posted on ncjweb.com at http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrttyprelim.php Let me know any questions. The final results article will be in the May/June issue of the
1. Although strange to CW/SSB Sprinters, it is common practice in all RTTY contesting to end CQ messages with 'CQ', and only 'CQ' after your callsign(s). 2. Just send your callsign ... once or twice
It's great to see log checking turn-around and results-reporting continue to be done faster and faster. We've now solved the problem of actually having to operate the contest. Ed - W0YK Doug, K1DG, a
Yes, that is the correct terminology. Checking the cluster (or, any information source) after the contest to correct your log is cheating, i.e., violating the rules. Using a DX cluster during the con
The scoring technology is excellent. 3500 CQ WPX RTTY logs were completely checked in about 15 minutes on an garden-variety PC. 85% of all QSOs cross-checked, calls busted that are off by two charact
The 26th annual CQ WW RTTY Contest is less than 4 weeks away. Don't miss the largest RTTY contest of the year! Will 2012 enjoy the exceptional propagation that graced 2011? Will participation continu
2200-2230Z, Thursday, 27 September 0200-0230Z, Friday, 28 September This is an opportunity to test hardware, software, operating, etc. in simulated contest conditions. Setup and operate as if the con
I've been inundated with email from operators with questions about issues getting their log fully "approved" by the robot. Still, there are hundreds of logs that are submitted successfully and these