On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Ken Keeler <kenkeeler@jazznut.com> wrote:
> Activity has picked up since we re-started the series, so let's continue
> the 30 minute RTTY sprint practice on Thursdays, one hour before the CW NS:
>
> Next: 0130 to 0200Z, April 5; Thursday night in NA, 630 PM PDST, etc.
> Note that we are now all on DST.
> *To pump up the activity, DUPEs are OK, after one intervening QSO on any
> band. Last week, most of the gang liked the resulting increased rate!
> When we get to about 15 participants, we can drop the DUPES OK.
>
> *These 30 minute practices are for experienced sprinters on cw to learn
> a new mode,
> and for RTTY contesters to learn the sprint format. Also a chance
> to try out the newly popular 2Tone decoder.
>
> There are two main differences between the NCCC Sprints and NA Sprint:
> In NS, power is usually limited to 100w, and *mults count on all bands.
> *For this upcoming practice, use 80, 40, 20m; up 80+ Khz. from the
> bottom of the band.
> Sometime in May, we'll add 15m. I'll monitor the band to see when the
> summer opening starts.
>
> You need two different messages in sprint, one when acquiring a
> frequency: N6TR 245 KEN CA N6RO;
> in a different order when vacating the freq.: N8EA N6RO 246 KEN CA.
> This let's others know who is acquiring the freq.
>
> NS rules at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
> These apply for the RTTY practice sprints.
>
> Thanks to WA7BNM for providing the 3830 score reporting each week.
>
> If you want the Sprint RTTY practices to continue, vote by showing up each
> Thursday.
>
> Thursday Night Diddler, N6RO
>
>
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