Lots of NS RTTY fun this week for those not hitting Dayton. Be sure to get
on fifteen right at the start.
73,
Hank, W6SX
On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Ken Keeler <kenkeeler@jazznut.com> wrote:
> The 30 minute RTTY sprint practice continues on Thursday, one hour
> before the CW NS this week.
> NO CW Ladder this week, but practice session continues at 0230Z for those
> not at Dayton, using Ladder rules + *ADDING 15m*.
> Slow speed CW NS continues at 0200Z for 15 minutes.
>
> Next NS-RY: 0130 to 0200Z, May 17; Thursday night in NA, 630 PM PDST,
> etc.
> *To pump up the activity, DUPEs are OK, after one intervening QSO on any
> band.
> And, 15m was open last week, so let's add that band to the mix.
>
> *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 RY practice, use 80, 40, 20, 15m; up 80+ Khz. from
> the bottom of the band.
>
> 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/N7WA 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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