Note the time change emphasis and the RTTY Sprint practices both
Thursday and Friday nights. 73, John.
This week, we'll have four practice sessions:
0130-0200Z Friday (Thursday evening NA time): RTTY Sprint practice
0200-0215Z Friday: Slow NCCC Sprint (SNS)
0230-0300Z Friday: regular NCCC Sprint (NS)
0230-0300Z Saturday (Friday evening NA time): RTTY Sprint practice
PLEASE FWD THIS TO YOUR LOCAL/REGIONAL CONTEST CLUB!!!!
For the Thursday NS practice, we'll use NS rules on 20/40/80/160m:
March 12 local date in North America; Mar. 13 UTC.
30 minutes starting at 0230Z.
NOTE THAT THIS IS ONE HOUR LATER LOCAL TIME SINCE WE MOVED TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS.
NS RULES: Sprint format, DUPES on same band OK (one intervening
QSO), 100 watts.
1 Khz QSY before calling; 5 Khz QSY before CQ.
BANDS: 20m is showing signs of life, plus 40 & 80m, +35 to
45 khz from low band edge; near 1815 on 160m.
SPREAD OUT......!
The SLOW SPEED CW NS practice continues: 02-0215Z on Thursday; 40,
80m CW, dupes ok.
See W9RE's announcement.
See W0YK's announcement on the two RTTY Sprint practices.
The schedule of Thursday (sometimes Friday also) events through
March is posted on the NEXT NS page at:
http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm
General rules and further info at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/
-- Report scores near 3610 LSB after the practice, at 0300Z (7 PM PST) on
the weekly NCCC contest net), or send your score directly to the 3830
reflector.
Thanks to WA7BNM and N7WA for their posting service.
Next week, Mar. 20, more NS practice, unless N6ZFO decides to start
the Ladder series.
N6RO kenkeeler at jazznut.com
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