[CQ-Contest] NCCC Weekly Sprint - NS

[Haddon/N6ZFO]

The Northern California Contest Club announces a weekly
Sprint-like practice.

Our objectives for the NCCC Sprint (NS) are:

    -- Keep brains nimble between the various "real"
       sprints.

    -- Provide a regular practice to initiate newcomers
       to the art and science of the sprint.

For the present, NS will be a weekly CW contest on
40, 80 and 160 meters, but bands and modes may change
from week to week to SSB and RTTY. [No NCCC Sprint
before major contests]

Day:  Thursday US time (Fri Zulu)

Time: 0340-0400Z

       2340-0000 Eastern Daylight Time
       2240-2300 Central
       2140-2200 Mountain
       2040-2100 Pacific

Frequencies: 7040, 3540, 1820

Format: Similar to Internet Sprint:

       -- Call "CQ NS", "NS" etc.
       -- Send  #, Name from previous QSO, State.
            -- Send your name on first QSO.
       -- Work dupes after 3 intervening Q's; ok if
          *either* station has worked 3 others.
       -- QSY rule: After 1 or 2 Q's, as appropriate, move
          1 KHz or more.

Guidelines: Keep the cw speed at 20 wpm or below
*for the first ten minutes* to encourage newcomers.  At
any time, please match the speed of the responding or CQing
station and be mindful of on-going QSO's.

Reporting: If you wish, report score and comments to
n6zfo at arrl.net (not to CQ-Contest) We'll post results
on the 3830 Reflector each week.

We hope to see you frequently on Thursday nights. Join us
on the NCCC Contest net immediately following on 3853.

73

Bill N6ZFO
Ken N6RO
Dean N6DE