[CQ-Contest] NCCC NS Sprint Ladder - Thurs Practice

[Haddon/N6ZFO]

This Thurs . . 2nd and final practice for the 2006 NCCC
Sprint Ladder, 0230-0300 UTC Fri (Thurs NA), 20-160m CW

Rules and guidelines:   www.ncccsprint.com
(Tks, Ed W0YK for the classy new webpage, which can also be
accessed with the "NS HOME" link button on www.nccc.cc)

Ed has also posted instructions for adapting TR-Log; please
e-mail him at if you have an interesting way to use one of the other
popular logging programs (adr on web page)

Some reasons for partipating in the NCCC Thursday Sprint
Ladder:  It's --

1) Fun, and challenging, and brief.
2) A regular format for practicing/upgrading contesting skills
    and quantifying your improvements.
3) A potential 'laboratory' for testing your new antennas,
    SO2R capabilities, and other station improvements that
    you will make over the summer. Probably week-to-week QSO
    totals compared to other stations rather than total
    score will be the best measure of how your great new
    antenna design actually functions under contest conditions.
    Full results for the 12-wk ladder will be available at ncccsprint.com.

Finally,  if your contest club wishes to conduct it's own ladder
competition, the NCCC Thursday Sprint format and structure
can be used independently of NCCC's contest. Just extract the
scores and use them as you wish.  For example, a  4-week
ladder competiton just in June or July could be carried out
separately by any club or group.

For questions or suggestion, please contact n6zfo at arrl.net

73 Bill n6zfo