[CQ-Contest] NCCC Thursday Sprint, Feb. 22, NS rules, 40, 80 and 160m CW, LP

[Ken Keeler]

NCCC PRACTICE SPRINT continues this week, Feb. 21, local date in 
North America;  Feb. 22, UTC.

Usual NS rules this week, adding 40m.  80 and 160 should still be best.

--30 mins   0330-04Z  (all NCCC practice sessions will be the same 
LOCAL START time, year round, UFN)
-- Start 0330Z (1930 PST, 2030 MST, 2130 CST 2230 EST)

This Thursday, use  NS (NCCC Sprint) rules using THREE bands:
BANDS:   40, 80, 160m: --  7040, 3540, 1815  +/-5.
-- CW only, LOW POWER, dupes allowed after 1 intervening Q  1 KHz QSY.

Slow speed NS (SNS) from 0300 to 0315Z, 40m and 80m

The  schedule of Thursday (sometimes Friday also) events through 
March, 2008,  is posted on the NEXT NS page at:
http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm   [THE WEBSITE HAS SOME 
PROBLEMS, NS SCHEDULE IS NOT QUITE RIGHT]
Look for announcement of the LADDER COMPETITION, to start in March.

General rules and further info at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/

-- Report scores near 3610 LSB after the practice,  at 0400Z (8 PM PST) on
the weekly NCCC net), and the 3830 Score posting page (thanks to 
WA7BNM & N7WA).

Next week, Feb. 29; as a warm-up for ARRL Phone, let's do an SSB NS 
(first time!).  Rules same as CW NS, dupes ok, mults on each bands.....

CU,  N6RO