[CQ-Contest] 9-15-2011 SNS is 9-16 UTC sorry

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

sorry.. updated UTC dates in this revision


****Announcing the NCCC's (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday night running of the SNS , The cw sprint for the rest of us! ****

Check the SNS website out at
http://www.ncccsprint.com/sns.html

Please wait just a split second on jump balls ("ns" talk for several stations answering a CQ).  Please be aware of the fact that there are stations just getting acclimated to sprinting, and can be easily intimidated so keep a sharp friendly ear, and maybe let a station inheriting a frequency throw out a cq prior to calling them.

Please keep your speed to between 18 to 26  WPM.  Stations running on the higher side of this please be willing to QRS for some of the slower operators.  Remember we are trying to welcome new sprinters to our ranks!

As usual We will be preceding  NSL  XII  (A fantastic warm up for all, see notes from N6ZFO), with a 10 minute break prior. So for now, the Slow Speed NS is from 0200z to 0220z   16  Sept 2011    lets keep it strict  and the timing prescision, since the ladder competition is going on.

Frequencies:
20 m      14037-14043
40 m      7040-7047
80 m      3537-3543
 its a bit early for 160, so lets not go there for now.

POWER: 100 watt limit.

If you don't hear a CQ, send a CQ and don't worry about the couplet since this is only practice and hopefully an introduction to sprints for newbies.  I think stations might answer a CQ more likely than call CQ themselves.  With that said remember that newbies are listening to get up the nerve to jump in so don't hesitate to make Q's.

The SNS, NS and NS Ladder and the NCCC/NS Net on 3610 immediately following at 0300 are all part of the "Thursday night contesting" experience sponsored by the Northern California Contest Club!

Sites to help everyone for sprint contests.

NS home website is:
http://www.ncccsprint.com/
http://www.contesting.com/articles/198
http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html

Need help with your logging software, macros, etc.? Feel free to drop me an email and we will do our best to assist!

73 es GL  and above all, enjoy and have fun!

 more exciting changes to come in the near future!  We are working on it so stay tuned!

Chris
N6WM
Contest Director, SNS
President, NCCC