[CQ-Contest] Correction: NS RTTY Announcement

Matt Murphy matt at nq6n.com
Wed Apr 18 07:59:23 PDT 2012


Correction, the NS RTTY will be Thursday night at 0130Z (Fri) .  The
announcement I sent out had the correct local times but the wrong UTC
time.

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Matt Murphy <matt at nq6n.com> wrote:
> announcing the still experimental but very popular...
>
> NS RTTY - "RTTY Contesting on the Edge"  This Thursday night at 0230Z (Fri)
>
>               1830 Pacific   1930 Mountain 2030 Central 2130 Eastern
> Time -- Thursday Night
>               30 minutes exactly.
>
> Great prep for NA RTTY Sprints.
>
>     - 160, 80, 40  and 20m  40 KHz up from band edge or 1815 [please
> spread out]
>     - 100 watts maximum
>     - Sprint format,
>             - mults per band
>             - 1 KHz QSY rule.
>     - Contact stations once per band i.e. no same-band duplicate Q's.
>     - For now post scores to nccc-blue reflector.
>
> Rules:  http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
> CW Ladder Schedule:  http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.html
>
> Important rules:
>   1) Strictly observe the time limits  . . see
> http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html paragraph "Time".
>   2)  After 2nd Q of couplet, please leave a pause for the cq'ing
> stn to ask for fills.
>
> Setup:  Hank, W6SX, has generously provided the F-Key configuration
> file he uses for N1MM, both for the CW and RTTY Sprint to serve as
> examples of a successful SO1V configuration. Links below.
>
> RTTY: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns/f-key%20files/ns_rtty.mc
> CW: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns/f-key%20files/ns.mc
>
> nccc-blue reflector:  All are invited to join this low-volume
> reflector for discussing NS and NS Ladder topics.  Sign up at:
> http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/nccc-blue   Phil, W6PK will see
> your request.
>
> 73 Matt NQ6N, Guest Conductor
>
> questions to nq6n at arrl.net
> or any Advisory Group member.   N6ZFO, N4AF, N6WM, K6UFO, W4NZ, K4BAI,
> W9RE, N3BB and W0BH
>
> p.s. Join the fun in the NS CW Sprint which starts one hour later,
> on the same day as the RTTY contest.  See the separate announcement.


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