[CQ-Contest] NS Ladder XV Week 8 (final week) Thursday

[Matt Murphy]

NS Ladder Thursday night (Friday UTC)

15m is included!

See the schedule below in plaintext format this time for readability
on all email programs.

NSL XV - August/September 2012
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Week 1 03-August
Week 2 10-August
Week 3 17-August
Week 4 24-August
Week 5 31-August
Week 6 07-September
Week 7 14-September
Week 8 21-September

NS Ladder XV - "Contesting on the Edge".

*Date & Time:*

1930 Pacific 2030 Mountain 2130 Central 2230 Eastern
Time -- Thursday Night
30 minutes exactly.

Great prep for NA Sprints and multiple chances to win the famous W0YK
Wine (www.munsvineyard.com)

- 160, 80, 40, 20 and 15m 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.
- Score reports to http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/ (Tks, WA7BNM)

[Note we will request logs from time to time to verify accuracy]

Rules: http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
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.

CW: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns/f-key%20files/ns.mc

Awards: Bottles of CA Pinot Noir wine from the famous W0YK vineyard
awarded [alternate prizes for those <21] by a weighted random drawing.
Thus from an awards standpoint, no SO1R "penalty" in this contest.
Note: our downloadable score base, available weekly and flagged for
SO2R use, allow a participant to generate personalized rankings by
selectable criteria. Minimum 5 weeks required for awards. .
additional entries in drawing table for 1st, 2nd place scores in
division and for perfect 8-wk participation. Divisions . . see map at
http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html

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 Contest Director

questions to nq6n at arrl.net
or any Advisory Group member. N6ZFO, N4AF, N6WM, K