[CQ-Contest] Sprint practice? - NS Ladder Thursday

[Bill Haddon]

Thursday night. . . NCCC Sprint Ladder XVI  - Wk 5 of 8.

Great practice for next weekend's NAS CW . . join NCCC Sprint Ladder on
Thursday night (0230-0300Z).  Four differences: mults by band, QSY rule is
relaxed somewhat from NAS, power limit is 100w and use of 160m.  And if
you're new to sprints, our regulars will slow down for you.

NS Ladder:  Friday, 0230-0300Z; Thur at: 1830 PST; 1930 MST; 2030 CST; 2130
EST

- 20, 40, 80, 160 meters, 40 KHz up from band edge or 1812-1817 kHz.
- 100 watts maximum
- Sprint format -- exchange:  #; Name; St. Prov or Country
- mults per band  (i.e. NAQP-like)

Report scores at  http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
<http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/>(Tks, WA7BNM)

Rules: http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
Schedule: http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.html
Results: http://www.ncccsprint.com/scores.html
                    (NQ6N software automatically and rapidly updates the
score table based on 3830 reports)

<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 station to
ask for fills.
3) QSY Rule. . After a CQ, we encourage stations to QSY more than the 1KHz
minimum required by the rules so as to avoid bunching around the center
frequencies.     thus a "1,2" QSY guideline, as opposed to the "1,5" rule
in the NAS.
4) Five weeks  of significant participation makes you eligible for W0YK
wine drawing (KE3X, Awards Manager)

N1MM message set from W6SX: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns
/f-key%20files/ns.mc
See also: http://www.ncccsprint.com/software.html

 <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  (tks,  Phil, W6PK).

73,    Bill N6ZFO