[CQ-Contest] NCCC Sprint Ladder #23 - Starts Thursday night

[Bill Haddon]

*NCCC Sprint Ladder XXIII - "Contesting on the Edge"      *


Starting this week and continuing for 8 weeks, Thursday night in NA,
0230-0300Z (Fri UTC).  NSL is a fast and short weekly contest especially
useful for improving or maintaining CW Sprint skills.  We’re returning to
wine awards from W0YK based on a weighted random drawing method:
participate significantly for just 5 of 8 weeks for a chance to win.

*Important rules:*
         --  *15, 20, 40, 80 and 160m*  38-44 KHz up from band edge,
1813-18 on 160m.
          -- *100 watts max*
          -- Sprint format, *mults per band* and 1 KHz minimum QSY.
          -- Contact stations once per band.
          -- Score reports to 3830scores.com (tks, WA7BNM)

-- Results (after Wk 2) summarized immediately on

    http://www.ncccsprint.com/results.html    (tks NQ6N, K6MM)

          -- Participate in 5 of 8 sessions to qualify for wine awards
(tks, W0YK)

          -- In final rankings, only the top five scores count.

    New participants are welcome in this friendly group.   You won't be
disappointed.

    *Rules:*  http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
    *Schedule:*  http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.html
    *Divisions* . . see map at http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html

    *Post-contest: *Join *N6RO* near 3610 for discussion, score bragging
and so on.


    *Additional guidelines:*
        1) Strictly observe the 30 min limit
http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html paragraph "Time".
        2) After 2nd Q of couplet, pause for the receiving station
acknowledge or ask for fills.
        3) Spread out. *Use full freq range.* Consider a QSY of 2-3 KHz
(Minimum 1KHz QSY)
        4) Code Speed:  Participants will slow down when appropriate.
Speeds around 40 wpm are discouraged but allowed.

    *nccc-blue:*  A low-volume reflector to discuss NS topics.
    Join at:  http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/nccc-blue   (tks, Phil,
W6PK).

Tom, N3ZZ continues to run an enjoyable, innovative and exciting NSbetween
the ladders -- he gets a rest now.  K6MR organizes a RTTY NS prior to the
NS and NSL time slot; a 5-week RTTY ladder is scheduled for the summer.


    *73 Bill n6zfo  *(n6zfo at arrl.net)

    NCCC Thursday Night Contesting

    With the NSL Advisory group: *N4AF, K6UFO, W4NZ, K4BAI, W9RE, N3BB and
W0BH*

*Schedule:*  *NSL XXIII    2015*
Wk 1    Apr 24   0230-0300Z    (Thurs Apr 23 in NA)
Wk 2    May 1    0230-0300Z

Wk 3    May 8    0230-0300Z
Bye      May 15  * Dayton*
Wk 4    May 22   0230-0300Z
Wk 5    May 29   0230-0300Z
Wk 6    Jun 5     0230-0300Z
Wk 7    Jun 12   0230-0300Z
Wk 8    Jun 19   0230-0300Z