[CQ-Contest] NS NCCC sprint rules

[Bill Haddon]

Hello Mike:

NB is an NS /NS Ladder multiplier.

We neglected to change the multiplier list, which was formerly tied to NA
Sprint mults plus a few others.

So for NS and NS Ladder:. .all NAQP multipliers.   But add DC and 9Y, 9Z';
P4; PJ0-4, PJ9.

See http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html

73 Bill N6ZFO

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> Hi Hal ol' buddy!
>
> Always good to see your call here, whether it's email, from Ohio, The
> Netherlands, France, or remote in Japan.
>
> I'll see about contacting Bill/ZFO and get some kind of official word, as
> well......Maybe I'll just CC him on this.(done-hope u don't mind)
>
> It's no secret I don't personally like "MAR" as a multiplier, as we are
> some
> of the very very few guys in North America that don't get to play for the
> home team in a few select contests, but are lumped in together by
> convenience due to MAR being our RAC section. (MAR is a holdover from the
> old days when there wasn't enough ham population in NB, NS or PEI to even
> count on one hand.  )
> Just by tradition and because folks locally are like that, nobody has ever
> petitioned to separate the sections.  Weird, as there are RAC directors and
> deputy directors in the Provinces.
> Non contester (local) hams could care less.  . . . but I digress.
>
>  Slowly over the years, most contests have converted to all provinces, but
> not all. (even the SSB Sprint folks listened)
>
> If I wanted to be a real jerk (and believe me, I have thought about it) I
> would show up in ARRL SS, C-QP and the Sprints and give NB as my mult and
> refuse to give MAR (hi hi)
> I'd rather not do that if I went to do a few casual NS NCCC Sprints though.
> Those are good guys.  I don't think after all I have been through I have a
> hope in heck of changing the ARRL's mind until RAC changes MAR, but a lot
> of
> contests have changed and perhaps NCCC-NS will too....we'll see what Bill
> says.
>
> Anyways, I'll be on Sat nite flying the NB flag as always, though if condx
> are punk, I likely won't do a full effort.
>
> dit dit
>
> Mike VE9AA "NB"
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Offutt [mailto:hal at japancorporateresearch.com]
> Sent: August 5, 2016 8:59 AM
> To: Mike Smith VE9AA
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NS NCCC sprint rules
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> I am not involved in the management of the NS but I am a regular
> participant.  Bill N6ZFO is the guy in charge.  I'm sure he will get in
> touch with you.  He has not been on Thursday nights for the last couple of
> weeks so he may be on vacation.  Let me know if you don't hear from him or
> someone else from NCCC about this before long.
>
> I doubt very much if the participants in NS would mind if you send NB.
> And I'm absolutely sure that everyone would welcome your
> participation.   However, the logging software will not count your mult
> if you send NB.  At least Win-Test, the program I use, will not, and I
> assume the others are the same.  No doubt when it was set up, they just
> copied the NA Sprint program.  I just tried it and the Win-Test does not
> recognize NB.
>
> So it looks like a long-term campaign to change the NA Sprint rules is
> needed.  If this happens, the NS rules should automatically follow.  For
> starters, why don't you join the NCCC-Blue reflector (most NS participants
> subscribe) and express your opinion there.  I'm sure that many of the guys
> will support you.
>
> We have a lot of fun every week and if you would join us, it would be a
> real
> plus.  CW speeds get real fast (last night I set my speed at 46
> WPM) and it is a real rush and good training for general contesting.
>
> Please join us!
>
> I agree 100% with you about MAR and I can't understand why this fiction
> hasn't been retired a long time ago.   SS uses ARRL sections, not states
> and provinces, so it is a little more complex.  I wonder how NL got to be
> its own section.  Is this population based?  I suppose the guys in NT
> (another fiction) feel the same as you guys in "MAR"?
>
> I hope to see you in the NAQP CW this weekend.  At least this contest is
> consistent in counting states and provinces.
>
> 73, Hal W1NN
>
>
> On 8/4/2016 4:00 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> > Can any of you that might be able to speak officially for this contest
> > answer a very simple question for me pse?
> >
> >
> >
> > If I wanted to partake in the NS contests late Thursday nights would I
> > be able to sign "NB" as part of my exchange
> >
> > or would that defer to the NA Sprint rules which oddly park all VE1,
> > VE9 & VY2's in this fictitious place known as "MAR"?
> >
> > (only a very few contests worldwide still use this outdated multiplier
> > by the way) SS, C-QP and the Sprints.
> >
> > Everyone else (even NAQP CW) has realized we're in real Provinces up
> here.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Exchange
> >
> > .         Serial number
> >
> > .         Name
> >
> > .         QTH (US State, incl. HI, Canadian Province, NA Prefix or "DX")
> >
> >
> >
> > Your rules do say "Province"...but then you go on to say use Sprint
> rules.
> > Which is it?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike VE9AA (most definitely in the very real Canadian Province of "New
> > Brunswick") - NB
> >
> >
> >
> > dit dit
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike, Coreen & Corey
> >
> > Keswick Ridge, NB
> >
> >
> >
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