[CQ-Contest] SSB Sprint Tomorrow Night

[Mike Wetzel]

Dear Fellow Amateur Radio Operator,

 

We would like to invite you to join us for a fun, action packed, 4 hours of
fast moving contesting this Saturday evening Nov 11, 2017 (UTC date/time is
Nov 12, 2017 0000-0359Z).

 

This is the NA SSB Sprint Contest.  It was originally scheduled for October
1, 2017, but in the interest of reducing the possibility of QRM to relief
and welfare traffic following the barrage of natural disasters this Fall, we
decided to postpone the event until this Saturday.

 

Unique QSY Rule:

This contest, as with other NA Sprints, has a unique QSY rule.  If you call
CQ, and someone answers your CQ, after that QSO has completed the person
that called you gets that frequency and will then work the next caller, who
will then get the frequency following that QSO.  This has a couple of nice
outcomes.  If you want to call CQ, you can find a spot to do so because you
don't have the band full of stations just calling CQ, since frequencies get
vacated.  Also, after you call someone who is already on a frequency, when
you complete that QSO, YOU GET THE FREQUENCY!  Many times there will already
be stations ready to work the next station, which in this case will be YOU!
So you make two QSOs on that frequency.

 

Door Prizes!

Another feature of the NA SSB Sprint are the door prizes!  Anyone with a
submitted score of 1,500 points or greater is put into a drawing for a
number of door prizes that have been provided by sponsors of the event!
Making 50 contacts with 30 multipliers is all it would take to generate
1,500 points to qualify!

 

W.A.S. T-Shirt Award!

Also, there is an NA SSB Sprint Worked All States T-Shirt awarded to
everyone who manages to work all 50 states during the event.  That feat has
actually been accomplished by several operators in the past! Imagine WAS in
just 4 hours!

 

And of course there are certificates and trophies in all of the power
classes for all of the states and provinces.  There is even a team
competition with awards.  Persons can form, name and register a 5-person
team, such that the final scores from each of the 5 team members are added
to generate a "Team Score".

 

For more information regarding this event, go to https://www.ssbsprint.com
<https://www.ssbsprint.com/> 

 

We hope that you will be able to participate in and enjoy the NA SSB Sprint
this weekend.  Even part-time participation can put you in the running to
receive a door prize and having your state on the air may just make it
possible for someone to get WAS during the event.

 

73, Bob KW8N & NA SSB Sprint Contest Committee
https://www.ssbsprint.com

 

P.S.  If you get a chance, please enter your planned activity at
https://ssbsprint.
<https://ssbsprint.com/planned-activity/my-planned-activity/>
com/planned-activity/my-planned-activity/ so that we can be sure that all
States and Provinces will be on the air.