[CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday

[Ken K6MR]

Greetings Diddlers:

Well I certainly hope conditions don’t get any worse than they were last week.  20m seems to have disappeared, so pretty much 40/80 or a local 160 is about it.  40 sounded good last week with everyone pretty much staying there.

We had a couple new stations last week:  Matt, KK5JY dropped by from OK.  Matt apparently has taken an interest in sprints after doing all the other contests.  Obie, N5VYS joined us from TX, although somehow I managed to miss him.  Welcome guys and hope to see you in the future.

Everyone seemed to remember the time change, so we’re on the winter schedule.  If you’ve got a little extra time at 0300Z, drop by 3610 kHz and say Hi.  The band has been pretty quiet lately so give a listen.

Here are the details for our usual Thursday evening session (with the new time slots duly noted):
Friday,  17 Nov 2017, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 in NA)
-- 1745 - 1815 PST
-- 2045 - 2115 EST
-- (others in-between those two)
-- 160: 1805 and up
-- 80/40/20/15/10 +80kHz up from the band edge
-- Same band dupes ok after 1 intervening Q.
-- 1 kHz QSY rule, otherwise standard Sprint rules
-- Mults per band
-- 100W power limit
Please visit http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncccsprint.com%2Frttyns.html&data=02%7C01%7Ck6mr%40outlook.com%7Cf922677d8e814bbac3d908d526479a47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636457011319711032&sdata=dEAAVGXVcxsPL4eWOCSiD02rpd83%2FNGynapz9d6cndE%3D&reserved=0> for complete rules and links to other info. If you find any problems with the web pages, please let me know so we can get them fixed.
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For something new (and exciting?), give the live scoreboard a try at https://contestonlinescore.com <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontestonlinescore.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Ck6mr%40outlook.com%7Cf922677d8e814bbac3d908d526479a47%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636457011319711032&sdata=cb0qW6FL0Wn79YSjjL6V2FbV75BwPFYz08Q2d4F%2FS9k%3D&reserved=0> .  Set up your logger to report and select the NCCC NA RTTY SPRINT on the web page to display the scores.  The Help menu pulldown will give you the info needed to setup the most common logging programs.
Don’t forget to report your score to 3830scores.com, and join us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz (+/- a few for ongoing groups) for comments and questions (and dinner menus).

Diddle diddle,

Ken K6MR