[CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday

[Ken K6MR]

Greetings Diddlers:

Sorry for the late posting.  As noted in the ‘special’ announcement regarding the NCJ RTTY Sprint coming up THiS WEEKEND, this is your last chance to be sure your diddle machine is ready for the BiG EVENT!

Last week in the NS RTTY we were into double digits, with the N3QE/K7SV struggle continuing.  Tim pulled it out by a few Qs.  Let’s see who else can give these two a run.

So please join us Thursday evening and get ready for Saturday.  For you N1MM users, remember to use the SPRINTRTTY contest on Saturday and not the NSRTTYDUPE that you normally use on Thursday.  Let’s make it a big turnout and give those CW guys a run for participation.

W0YK has scheduled an additional practice session in addition to Thursday:    Friday NA evening (0145-0215 UTC Saturday): final practice using the NCJ official rules. So mults only once, and 5 kHz when you move to CQ.  Use the proper contest format and make sure all is well for Saturday.  Same time and frequencies.  As always, watch out for the FT8 guys who might be in the spots just above x.080 so move up just a bit.

Also note that the BARTG 75 baud Sprint is Sunday morning (in NA).  So you’ll need to remind yourself how to get into 75 baud and try some rip-roaring 75 baud RTTY.  It will get your heart pumping!

The details for our little get together this week to keep your diddles in tune:

Friday,  18 Sept 2020, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday, 17 Sept in NA)
-- 1845 - 1915 PDT
-- 2145 - 2215 EDT
-- (others in-between those two)
-- 160: Around 1805  (Last two to five minutes seem to be popular…)
-- 80/40/20/15 +84 kHz up from the band edge   <--NOTE
-- 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 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.

If you would like to receive all the latest info about NS as well as a have a place for comments and questions, sign up for the NS mailing list:  https://groups.io/g/nccc-blue

Contestonlinescore.com has a slot set up for us if you’d like to make sure your logger is talking to the world.  Select NCCC NA RTTY Sprint.

Report scores to 3830scores.com, and join us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz (+/- a few for ongoing groups) for comments and questions (and dinner menus).

Don’t forget to check out RTTYops Weekday and Weekend Sprints.  Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday (in NA) for you hopelessly addicted Sprinters.

Diddle diddle,

Ken K6MR