[CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 in NA

[Ken K6MR]

Greetings Diddlers,



Another great turnout last week.  Several new (or relatively new) stations joined in the fun:  KK6P (W7IV in disguise), AA4DD, VA2SIB, and K9DX. Welcome all, and hope you had a fun 30 minutes.



A quick reminder for all the new stations:  dupes are ok if you work another station in between, or you make a Q on a different band.  This can be great practice for those of you trying SO2R.  I know it seems a little weird, but the CW NS started out with dupes and look where they are at!



Also, please review the writeups about Sprint operating on the NCCC web site  (http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html ) .  I know most contests are kind of free form when it comes to exchanges, but Sprints have a definite protocol to make things as efficient as possible.  It really does speed up the exchanges and increases the number of Qs for everyone.



The upcoming weekend is the NAQP RTTY.  Just 10 hours out of 12 to give your RTTY skills a good test.  Not sure you are ready?  Join us Thursday evening and make sure everything is tickling the ether at maximum efficiency.



The details for our little get together this week:

Friday,  26 Feb 2021, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 in NA)
-- 1745 - 1815 PST
-- 2045 - 2115 EST
-- (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