[CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday, 6 Jan in NA

[Ken K6MR]

Greetings Diddlers,



The 3830 list looked a little puny but I know there were several stations active that did not report.  Welcome to NW2P, who is really NCCC member N6EE in his new east coast location.  Also welcome to WT2P who is well known on cw but I’m not sure I’ve ever heard on RTTY. Welcome CJ and hope to see you again.



The countdown has started toward the big RTTY event of the new year: RTTY Roundup.  Yes, you also get to do FT8/4 now but the bands will be full of all the diddles that we don’t hear any other time of year.  So get your diddle machine polished up, join us Thursday evening, and be ready for the big weekend.



There are also practice sessions on Friday (NA Time) in case you have last minute problems:

2200-2230 UTC, 7 January (Friday afternoon NA time) - RTTY focus
2230-2300 UTC, 7 January (Friday afternoon NA time) - FT4/8 focus

0200-0230 UTC, 8 January (Friday evening NA time) - RTTY focus
0230-0300 UTC, 8 January (Friday evening NA time) - FT4/8 focus


The details of our little get together:



Friday,  7 Jan 2022, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday, 6 Jan 2022 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/Sunday (in NA) for you hopelessly addicted Sprinters.
Diddle diddle,

Ken K6MR





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