[CQ-Contest] NS RTTY this Thursday, 17 Mar in NA. WARNING: Time change for some

[Ken K6MR]

Greetings Diddlers:


Great group last week with a number of stations stopping by just before the Big RTTY Sprint.  Always good to have new stations around even if it is only twice a year.


Before we go any farther, those of you who messed with your clocks this last weekend need to remember we will be tickling the ether one hour later local time.  Except for you lucky folks with sane politicians.  So if you show up and can't find anyone, just take a break for an hour and we'll all be there.


The upcoming weekend has the BARTG HF RTTY Test.  This is a pretty big test in the RTTY world, with some slightly unusual classes and operating times, as well as a slightly unusual exchange.  So take a peek at the rules and come prepared to put forth your best effort.


So please join us Thursday evening (at the correct time!) and make sure everything is still in place after last weekend.



The details of our little get together:



Friday,  18 Mar 2022, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday, 17 Mar 2022 in NA)
-- 1845 - 1915 PDT
-- 2145 - 2215 EDT
-- (others in-between those two)
-- 160: Try 1804, 1805, 1806  (Last two to five minutes seem to be popular…)
-- 80/40/20/15 +84 kHz 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 https://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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