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[K6ST Barry Bettman]

Robert mentioned in his email that it ends on Sunday at 5p.

Correction on end time,  Sweepstakes starts at 1 PM on Saturday and ends at
8 PM on Sunday.  You can operate 24 out of 30 hours

http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes

CW: First full weekend in November (November 3-5,2012). Phone: Third full
weekend in November (November 17-19, 2012). Contest Period: Begins 2100 UTC
Saturday and runs through 0259 UTC Monday.


Barry K6ST


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Robert Hess <w1rh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello MLDXCC'ers,
>
> This coming weekend is ARRL Sweepstakes Phone.  As I mentioned prior to SS
> CW, this was once a NCCC "Focus" contest but NCCC has moved on to focus on
> other contests, at least for now.  According to Norm's score sheet, on the
> website, we did 952K in SS CW?  If so, duplicating that score in SS Phone
> would put us at the top of the heap in the Medium Club category.  Am I
> dreaming, or is this a real possibility?
>
> By the way, even if your score goes to MLDXCC, it still qualifies for the
> NCCC Intra-Club Competition.
>
> From my previous email:
>
> For our new members, SS is a unique contest in at least two ways.  The
> exchange and the rules.  The exchange involves the last two digits of the
> year you were licensed (check), your Precedence (power), your own call
> sign, and your ARRL section.  There is a boatload of potential for error if
> you copy the exchange wrong.  The rules require that you only work someone
> once; not once on each band, but ONCE PERIOD!  This can limit the amount of
> contacts you can make and can cause Sunday to get pretty darn slow for the
> real serious guys who ended up working 80% of their contacts on Saturday.
>  Contesters seem to either love or hate this contest for those two reasons,
> yet the bands continues to be packed each year during SS.
>
> Because of the "work-'em-only-once" rule, a new station popping up on
> Sunday can end being "rare DX", or "new meat", for the guys who think they
> have worked everyone.  If you only have an hour or two to get on the air,
> you can have a lot of fun late in the contest calling CQ.
>
> Sweepstakes starts at 1 PM on Saturday and ends at 5 PM on Sunday.
>
> So, if you feel inclined, get on the air, have a good time, and turn in
> your log on behalf of MLDXCC.
>
>
> I'll be on and should be good for 100K+
>
>
> Bob
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