[Mldxcc] Fw: Phone Fray - New SSB Contest - Start Date

[Bill Haddon]

Re: the new Fone Fray 30min ssb contest.

Dean, NW2K, a participant in the NS and NS Ladder, consulted us on the
format and rules for this new SSB contest. It was a pleasure to work with
him; Dean drew heavily both on the experience of NS and of CWOps in
devising rules and protocols.

Originally, his proposal was to use the NAS sprint format for Fone Fray;
you all probably know that NS/NSLadder follows a blended NAS/NAQP format.
So I was a little surprised that he didn't adopt that, but instead opted
for an NAQP mimic. Originally his contest would have had the same
relationship to the very sucessful SSB-sprint (N6WM) that NS/NSLadder bears
to the NA Sprint.

It will be interesting to see how the NAQP format works for a weekly
contest.  If it's highly successful, it might be useful to switch our
RTTY-NS (NAS protocol) to the NAQP format.  The response to the RTTY-NS
(NAS protocol) has been a little less than hoped for, despite an amazingly
diligent effort by Ken, K6MR.

73 Bill N6ZFO
for NCCC Thursday Night Contesting (TNC).

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Robert Hess via Mldxcc <
mldxcc at contesting.com> wrote:

>
> The rules for a new weekly SSB event, based on the North American QSO
> Party (NAQP), are located here:
> http://www.perluma.com/Phone_Fray_Contest_Rules.pdf
> It's called Phone Fray.  The start date is Tuesday (evening) July 28 (July
> 29 UTC).  To accommodate busy schedules, the contest lasts for just
> 30-minutes and will be great for fast-paced NAQP practice and welcoming new
> contesters of all skill levels.  100 watts max makes everyone loud!  No
> logs, just report scores to 3830scores.com.
> Exchange:  Name and State/Province/NA_Country
> Please forward this email to your club and other amateurs that might be
> interested.
> A free Yahoo Group reflector has been formed for PhoneFray communications
> and please consider joining in the fun using the following link:
> https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PhoneFray/info
> If this link does not work, send me a note and I will send you a direct
> invitation to join the group.  Any questions, please send me a note any
> time.  Thanks!
> 73, Dean, NW2K
>
>
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