[NCC] New Date for CW Sprint

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a relatively last minute change of schedule, the February CW Sprint date 
has  been moved to February 1, or January 31 local time. (See below).  

Also remember another important date:  Saturday, January 3, 2004, for the 
annual K8MR and K8AZ parties in Cleveland.  See you then!



In a message dated 12/10/03 12:22:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, tree at kkn.net 
writes:


> 
> Thanks to a diving catch by the NCJ publishing team, we were able make
> a last minute change to the CW Sprint date in February.  The "formula"
> for coming up with the date placed it on Feb 15 UTC, which is Valentines
> Day in local time.  
> 
> It was quickly determined that the weekend of January 31/Feb 1 would be
> a better time for the contest.  Therefore, the "new formula" for the CW 
> Sprint date in February contains an exception for when the contest falls
> on Valentines Day, where it will jump up two weeks (before the phone 
> Sprint).  This still avoids any conflict with the FOC marathon.  
> 
> You will probably see some references to the Feb 14/15th date in some
> magazines that went to press before this change.  We did get it fixed
> for the next NCJ.  I wanted to make this post in case you were putting
> down on the kitchen calendar based upon the assumption that it was the
> second full weekend.  Note that the 16th is president's day, so this 
> might be a rare opportunity to take a 3 day holiday without missing
> the CW Sprint.
> 
> Remember, the log submission deadline is again 7 days after the contest,
> which means the results will be posted on the NCJ web page during the 
> week of February 9th.  Doing the results twice is not possible, so if
> your log isn't here in time, it won't make the score listings.  We 
> actually had a record number of logs received for September, even with
> the shorter deadline.
> 
> Remember, you can use the web based log entry form to generate your
> log after the contest if you use paper logs.  This form can be found
> at http://www.ncjweb.com/manualsprintlog.php.  
> 
> The results from the September CW Sprint will be in the January/Feb
> issue of the NCJ.  Included in the results is a special feature by 
> Rusty Epps, W6OAT, documenting the history around the creation of this
> unique contest.  Don't miss it.
> 
> 73 Tree N6TR
> tree at kkn.net
>