[NCC] Thursday night contest

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

Thanks to all for your participation in the 2008 NS Ladder Competition.  We
now have a Thursday night following of more than 100 contesters who consider
this 30 minute sprint the highlight of their contesting calendar.  We will
continue Thursday Night Madness every Thursday night of the year, including
holiday seasons at the same local times as the ladder (0230Z through
October).  When the time changes in Nov., we may stay with 0230Z, so local
times will be one hour earlier.  Rules change each week to prepare for NAQP,
NA Sprint, CQP, ARRL SS.  Other weeks will have some form of NS (NCCC
Sprint) rules, so keep posted:  Announcements on this reflector and
http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm


This week, we'll use the real North American QSO Party rules for the
Thursday and Friday practices,
JULY 31, AUG 1 local date in North America;   Aug. 1, 2  UTC.
Test out your loggers and station, practice the NAQP rules.

30 minutes starting at 0230Z, and all bands, 160 thru 10m!
-- Start 0230Z (1930 PDT, 2030 MDT, 2130 CDT 2230 EDT)

NAQP RULES:   (NO DUPES on the same band)-- CW only, 100 watts, mults 
count on each band.
BANDS:  10 thru 160m: --  near 40 Khz from the bottom, except:  1815; +/-5.
(Practice moving mults to 10/15m). In the summer there can be strange
openings on the high bands, plus ground wave.

The  schedule of Thursday (sometimes Friday also) events through October is
now posted on the NEXT NS page at:
http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm


General rules and further info at: http://www.ncccsprint.com/


-- Report scores near 3610 LSB after the practice,  at 0300Z (8 PM PDT) on
the weekly NCCC contest net), or send your score directly to the 3830
reflector.
Thanks to WA7BNM and N7WA for their posting service.

Next week, Aug. 8, NS rules WITH NO DUPES rule, 30 minutes (0230-0300Z).
Like the one a few weeks ago to give N6ZFO more input on popularity of this
format, as opposed to the dupes ok rule we have used for years.  Again,
watch for announcements on CQ-Contest or check the NS schedule page on the
web.  This schedule is not set in concrete.  If you have novel ideas, pls
send me your suggestions.

CU, N6RO    kenkeeler at jazznut.com