[RSM] Announcements

[ed_richardson at shaw.ca]

Here are a couple of item to mark on your calendars.

 

1.	The next RSM meeting is scheduled for Thursday November 21. We will
be holding the meeting at the Winnipeg Seniors club at 598 St. Mary's Road
starting at 7 pm. We will endeavor to have a remote access for those unable
to attend in person.
2.	Saturday evening (tonight) is the NA SSB sprint event.  Four (4)
hours of high speed activity. MB will be in demand as usual so get on and
make some noise. Folks start on 20, move to 40, and end up on 80.  See the
announcement below.

 

Worked All Canada T-Shirt

 

Dear Canadian Fellow Ham,

We have added a new award for the NA SSB Sprint Contest.

It is the Worked All Canada T-Shirt award for anyone who is able to work all
13 Canadian multipliers during the contest.

There has been a WAS T-Shirt that several operators have won in the past.
But now we also want to focus on the Canadian multipliers.    

 

This is all part of a very fun, short (4 hour) contest happening this
weekend. 

It is the North American SSB Sprint contest, which takes place this Saturday
evening, November 9th, 2019 (UTC: Sunday November 10, 0000Z - 0359Z)

The 13 Canadian multipliers are AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC,
SK, YT.

Door Prizes!

One unique feature of the NA SSB Sprint is the door prizes!  Anyone with a
submitted score of 1,500 points or greater is put into a drawing for a
number of door prizes that have been provided by sponsors of the event!
Making 50 contacts with 30 multipliers is all it would take to generate
1,500 points to qualify!


Certificates and Trophies!

There are certificates and trophies in ALL of the power classes for ALL of
the states and provinces.  There is even a Team Competition with awards.
Persons can form, name and register a 2 to 5-person team, such that the
final scores from each of the 5 team members are added to generate a "Team
Score". Team members can be located anywhere.  Register your team at
https://ssbsprint.com/team-registration/

 

Worked All States T-Shirt and Worked All Canada T-Shirt Awards!

Also, there is an NA SSB Sprint Worked All States T-Shirt awarded to
everyone who manages to work all 50 states during the event.  That feat has
actually been accomplished by several operators in the past! Imagine WAS in
just 4 hours!!  And now a Worked All Canada T-Shirt has been added for
working all 13 Canadian multipliers. 

 

Unique QSY Rule:

This contest, as with other NA Sprints, has a unique QSY rule.  If you call
CQ, and someone answers your CQ, after that QSO has completed the person
that called you gets that frequency and will then work the next caller, who
will then get the frequency following that QSO. This has a couple of nice
outcomes.  If you want to call CQ, you can find a spot to do so because you
don't have the band full of stations just calling CQ, since frequencies get
vacated.  Also, after you call someone who is already on a frequency, when
you complete that QSO, YOU GET THE FREQUENCY!  Many times there will already
be stations ready to work the next station, which in this case will be YOU!
So you make two QSOs on that frequency.


For more information regarding this event, go to https://www.ssbsprint.com
<https://www.ssbsprint.com/> 

We hope that you will be able to participate in and enjoy the NA SSB Sprint
this weekend.  Even part-time participation can put you in the running to
receive a door prize and having your Canadian multiplier on the air may just
make it possible for someone to get Worked All Canada during the event.

73, Bob KW8N & NA SSB Sprint Contest Committee
https://www.ssbsprint.com <https://www.ssbsprint.com/> 

P.S.  If you get a chance, please enter your planned activity at
https://ssbsprint.com/planned-activity/my-planned-activity/ so that we can
be sure that all States and Provinces will be on the air.

 

 

Ed Richardson