[RTTY] [NCCC-blue] NCCC RY-Sprint K6YL LP

[Bill Haddon]

Lee, and others. .

The Sprint, including our NCCC Sprints, have an unusual format.

For an operating guide, see    http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html  Be sure to
listen to the SSB example.

The Sprint format, was I believe "invented" by Rusty, W6OAT and has become
very popular among a group of sprint fanactics, who love these contests for
the operating challenge and fun that they provide.  The exchange you
mention:
> CQ CQ NA K6LL
> K7ABC
> K7ABC K6LL 12 DAVE AZ
> K6LL 32 JACKI AZ K7ABC
> TU

has evolved as the most efficient means of clearly indicating who "owns"
the frequency at the end of a couplet.

Lee, you are right .  we don't have a clear example of this special
exchange in the NS Rules (and there's not one in the NCJ rules either) .
will make sure that's added to our Operating Hints page.

73 Bill n6zfo
NCCC Thursday Night Contesting

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Lee Roberts <ham at n0sq.us> wrote:

> On Sunday 15 April 2012 08:17:24 Dave Hachadorian wrote:
> > In the Sprints, the station who is going to "inherit" the
> > frequency puts their call sign at the end of the exchange.  If
> > you are the "vacating" station, you bury your call sign in the
> > middle of the exchange.  Someone tuning across the frequency,
> > hearing a call sign followed by silence, knows that essentially
> > that station has just called CQ.  Here's a full exchange:
> >
> > CQ CQ NA K6LL
> > K7ABC
> > K7ABC K6LL 12 DAVE AZ
> > K6LL 32 JACKI AZ K7ABC
> > TU
>
> I don't recall seeing this format in the contest rules (or anywhere else)
> but
> I'll make a note of it for future contests.
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