[SECC] Announcment, Thursday night NCCC Sprint Practice

[John T. Laney III]

This week, please join the Thursday night NCCC Sprint, "NS".
   
    -- 0230-0300Z (Friday UTC, Thursday Evening in NA). 
    -- 4 bands, 20-160m around 14040, 7040, 3540 and 1815.
            -- And please s-p-r-e-a-d out, as this contest is quite 
popular and rather crowded.
    -- 1 KHz QSY rule at all times.
    -- Report scores to http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score.
    -- Rules at  http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm (but 160 meters 
included, this week only).

This  week's  NS is the last before the NCCC Sprint Ladder competition 
which begins next week ( Apr 2 NA, Apr 3 UTC). 
       Note:  2009 NS LAdder rules and schedule now posted (Tks, W0YK)  at:
       http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.htm, 
http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm and 
http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm.
                   -- Note: Ladder will use 20, 40 and 80m only, no 160m.
 
Mike, W9RE sponsors the Slow NS (SNS)  half an hour vefore NS at 0200Z 
on same frequencies with a 20 wpm suggested CW speed.

Please join me in thanking Ken, N6RO for persevering through a lenghtly 
NS season and to Ed, W0YK, for keeping the web information accurate and 
up to date and as always to N7WA and WA7BNM for their first-rate score 
reporting service.

See you on Thursday night, and the following  week in the 2009 NS 
Ladder, Session #1.
  
73 Bill n6zfo
Contest Director for NCCC Sprint Ladder