[SECC] Announcement: NCCC SNS Slow Speed Practice Tonight

[John Laney]

Announcing the NCCC’s (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday 
night running of the SNS.



Since SNS is a practice and we are trying hard to encourage newcomers, 
please wait just a split second on jump balls.  One thing I have noticed 
is that if a newcomer inherits a freq and more then one station drop in 
their call, he is likely to be overwhelmed (we all know what I mean) and 
not respond at all. If I hear another response to a station inheriting 
the frequency I do not call (only SNS). Go ahead and call if no station 
is heard.



Please keep your speed to between 18 to 26  WPM.  Suggest using 18WPM 
for the first 10 minutes then increase as you see fit.



The Slow Speed NS practice is from 0200z to 0220z+ (Friday UTC, Thursday 
local time).  That’s starting at 10:00pm EDT, 9:00pm CDT, 8:00pm MDT and 
7:00pm PDT, local time Thursday .



Frequencies:
20 m      14037-14043
40 m      7040-7047
80 m      3537-3543


POWER: 100 watt limit.



If you don’t hear a CQ send a CQ and don’t worry about the couplet since 
this is only practice and hopefully an introduction to sprints for 
newbies.  I think stations might answer a CQ more likely than call CQ 
themselves.  With that said remember that newbies are listening to get 
up the nerve to jump in so don’t hesitate to make Q’s.  Also since this 
is only a practice you can go past the 15 minute time suggestion.



NS 0230z to 0300z this week.



Sites to help everyone for sprint contests.



http://www.contesting.com/articles/198

http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html



Mike W9RE







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