[SECC] Announcement: NCCC NS Thursday Night Ladder Series Starts This Thursday

[John T. Laney III]

Here's the NSL XI Announcement, as sent to CQ-Contest.  Hope to see all 
of you on Thursday, and then some of you in person in Visalia this 
weekend.  Please publicize to your reflectors and friends. . . we could 
use a few more bodies.

73 Bill n6zfo
===============
Posted to CQ Contest on Monday night, April 11:

Thursday night  marks the first segment of the 11th NCCC Sprint Ladder 
Competition, NSL-XI.  As the winter contest schedule winds down keep 
your skill honed and current by participating in this fast-paced 
competition, dubbed "contesting on the edge" by John, K6MM.  It's no 
coincidence that most of the ARRL SS Top Ten - Low Power category are NS 
Ladder regulars

. Like the NCCC's other popular contest, the CQP, NS Ladder has it's own 
Winemaster. . ours is Ed, W0YK. See www.munsvineyard.com 
<http://www.munsvineyard.com> for details on these special award-winning 
CA wines. NSL Wine awards are determined by weighing both performance 
and consistency using a weighted random drawing procedure now managed by 
Ken, KE3X.  We'll have an awards announcement for NSL IX and X very 
shortly.  Just showing up for five of the ten ladder events gets you a 
place in the drawing list, with extra positions and a higher chance of 
winning assigned for high scores within a division and for perfect 
10-event attendance.

  -- NSL XI runs 10 weeks through June 24,2011 with a bye week prior to 
Dayton.  Complete Schedule at http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm and 
on Bruce Horn, WA7BNM's contest calendar at 
http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/ .

Details for NS Ladder:

  -- Exchange: Ser #, Name, QTH (State , Prov, or NA Country)

  -- Rules: : http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
       - Low power, 100 watts max.
       - NA Sprint format, but 1 KHz QSY Rule
       - Four Bands CW:  20, 40, 80 and 160
       - Time: 0230-0300Z (Fri) Thurs night in NA
       - Work stations once per band.
       - Report scores via http://hornucopia.com/3830score/
       - Mults are per band. Score = Q's * Mults
       - Your top six scores count toward awards of ham-crafted W0YK CA 
wine.

          To figure your division see the map at: 
http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html  All countries in the Caribbean 
region are considered to be NA, as per UN convention. Domestically, we 
count DC as a multiplier.

       -- SO2R:  About half the NS Ladder participants use SO2R in the 
contest.  Existing commentary by N3BB and N4OGW in the "Advanced 
Strategy" section of
http://www.ncccsprint.com/operating.html  has been supplemented by a 
novel SO2R scheme devised by Eric NO3M, reflecting his position as the 
perennial over-all winner of the NS Ladder.

If you're new to NS and find the 25-40 wpm code speed or Sprint QSY 
rules daunting, consider joining the "Slow NS", SNS, at 0200Z;  same 
bands and rules, but slower CW (~18-25 wpm).  The new Director of SNS, 
Chris, N6WM, plans an enhanced year for this part of the Thursday Night 
Contesting family of events.  Following the Thursday night event, you're 
welcome to join the NCCC Contest net on 3610 at 0300z, with Ken, N6RO 
usually officiating.

NS Ladder owes special thanks to Bruce, WA7BNM and Dink, N7WA for 
providing essential score-keeping services and summary services.

Questions and requests to join the nccc-blue reflector, write 
n6zfo at arrl.net <mailto:n6zfo at arrl.net> or one of our Advisory Group, 
W9RE, N4AF, K4BAI, K6UFO, N3BB, W4NZ, W0BH and N6WM.

73 Bill N6ZFO
Contest Director,
NCCC Sprint Ladder


_______________________________________________
NCCC-Blue mailing list (http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/nccc-blue)
Post to:nccc-blue at kkn.net
Manage your subscription at:http://www.kkn.net/mailman/options/nccc-blue
Archives at:http://www.kkn.net/mailman/private/nccc-blue/