[SECC] Team(s) for North American Sprint Saturday Night

[John Laney]

Who else will join K4BAI and N4IQ on a team for the four-hour NA Sprint 
SSB this Saturday (0000-0400Z Sun) on 20, 40, and 80M?  You can run any 
legal power level.  Exchange is both calls, #, Name and State (or 
province or NA country or just Name for stations outside North 
America).  There is a one/five kHz QSY rule.  If you call someone and he 
answers you, you keep the frequency for one more QSO.  You can call CQ 
until you get a QSO or QSY for other QSOs.  If you call CQ and get an 
answer, you must QSY after that QSO and the station who called you keeps 
the frequency.  You must QSY at least 5 kHz before CQing and at least 
one kHz to call another station. Mults are States, Provinces, and North 
American countries.  We can have up to five on a team.  You don't need 
to be a member of any particular club or live within any circle.  Ask 
your friends.  I will register the team(s) before the start on Saturday.

This sprint has a lot of support and has had a lot of activity in the 
past few years. This can be a lot of fun and those who seldom "run" 
during a contest will inherit a frequency and can "run" for one QSO 
there.  Actually, you will often be called by some sprinter when you 
have just given your exchange and gotten an acknowledgement and you 
won't even have called CQ.  You let the crowd know you will be the one 
staying on the frequency by giving your call last.  If you are the 
station who just inherited the frequency or called CQ, you can give both 
calls at the beginning and those listening will know that you won't be 
keeping the frequency.

You can work any station on each of the three bands, but mults count 
only once regardless of band.  All major contest loggers have modules 
for this contest.  The usual CQ call is "CQ NA."

Let me hear from you ASAP.  73, John, K4BAI