Jerry / all,

 

With SO2R, you can call CQ on your other radio

while receiving the exchange from the station on

the active QSO radio. Then at the end of the exchange,

send your QSL message. The SO2R ops call this a

free CQ, since you are using time transmit that would

otherwise be lost. 

 

Another way to envision the sprint is that you are alternately

running (after CQ or completed QSO from answering another

station) and S&P (answering another station's CQ or calling

after completed QSO).

 

With two radios you can alternate CQing on two bands

- just not on both at the same time, as in any contest

as a single op.

 

The NCCC has a RTTY NS every Thursday night for 30 minutes:

Greetings Diddlers:

OK folks: now that the ‘other’ mode is complete it’s time for the real thing! Sprint RTTY is this weekend. All ready? Things working ok?

 Don’t take a chance! Join us this Thursday evening for a full dress rehearsal and make sure everything is up to your usual high standards.

Here’s the usual list of times, rules and extra notes for our usual Thursday soiree:

Friday, 16 Sept 2016, 0145Z - 0215Z (Thursday 15 Sept 2016 in NA)
-- 1845 - 1915 PDT
-- 2145 - 2215 EDT
-- (others in-between those two)
-- 160: 1805 and up
-- 80/40/20/15 +80kHz up from the band edge (Don’t forget to check 15!)
-- Same band dupes ok after 1 intervening Q.
-- 1 kHz QSY rule, otherwise standard Sprint rules
-- Mults per band.
-- 100W power limit.

Please visit http://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html for complete rules
and links to other info. If you find any problems with the web pages, please
let me know so we can get them fixed. 

Report scores to 3830scores.com, and join us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz
for comments and questions (and dinner menus).

Diddle diddle, 

Ken K6MR

 

The sprints are my favorite contests!

 

73

 

Don W4OC