The CW (Feb 6) and RTTY North American Sprint (Mar 13) will begin one hour earlier at 2300 UTC instead of 0000 UTC. The contests are still 4 hours long, so they will end at 0259 UTC. This change recognizes that 20 meters has been closing at the start of the winter contests. Moving the start earlier by one hour will give contesters in the north and east a much bigger window for 20 meter activity, making the contest more fun for everybody. The new start time in Feb and Mar are an experiment and will be evaluated after the contests to see if we want to continue with it. The September contest start times will not change. Please, please, please - let your clubs and club members know about this so nobody turns on the radio at 2345 and gets an unpleasant surprise. And for newcomers to Sprint, an updated "how-to" article by N3BB is available on the Sprint page at ncjweb.com/north-american-sprint. Look under "Tips" at the lower right of the page. 73, Ward N0AX and Ed W0YK On Behalf of the Boring Amateur Radio Club _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest