[VHFcontesting] 2010 Spring Sprints ARE Happening (but NOT until the 12th!)

[David All]

N3XUD/R and KB3STA/R will be operating the 144, 432, and 6m Sprints.
Will N3FJP's logging program be sutable for the distance scoring or is
another program better suited for this type of scoring?
Glad to hear the event is on schedule.
Dave N3XUD/R FM19rw    www.n3xud.webs.com
Angel KB3STA/R FM19rw   www.kb3sta.webs.com




On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Spring Sprints <
springvhfuhfsprints at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings VHF Contesters,
>
> I'll spare the excuses but I've not been as "attentive" and proactive
> toward promoting THIS year's Spring Sprint series as I'd like to have
> been. Thanks to others who have stepped in and announced and done some
> promotion.
>
> One result of my being lax is conflicting/confusing info is the DATES
> for 2010. Of 4 places in the April QST, two places had the correct set
> of dates and the other two places had a different set...the CORRECT
> DATES ARE:
>
> 144 MHz - April 12th,
> 222 MHz - April 20th and
> 432 MHz - April 28th
>
> And these are the three events held on the evenings in LOCAL time
> (meaning local to YOUR time zone), 7pm to 11pm. No conflict THIS year
> with the NCAA Men's Basketball Final!
>
> In May, the Microwave/902 MHz & Up Sprint will be on May 1st, 6am to
> 1pm LOCAL time and don't forget that the 50 MHz is Sprint the ONLY
> Sprint that is the SAME hours for everybody...2300Z on May 8th though
> 0259Z on May 9th. This is Saturday afternoon/evening in Continental
> U.S. TIme Zones, that is, 7pm to 11pm for Eastern Daylight Time, 6pm
> to 10pm for Central Daylight Time, 5pm to 9pm for Mountain Daylight
> Time, and 4pm to 8pm for Mountain STANDARD Time in Arizona and Pacific
> Daylight Time.
>
> Here is a link to the Announcement and Rules:
> http://groups.google.com/group/springsprints/web/2010-announcement-rules
>
> This "big" change this year is that scoring will be based on distance,
> basically 1 point per kilometer of the path length of each QSO and the
> use of SIX-character Grid Locators will really "help" this so I hope
> everyone will try REALLY hard to learn their own SIX-character AND
> exchange and record them in logs (and have figured out how to work
> with their logging program accept such info). Properly formatted AND
> ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED Cabrillo Logs will really help my
> log-checking and scoring efforts. Bruce Horn will again be providing
> his Web-to-Cabrillo forms and those DO work with SIX-character
> exchanges, you enter your own ONCE (unless you are a rover) and on the
> line that you create for each QSO when you get to that step.
>
> For Rovers, they can be worked MULTIPLE times and the distance for ONE
> QSO will count from each different FOUR-character Grid in which the
> Rover is contacted. For example, I often visit EN62ad AND EN62aa in
> Sprints as a Rover...since BOTH are EN62, only ONE could count as
> distance BUT if I were ALSO in EN61ax, EN51xx and EN52xa, the
> distances for EACH of THOSE would count as well.
>
> I have received a few questions via e-mail and have answered them. If
> you did NOT get a reply to your question or if there are other
> questions...send (or re-send) them to me at this e-mail:
> springvhfuhfsprints at gmail.com
>
> 73, 'JK' (K9, that is), Spring Sprint host and log-checking human
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