2008 NS Ladder Competition
(aka Spring/Summer Madness)

Dates

• Friday morning UTC  7 March -  25 July (Thursday evening NA time)
• 1930-2000 Pacific Time (Note: Because of short event, precise timing is essential!  Synchronize start to WWV.)
• No contest 28 March, 23 May, 30 May, 20 June or 4 July
• Out of 15 NS ladder contests, your top 12 scores count toward awards
• For complete schedule, see Next NS

Rules

• Bands: 20, 40, 80 and 160.  40kHz up (1815kHz on 160).  Please spread out!
• Exchange: serial #, name, state/province
• Dupes allowed after one intervening QSO on same band or back-to-back with band change
• For complete rules, see Rules

Reporting

• Post to the 3830 reflector via the 3830 submittal web page for the NS Ladder Competition.
• Submit by Sunday night following contest; deadline is one week.

Logs

• No week-to-week submission of  logs required
• Logs must be made available at the request of the NS organizers

Awards

• Special prizes, probably CA wine, to the leaders in our four divisions.  Your 12 highest scores out of 15 total events count toward the award in all except hte Newcomers Division, which is restricted to those who haev not entered NS Ladder in the past two years.  NS Ladder X prize to the first station with 100 QSOs in a single half hour Ladder session (courtesy, K6VVA).  Divisions:
  • East of the Mississippi River
  • West of the Mississippi River (excluding people in the next category)
  • NCCC member in NCCC territory
  • Newcomers (different award requirements, tentatively highest 6 scores in last 10 weeks of NS Ladder)

Software Support

• See links to specific logging programs under Software in the navigation menu on the left side of this, and all, web pages.

Questions?  Contact NCCC NS Ladder Competition Director Bill, N6ZFO.