The NS Ladder Competition takes a
three week break for various reasons, but the diehards want something each week.
So: NCCC PRACTICE SPRINT continues this week, May 15, local date in North
America; May 16, UTC.
Note the new (provisional) 2 Khz. QSY rule, which K6VVA suggests could help us
all to get more QSOs.
Usual NS rules this week. --30 mins 0230-03Z (all NCCC practice sessions will
be the same LOCAL START time, year round, UFN)
-- Start 0230Z (1930 PST, 2030 MST, 2130 CST 2230 EST)
This Thursday, use NS (NCCC Sprint) rules using FOUR bands:
BANDS: 20, 40, 80, 160m: -- 14040, 7040, 3540, 1815 +/-5. SPREAD OUT
-- CW only, LOW POWER, dupes allowed after 1 intervening Q, 2 KHz QSY
(NEW RULE).
Slow speed NS (SNS) from 0200 to 0215Z, 20m and 40m. OK Mike?
The schedule of Thursday (sometimes Friday also) events through Summer 2008,
is posted above. The LADDER COMPETITION, resumes on June 6.
General rules and further info on this web site ... navigation menu on the left.
-- Report scores and critique the NS near 3610 LSB after the practice, at
0300Z (8 PM PST) on
the weekly NCCC/NS net). If you would like different formats for Thursday Night
Madness, this is the forum to discuss your ideas.
Best score reporting is to 3830 Score posting page (thanks to WA7BNM & N7WA).
Next week, May 23, more NS practice. That following weekend is Memorial Day,
not May 30-31, per ZFO.......... Practice NS both weeks.
CU, N6RO
Slow NS
Activity has been super the past few weeks, much thanks to all who have
turned the keyer down and participated.
Announcing the NCCC's (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday
night running of the SNS and NS. The Slow Speed NS practice is from 0200z
to 0215z (Friday UTC, Thursday local time). That's starting at 10:00pm EDT,
9:00pm CDT, 8:00pm MDT and 7:00pm PDT, local time Thursday. Remember to
keep your speed to less then 23WPM, stations are listening getting the nerve up
to jump in. All of the same rules apply to the SNS as the regular one
(dupe allowed after 1 intervening Q) so you are allowed to work the same station
as long as you have worked another station in between (only exception is that
you can work a station on 40 and then can work him/her immediately on another
band (say 80 meters). Bands will be 80 and 40 meters (around 3540 and
mainly 7040). Had a comment last week about all the activity is on 40 so let's
try and use 80 a little more earlier. No SNS next week because of the
Dayton Hamvention.
Exchange Format
The QSY rule makes it advantageous to send your report in a manner that gives
others listening to your QSO information about who will have the frequency next.
If you call CQ, you should send your report as follows:
HIS CALLSIGN - YOUR CALLSIGN - NUMBER - NAME - STATE
Example:
K5ZD W4AN 357 Bill GA
If you find a station S&Ping, then at the completion of the QSO the frequency
will be yours. In this case, you will want to send your callsign last so people
on frequency know you are the person to call.
Example:
K5ZD 357 Bill GA W4AN
This is simply done by programming different CW memories with different
messages.
Also remember, you MUST send the callsign of the station you are working and
your callsign with each QSO.
NS information via the navigation menu on the left. Sites to help
everyone for sprint contests:
Mike W9RE
3830 Score Report Template
For reporting to the 3830 reflector (when there is no input form), Copy/Paste
the following text into an email message to the
3830 reflector and edit with your
information:
NCCC Sprint
Call: W0YK
Operator(s): W0YK
Station: W0YK
Class: SO LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
-------------------------
160: 5 3
80: 40 7
40: 28 8
20: 0
0
-------------------------
Total: 73 18 Total Score =
1,314
Comments:
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Northern California Contest Club
Webmaster: W0YK
13 May 2008 22:48 -0700
