My bad - I looked at the wrong FOC rules! Thanks to K4BAI for correcting
me - "The (FOC) Marathon is 48 hours long and ends at 2100Z Sunday, 4 PM
Eastern local time." So we just need to be aware that there is another
busy CW contest going on at the same time in the "next apartment". FOCers
- all we need from you is call, QSO number, name, and
state/province/country. Sprinters, if you're an FOC member, have fun and
maybe you can get two QSOs for the price of one!
73, Ward N0AX
NA Sprint CW Manager
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 1:34 PM Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm encouraging CW operators to get into the February version of the North
> American CW Sprint this weekend. (
> https://ncjweb.com/north-american-sprint/) It starts at 2300 UTC - an
> hour earlier than in September - to give 20 meters a little time before
> darkness closes it down in the east. With decent solar flux, that should
> make the band productive for at least an hour.
>
> There will be some overlap with the FOC contest for the first hour. FOC
> activity tends to stay below 030 - just call CQ FOC or CQ NA to help
> callers keep it all straight. FOCers - switch contests at 0000 UTC and
> join the fun for the next three hours!
>
> DX operators outside the US and Canada - if you are in Zones 6, 7, 8, or
> the non-W/VE NA countries of Zone 5 or 40, you count as a very welcome
> multiplier! An easy way to join the fun is to call CQ, work a station,
> move 5 kHz and repeat - we'll hear you. Outside NA, your QSOs still count
> for points but not as a multiplier - give it a try!
>
> For those of you unfamiliar with CW Sprint, our results author, N3BB,
> wrote a nice article about the contest and how to operate:
> https://ncjweb.com/sprint-scores/CW-Sprinting-N3BB.pdf. To keep clear of
> the fastest action, work the high edges of activity above 050 (call CQ at
> your comfortable speed) and try the upper two bands after most activity
> moves lower.
>
> I hope to hear you on Saturday - CQ Sprint!
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
> NA CW Sprint Manager
>
>
>
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