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To all RTTYops:
This is areminder that once again, the Northern California Contest Club is
pleased topresent our regular weekly half hour RTTY Sprint, aka the NS RTTY,
thisThursday evening North America time.
That’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., so don’t be surprised if some of the regular
participantsin this contest will be munching turkey and mashed potatoes at
contesttime. But we will have this contest,which takes place 52 weeks a year,
regardless of holidays or any otherdistractions.
Remember,the North American continent is now on Standard Time. This
contestalways starts at the same Coordinated Universal Time (0145Z each Friday,
52months of the year), regardless of whether local time is Daylight Savings
Timeor Standard Time. That means that most of us will be starting ata
different local time than we were on when thecontinent was on Daylight Savings
Time.
Last week, AD4TJand K7TQ rejoined, plus we had our regulars. Welcomeback, guys!
For thoseof you who are new to our weekly NS RTTY’s, we use a variation of the
NCJ’sSprint QSY rule – 1 KHz QSY’s rather than 5 KHz – and allow duplicate
contactsafter one intervening contact. If you need a full explanation ofthese
special rules, send me an e-mail, and I’ll give you all the details,e.g., a
precise definition of our QSY rule.
So rememberto QSY after you’ve made a contact that you‘ve solicited, and also
remember togive both callsigns as part of the exchange.
For thoseof you using the popular N1MM+ logger, the contest module to use
isNSRTTYDUPE. A good set of example function keys is in the N1MM+
website'sfunction key gallery, and available for free download.
After thecontest, please remember to submit your scores to www.3830scores.com.
It’s easy – on 3830, the name of this contest is “NCCC RTTYSprint”. Reporting
your score, whether it be big or small, helpsbuild enthusiasm for this event.
That in turn increases participation forfuture editions, which benefits all of
us.
Remember totry 15 meters at the beginning of this Thursday night's contest – 15
hasusually been open at 0145Z lately, at least for some locations.
Thedetails of our next NS RTTY:
Friday, 25 November 2022 UTC, 0145Z to 0215Z (Thursday, 24 November 2022 in
NorthAmerica)
-- 1745to 1815 PST
-- 2045to 2115 EST
--(others in between those two time intervals)
-- 160meters: Try 1804, 1805, or 1806 during the last two minutes
--80/40/20/15 meters: mostly +83 kHz to +89 kHz up from the lowerband edge
-- Sameband dupes are allowed for credit after one intervening QSO
-- 1kHz QSY rule, otherwise standard NCJ Sprint QSY rules
--Multipliers are counted anew on each band, so if 4 bands are open, you’ll get
alot of mults!
-- 100Woutput power limit
Pleasevisit https://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html forcomplete rules and links
to other info. If you find any problems with the Webpages, please let me know
so we can get them fixed.
If youwould like to receive all the latest info about NS (both CW and RTTY), as
wellas a have a vehicle for expressing your comments and questions, sign up for
theNS mailing list: https://groups.io/g/nccc-blue. ;
Contestonlinescore.com hasa slot set up for us if you’d like to make sure your
logger is talking to theworld. Select “NCCC NA RTTY Sprint”.
Reportscores to 3830scores.com, andjoin us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz (+/- a few
depending upon who else is on) forcomments and questions.
73,
EdRadlo AJ6V
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