> DX stations outside the US and Canada are very welcome to participate!
Just jump in and give your QTH as "DX". You might set a record for your
country!
A correction - DX stations in NA (CQ zones 7, 8, and 9) should send a
country abbreviation and not "DX". For example, HI8A would send HI (the
log checkers know this is not Hawaii) and XE2X would send "XE". All other
DX stations should send "DX". Sorry about any confusion.
73, Ward N0AX
On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 12:26 PM Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Now that we will be all warmed up from the CWops Wednesday tests,
> tonight's NS sprint (ncccsprint.com), and chasing CY9C for days on end
> (good job, CY9ers!), it's time to get limbered up for the September edition
> of the North American CW Sprint. Those of you doing the CW Open's final
> segment that ends at 2359 Sep 7th can quickly switch contests in your
> logging software and keep right on going as the CW Sprint begins in the
> next minute!
>
> CW Sprint - Sep 8th, 2024 - 0000 to 0359 UTC (logs due Sep 15th)
> RTTY Sprint - Sep 15th, 2024 - 0000 to 0359 UTC (logs due Sep 22nd)
>
>
> Both contests are Saturday evening in North America. Complete rules:
> ncjweb.com/Sprint-Rules.pdf. Submit your log at
> ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php. You can be sure your log was uploaded by
> checking the Logs Received web page at ncjweb.com/cwsprintlogs. If you are
> new to sprinting, take a look at Jim George, N3BB's article posted on the NCJ
> NA Sprint website at ncjweb.com/sprint-scores/CW-Sprinting-N3BB.pdf.
>
>
> DX stations outside the US and Canada are very welcome to participate! Just
> jump in and give your QTH as "DX". You might set a record for your country!
>
>
> Some helpful information for new Sprinters is below. Hope to hear you on the
> air!
>
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
>
> NA CW Sprint Manager
>
>
> = = = = =
>
>
> The QSY rule can be confusing when calling and answering CQs.
>
>
> If you call CQ, someone responds, and you complete a QSO, you then have to
> move 1 kHz to call another station or 5 kHz to call CQ.
>
> If you respond to a CQ, after the QSO you "inherit" the frequency and you can
> call CQ or answer a caller who responds after the QSO. Once you complete
> that QSO, you then have to move 1 kHz to call another station or 5 kHz to
> call CQ.
>
> = = = = =
>
> If you hear an ongoing contact, you can call the station staying on frequency
> (just give your call and listen for an answer beginning with your call). But
> which station is staying? There are some clues in how most stations set up
> their Sprint messages:
>
> If you hear an exchange like "Call#1 Call#2 number name state" then Call#2 is
> going to leave the frequency after the contact and Call#1 will be ready to
> respond.
> If you hear an exchange like "Call#1 number name state Call#2" then Call#2 is
> going to inherit the frequency and you can call them.
>
> That's not always the way stations send their information but it's very
> common.
>
> = = = = =
>
> Or you might not want to do the QSY thing at all - just pick two frequencies
> at least 5 kHz apart and call CQ on one. After making a QSO, switch to the
> other frequency and call CQ again. Changing bands counts as a 5 kHz QSY, too.
> With the bands open, all three bands are likely to be open for the entire
> contest!
>
>
>
>
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