Reminder . . Wk 1 of NS Ladder RTTY is tomorrow (Thursday)
recommended frequencies:
14080+
7080+
3580+
Hope to see many of you for this fun event on Thursday.
73 Bill n6zfo
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Bill Haddon <haddon.bill@gmail.com> wrote:
> Announcing: Starting this Thursday: A new 5-wk NCCC Sprint Ladder
> competition specifically for RTTY -- a great run-up the NAS RTTY Sprint on
> Oct 11.
> - 5 weeks, on Thursday nights 0130-0200Z (Fri UTC) for 30min,
> see
> http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.html for schedule
> (no Ladder on week of CQP).
>
> Great practice for upcoming NAS RTTY on Oct 11 (the 5th week of NS Ladder
> is the Thursday prior to NAS)
>
> What is it? NS Ladder a his fast-paced 30 min weekly sprint
> competition, dubbed "contesting on the edge" by NCCC's webmaster John,
> K6MM. QSO's are made using the NAS RTTY format with the following
> modifications:
>
> -- Power limit is 100w.
> -- Multipliers are by band (20, 40 and 80m, usual RTTY Frequencies)
> -- The NAS QSY
> rule is relaxed to 1 KHz for all QSO's.
> -- There are four geographic divisions: Atlantic, E. Central, W.
> Central, West, and NCCC in CA/NV. to determine your division see:
> http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
> -- Submit only scores, not complete logs.
> use the form at http://3830scores.com
>
> Time: Each Thursday in NA:
> 0130-0200Z (Friday, UTC, Thursday Night in NA)
>
> Exchange: Ser #, Name, State, Prov, or NA Country
> see: paragraph "Rules" at
> http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
>
> Work stations once per band only.
>
> Logging:
> Easiest : Use the NA Sprint module in your favorite logging s/w, then
> compute score by hand adjusting for per band mults, or use the app from
> N4AF on your Cabrillo Log:
> see http://www.ncccsprint.com/ns-score.html
> For questions on other options, pose question here or contact W6SX,
> N6RO or W0YK. Ken, N6RO has been hosting a weekly Thursday night RTTY
> NCCC-Sprint; the ladder replaces these sessions for the next few weeks.
>
> The CW competitions, which we've been running for 10 years, have been very
> popular among sprinters. The contest is friendly . . don't be shy if
> you're not an expert at sprinting. . .this is a good way to learn the
> system prior to the more intense RTTY NAS.
>
> Background reading:
> -- the web pages at ncccsprint.com, although written for the CW
> NS, might be helpful
> - the information about sprints on the ncjweb.com.
> For a description of the history of the NS Ladder competition, see the
> article by N6ZFO in the Nov/Dec 2009 NCJ, March-August 2009 NCCC Spring
> Ladder VI Results by N6ZFO. (If you don't have this NCJ, send request for
> a copy to N6ZFO.)
>
> Note: to make the NSLadder "work" we need about 20 stations. . please
> consider joining in!
>
> 73 Bill N6ZFO
> Director, NCCC Thursday Night Contesting.
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