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Subject: [SECC] NCCC NS Ladder Tonight
From: k4bai at att.net (John T. Laney III)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:09:26 -0400
NS Ladder XIV - "Contesting on the Edge".  Thursday at 0230Z (Fri UTC)

*Trying a last minute notification approach again this week since
participation was strong last week.*

*Date&  Time:*

                1930 Pacific   2030 Mountain 2130 Central 2230 Eastern
Time -- Thursday Night
                30 minutes exactly.

Great prep for NA Sprints and multiple chances to win the famous W0YK
Wine (www.munsvineyard.com)

      - 160, 80, 40  and 20m  40 KHz up from band edge or 1815 [please
spread out]
      - 100 watts maximum
      - Sprint format,
              - mults per band
              - 1 KHz QSY rule.
      - Contact stations once per band i.e. no same-band duplicate Q's.
      - Score reports tohttp://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/  (Tks, WA7BNM)
           [Note we will request logs from time to time to verify accuracy]

Rules:http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html
Schedule:http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.html

Important rules:
    1) Strictly observe the time limits  . . see
http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html  paragraph "Time".
    2)  After 2nd Q of couplet, please leave a pause for the cq'ing
stn to ask for fills.

Setup:  Hank, W6SX, has generously provided the F-Key configuration
file he uses for N1MM, both for the CW and RTTY Sprint to serve as
examples of a successful SO1V configuration. Links below.

RTTY:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns/f-key%20files/ns_rtty.mc
CW:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7933320/ns/f-key%20files/ns.mc

Awards:  Bottles of CA Pinot Noir wine  from the famous W0YK vineyard
awarded [alternate prizes for those<21] by a weighted random drawing.
Thus from an awards standpoint, no SO1R "penalty" in this contest.
Note: our downloadable score base, available weekly and flagged for
SO2R use, allow a participant to generate personalized rankings by
selectable criteria.  Minimum 5 weeks required for awards. .
additional entries in drawing table for 1st, 2nd place scores in
division and for perfect 8-wk participation.  Divisions . . see map at
http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.html

nccc-blue reflector:  All are invited to join this low-volume
reflector for discussing NS and NS Ladder topics.  Sign up at:
http://www.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/nccc-blue    Phil, W6PK will see
your request.

73 Matt NQ6N, Guest Conductor

questions tonq6n at arrl.net
or any Advisory Group member.   N6ZFO, N4AF, N6WM, K6UFO, W4NZ, K4BAI,
W9RE, N3BB and W0BH

p.s. Join the fun in the NS RTTY Sprint which starts one hour earlier,
on the same day as the CW contest.  See the separate announcement.



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