With NCJ Sprint RTTY approaching on March 9, let's get ready for that
with a sprint practice on Thursday, one hour before the CW NS:
0130 to 0200Z, MARCH 8; Thursday night in NA.
Here's a chance for experienced sprinters on cw to learn a new mode,
and for RTTY contesters to learn the sprint format. Also a chance
to try out the newly popular 2Tone decoder.
There are two main differences between the NCCC Sprints and NA Sprint:
In NS, power is limited to 100w, and mults count on all bands.
For these upcoming practice, use 80, 40, 20m; up 80+ Khz. from the
bottom of the band.
You need two different messages in sprint, one when acquiring a
frequency, N6TR 245 KEN CA N6RO;
in a different order when vacating, N8EA N6RO 246 KEN CA.
NS rules at:http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.html
These apply for the RTTY practice sprints.
I expect there will be a practice on Friday night before NCJ NA
Sprint RTTY, using the real Sprint rules.
But don't wait till the last minute to get your
station/computer/messages set up.
If you want the Thursday sprint RTTY practices to continue in future
weeks, vote by showing up this Thursday.
Thursday Night Diddler, N6RO
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