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Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing the half hour RTTY NS (NCCC Sprint) contest

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing the half hour RTTY NS (NCCC Sprint) contest this Thursday evening North America time.
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:57:56 -0500
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You should be starting these with NNNNZCZC, not RYRYRYRY.  :-)

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 5:09 AM Ed Radlo via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:

>
> RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
>
>
>
> To all RTTY ops:
>
> This is a reminder thatonce again, the Northern California Contest Club is
> pleased to present ourregular weekly half hour RTTY Sprint, aka the NS
> RTTY, this Thursday eveningNorth America time.  Non-North Americanstations
> are welcome in this contest as well.
>
> The start time of the NSRTTY (or RTTY NS if you prefer) is always 0145Z,
> regardless of whether we’re onStandard Time or Daylight Savings Time.
>
> Last week, we welcomed newcomerNE6I, and welcomed back NR4O, whom we
> hadn’t heard from for a while.  We hope to see all of you again this week!
>
> For those of you who arenew to our weekly NS RTTY’s, we use a variation of
> the NCJ Sprint’s QSY rule– 1 KHz QSY’s rather than 5 KHz – and allow same
> band duplicate contacts aftermaking at least one intervening contact.  If
> you need a fullexplanation of these special rules, send me an e-mail, and
> I’ll give you allthe details, e.g., a precise definition of our QSY rule.
>
> Remember to QSY afteryou’ve made a contact that you‘ve solicited, and that
> both callsigns, yourname, your state, and your contact number are required
> as part of the exchangethat you send.
>
> After the contest,please remember to submit your score to
> www.3830scores.com.  It’s easy –on 3830, the name of this contest is
> “NCCC RTTY Sprint”.  Reportingyour score, whether it be big or small, helps
> build enthusiasm for this event.That in turn increases participation for
> future editions, which benefits all ofus.
>
> For those of you usingthe popular N1MM+ logger, the contest module to use
> is NSRTTYDUPE.  A goodset of example function keys is in the N1MM+
> website's function key gallery,available for free download.
>
> Remember to try 15meters at the beginning of this Thursday night's contest
> – 15 has been openwith spotlight propagation at 0145Z.
>
> The details of ournext NS RTTY:
>
> Friday,  28 July 2023UTC, 0145Z to 0215Z (Thursday, 27 July 2023 in North
> America)
>
> --1845 to 1915 PDT
>
> --2145 to 2215 EDT
>
> -- (others in betweenthose two time intervals)
>
> -- 160 meters: Try 1804, 1805, or 1806 during the last two minutes
>
> -- 80/40/20/15meters:  mostly +83 kHz to +89 kHz up from the lower band
> edge
>
> -- Same banddupes are allowed for credit after one intervening QSO
>
> -- 1 kHz QSYrule, otherwise standard NCJ Sprint QSY rules
>
> -- Multipliers arecounted anew on each band, so if 4 or 5 bands are open,
> you’ll get a lot ofmults!
>
> -- 100W output powerlimit
>
> Please visit https://www.ncccsprint.com/rttyns.html for complete rules
> and links to otherinfo. If you find any problems with the Web pages, please
> let me know so we canget them fixed.
>
> If you would like toreceive all the latest info about NS (both CW and
> RTTY), as well as a have avehicle for expressing your comments and
> questions, sign up for the NS mailinglist:  https://groups.io/g/nccc-blue
> .
>
> Contestonlinescore.com has a slot set up for us if you’d like to make sure
> yourlogger is talking to the world.  Select “NCCC NA RTTY Sprint”.
>
> Report scores to 3830scores.com, and join us at 0300Z on 3610 kHz (+/- a
> fewdepending upon who else is on) for comments and questions.
>
> 73,
>
> EdRadlo  AJ6V
>
> eddrad@aol.com
>
>
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