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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Mike Wetzel <mjwetzel@comcast.net><br>
To: kz5d@aol.com<br>
Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 9:59 am<br>
Subject: Announcement to reflector<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Could
you forward this announcement to the Louisiana Contest Club reflector.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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W9RE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The popular NCCC Sprint (NS) Ladder competition, now in it's
6th year, begins this week, Thursday night, 0230-0300Z (Friday,
UTC). Thirty minutes earlier at 0200-0215Z we hold the Slow NS
(SNS) at slower CW speed of 20 wpm (W9RE).<br>
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In Summary .. . <br>
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-- NS Ladder is an invigorating LP (100 watt or less)
14-week ladder competition based on sprint rules. Stations compete for in three
main divisions plus a category for NCCC members:<br>
<br>
-- Description of NCCC Thursday Night Contesting: <a
href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/</span></u></a><br>
-- Description of Ladder Competition: <a
href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.htm" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.htm"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/ladder.htm</span></u></a><br>
-- Schedule: <a href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm</span></u></a><br>
-- Score information (this year and 3 previous ladders) at <a
href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/results.htm" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/results.htm"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/results.htm</span></u></a><br>
-- Logging s/w for NS: <a href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/software.htm"
target="_blank" title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/software.htm"><u><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/software.htm</span></u></a><br>
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-- RULES for NS Ladder, see:<br>
<a href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm</span></u></a>
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-- Each NS Ladder session is a fast 30-min CW competition,
this year 14 sessions on 20, 40 and 80 meters (40kHz from band edge) with 100w.
power limit. But you need only participate in 9 events to fully qualify
for awards, so plenty of time for those vacations, graduations, weddings etc.<br>
-- Ladder occurs most Thursday nights, 0230-0300Z (Friday UTC). Last
session is August 7.<br>
-- Bands are 20, 40, 80 m CW around 14040, 7040 and 3540 (Please s p r e
a d out!)<br>
-- EXCHANGE: Serial #, Your Name, QTH <br>
--- (Mults are combined NAQP/Sprint, i.e. NA States (include
AK/HI), Canadian Prov, NA Countries<br>
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-- SCHEDULE, see: <a href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm"
target="_blank" title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm"><u><span
style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/next_ns.htm</span></u></a><br>
-- SCORE SUBMISSION via the WA7BNM score report form at <a
href="http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/</span></u></a>
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-- Logs need to be saved but are not submitted in unless requested.<br>
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-- NS Ladder Rules: see <a
href="http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm" target="_blank"
title="http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ncccsprint.com/rules.htm</span></u></a>
Changes from last year:<br>
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-- Awards based scores in 9 of 14 events for East, West Divisions
and NCCC; fewer (tba) for Newcomers Division.<br>
-- Divisions:<br>
E. of Ms. River (Canada, East of Manitoba-Ontario border)<br>
W. of Ms. River<br>
Newcomers -- for those who have not participated in NS Ladder previously, or
have done so just once or twice.<br>
NCCC Members.<br>
-- Change for this year: You will declare yourself to be in
"Newcomers" division.<br>
-- No use of packet or skimmers<br>
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-- Why would you want to participate in this "summer
fun" event"?? Here are some of the purposes/goals of NS Ladder:<br>
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A) Experience a few minutes of contesting fun on Thursday nights. . relax and
enjoy (as per K7NV).<br>
B) Stay in practice over the summer when there are fewer contests. The
ladder's unusual dupe rule keeps rates extraordinarily high even under poor
propagation conditions.<br>
C) NS Ladder is a summer 'laboratory" for new antenna/ station designs:
get into NS Ladder, establish a baseline, then put up your 6-el 80m Yagi and
see the effect on your score.<br>
D) Only ladder competition in ham radio -- Provides a metric for station and
operator improvements.<br>
E) Interesting rules, e.g. the dupe rule and band-mults under sprint
conditions.<br>
F) Locust X Prize, an NCJ Subscription to first NS Ladder participant to make
3000 points in a single 30-min session.<br>
G) Snappy 30 minute format. The 30 min limit, with the dupe rule,
makes NS Ladder a true Sprint in the athletic definition of the word. The
100-watt limit increases the fun for smaller stations.<br>
H) CA wine prizes to the Division winners. <br>
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New to sprints or shy of the fast code speeds required?? Participate in
our Slow NS (SNS), run by Mike W9RE. The SNS is 30-mins prior to NS
Ladder at 0200-0215Z on the same bands, but with a suggested code speed
20 wpm. Try this one for a while, and when you are ready, add the
regular NS Ladder.<br>
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Questions??<br>
Please contact Bill N6ZFO, n6zfo at <a href="http://arrl.net/"
target="_blank" title="http://arrl.net/"><u><span style='color:blue'>arrl.net</span></u></a>,
or another member of our MS Ladder BOD: Mike, W9RE; Howie, N4AF; Jim,
N3BB; John, K4BAI; Ted, W4NZ; Chris, VA3NR.<br>
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We hope to see many of you on this and subsequent Thursday nights. <br>
<br>
73 Bill, n6zfo<br>
NCCC Sprint Ladder, Contest Director<o:p></o:p></p>
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