[TAC] Thursday evening sprints

[Ian Hill]

Slow speed and regular sprint practice tonight.
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    Slow NS

Announcing the NCCC's (Northern California Contest Club) weekly Thursday 
night running of the SNS.

The Slow Speed NS practice is from 0200z to 0215z (Friday UTC, Thursday 
local time). That's starting at 10:00pm EDT, 9:00pm CDT, 8:00pm MDT and 
7:00pm PDT, local time Thursday.

Bands will be 20, 40 and 80 meters (around 3540, 7040 and 14040). Start 
on 20 then 40 and finally 80 (maybe 5 minutes each).

Regular NS 0230z to 0300z 20, 40, 80 (dupes allowed).

In the SNS dupes are allowed (dupe allowed after 1 intervening Q) so you 
are allowed to work the same station again as long as you have worked 
another station in between.

Sites to help everyone for sprint contests.

_http://www.contesting.com/articles/198_

_http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html_

*Regular NS sprint rules for this week.*
This week, we'll use NS rules on 20/40/80/160m for the Thursday 
practice, Sept. 25 local date in North America; Sept. 26 UTC.

30 minutes starting at 0230Z

-- Start 0230Z (1930 PDT, 2030 MDT, 2130 CDT 2230 EDT)

NS RULES: Sprint format, DUPES on same band OK (one intervening QSO), 
100 watts

1 Khz QSY before calling; 5 Khz QSY before CQ.

BANDS: 20/40/80m, +35-45, khz from low band edge, 1815 on 160m.