May/June 2009
Volume 37 Number 3
Top photo: N5JJ/K5LZO Memorial Station. Bottom photo: 12-year-old K0ADX.
NCJ Contests
NAQP
•Rules
•Team Registration
CW SSB RTTY
•Logging Hints
•Upload Logs
•Web-to-Cabrillo Forms
CW SSB RTTY
•Logs Received
CW SSB RTTY
•Results
•Preliminary Results
CW SSB RTTY
•Records
CW SSB RTTY
•Cabrillo Format
•Paper Logging Forms
NA Sprint
•Rules
•Team Registration
CW SSB RTTY
•Upload Logs
•Web-to-Cabrillo Forms
CW SSB RTTY
•Logs Received
CW SSB RTTY
•Results
•Preliminary Results
CW SSB RTTY
•Records
CW SSB RTTY
 
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Sprint CW/SSB/RTTY Rules
(Revised November 13, 2008)
pdf version of rules

Contest Managers:
CW - Boring Amateur Radio Club (email)
SSB - Jim Stevens, K4MA (email)
RTTY - Ed Muns, WØYK (email)

  1. Eligibility: Any licensed radio amateur may enter.

  2. Object: For North American stations to contact as many licensed radio amateurs as possible. For non-North American stations to contact as many North American stations as possible.

  3. Entry Classification: High power, low power (100W) and QRP (5W). Single operator only. Use of spotting information obtained directly or indirectly from any source other than the station operator, such as from other stations or automated tools, is prohibited.

  4. Contest Periods:

    February/March 2009 Contests: (note CW Sprint now before SSB)

    CW: 0000Z - 0400Z February 8, 2009 (Sunday of first full weekend in February)
    SSB: 0000Z - 0400Z February 15, 2009
    RTTY: 0000Z - 0400Z March 15, 2009 (Sunday of second full weekend in March)

    September/October 2009 Contests:

    CW: 0000Z - 0400Z September 13, 2009 (first Sunday following first Monday in September)
    SSB: 0000Z - 0400Z September 20, 2009 (second Sunday following first Monday in September)
    RTTY: 0000Z - 0400Z October 11, 2009 (Sunday of second full weekend in October)

    These are entirely separate four-hour Sprints. Note that the CW Sprint now comes before the SSB Sprint in both February and September.

  5. Mode: CW only in CW Sprints, SSB only in SSB Sprints, RTTY only in RTTY Sprints.

  6. Bands: 80, 40 and 20 meters only. Suggested frequencies are around 3540, 7040 and 14040 kHz on CW; 3850, 7225 and 14275 kHz on Phone; and 3580, 7080 and 14080 kHz on RTTY. You may work the same station once per band.

  7. Exchange: To have a valid exchange, you must send all of the following information: the other station's call, your call, your serial number, your name and your location (state, province or country). You may send this information in any order. For example:

    N6TR DE K7GM 154 RICK NC K
    K7GM NR 122 TREE OR DE N6TR K

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