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Subj: Sprint CW/SSB/RTTY Rules
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Sprint CW/SSB/RTTY Rules
(Revised November 13, 2008)
Contest Managers:
CW - Boring Amateur Radio Club
SSB - Jim Stevens, K4MA
RTTY - Ed Muns, WØYK
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
8. Valid Contact: A valid contact consists of a complete, correctly copied
and logged two-way exchange between a North American station and another
station. Proper logging requires including the time of each contact. Serial
numbers must begin with serial number one and be sequential thereafter.
9. North American Station: Defined by the rules of the CQ WW DX Contests.
Note that KH6 is not in North America.
10. Scoring: Multiply total valid contacts by the sum of U.S. states,
Canadian Provinces and other North American Countries to get final score (do
not count USA and Canada as countries). District of Columbia counts as
Maryland. KH6 is not counted as a State and is not a North American country
(but counts for QSO credit). The eight Canadian multipliers are Maritime (VE1,
VE9, VO1, VO2 and VY2), VE2 through VE7, and Yukon-NWT (VYØ, VY1 and VE8).
Non-North American countries do not count as multipliers, but do count for QSO
credit for North American stations.
11. Special QSY Rule: If any station solicits a call (by sending CQ, QRZ?,
"going up 5 kHz," or any other means of soliciting a response, including
completion of a QSO where the frequency was inherited), they are permitted to
work only one station in response to that solicitation. They must thereafter
move at least 1 kHz before calling another station, or at least 5 kHz before
soliciting other calls. Once a station is required to QSY, that station is not
allowed to make another QSO on the vacated frequency until or unless at least
one subsequent QSO is made on a new frequency.
12. Additional Rules: Simultaneous transmission on more than one frequency is
prohibited. All contacts must be sent and received using means requiring
real-time human intervention, detection and initiation. Each operator must use
only one call sign during the contest.
# Log formatting: All logs must be submitted electronically (web upload,
e-mail, CD, 3.5-inch floppy, etc.). The file format for electronic logs for
NCJ-sponsored contests is Cabrillo (Version 2.x or 3.x). Entrants who do not
use computer logging are encouraged to use the manual log entry web-to-Cabrillo
on-line forms available at the links given below to enter the QSO info from
their paper logs.
# Log Submission: Entries must be received no later than 7 days after the
Sprint. Methods of log submission in order of preference are as follows:
1. Upload Cabrillo-formatted log via web form (preferable):
All modes: Upload Logs
2. E-mail log (ASCII text file):
CW: cwsprint@ncjweb.com
SSB: ssbsprint@ncjweb.com
RTTY: rttysprint@ncjweb.com
3. Mail CD or 3.5-inch floppy disk, containing ASCII log file, to the
appropriate address listed below.
4. Manually convert paper log to Cabrillo log using one of the following
tools:
CW: CW Web-to-Cabrillo Form
SSB: SSB Web-to-Cabrillo Form
RTTY: RTTY Web-to-Cabrillo Form
5. Mail original paper log to the appropriate address listed below.
Send CW logs to: Boring Amateur Radio Club
15125 Bartell Road
Boring, OR 97009
USA
E-mail: cwsprintmgr@ncjweb.com
Send SSB logs to: Jim Stevens, K4MA
6609 Vardon Ct.
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
USA
E-mail: ssbsprintmgr@ncjweb.com
Send RTTY logs to: Ed Muns, WØYK
P.O. Box 1877
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
USA
E-mail: rttysprintmgr@ncjweb.com
# Team Competition: Team competition is limited to a maximum of 10 operators as
a single entry unit. Groups having more than ten team members may submit more
than one team entry. To qualify as a team entry, the team registration form on
the NCJ web site must be completed before the contest starts. Use one of the
following links:
CW Team Registration: http://www.ncjweb.com/cwsprintteamreg.php
SSB Team Registration: http://www.ncjweb.com/ssbsprintteamreg.php
RTTY Team Registration: http://www.ncjweb.com/rttysprintteamreg.php
# Penalties and Disqualification: Contacts with incorrect received information
will be removed. Contacts not found in the other station's log will be removed
with a one QSO penalty. Entries with score reductions in excess of 5 percent
may be disqualified. Any entry may also be disqualified for illegibility,
illegal or unethical operation.
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