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From: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
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NA Sprint CW/SSB/RTTY Rules – 12-nov-2007 Sponsored by the National Contest
Journal
North American Sprint CW/SSB/RTTY Rules
(Revised November 13, 2008)
2009 Summary
Mode Times/Dates Logs Due Log Submittal
0000Z-CW 0400Z, February 8 February 14
0000Z-0400Z, September 13 September 19
SSB 0000Z-0400Z, February 15 February 21
0000Z-0400Z, September 20 September 26
RTTY 0000Z-0400Z, March 15 March 21
0000Z-0400Z, October 11 October 17
http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php
or see rule 14 for alternative submission
methods
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:
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
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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 the 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,ö 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.
13. 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 web-to-
Cabrillo on-line forms available at the links given below to enter the QSO
info
from their paper
logs.
14. 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:
a. Upload Cabrillo-formatted log via web form (preferable):
All modes: http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintlogsubmit.php
b. E-mail log (ASCII text file):
CW: cwsprint@ncjweb.com
SSB: ssbsprint@ncjweb.com
RTTY: rttysprint@ncjweb.com
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c. Mail CD or 3.5-inch floppy disk, containing ASCII log file, to the
appropriate address listed
below.
d. Manually convert paper log to Cabrillo log using one of the following
tools:
CW: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nasprintcw_cab.php
SSB: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nasprintssb_cab.php
RTTY: http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/nasprintrtty_cab.php
e. Mail 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, W0YK
P.O. Box 1877
Los Gatos, CA 95031-1877
USA
E-mail: rttysprintmgr@ncjweb.com
15. 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/cwsprintteam.html
SSB Team Registration: http://www.ncjweb.com/ssbsprintteam.html
RTTY Team Registration: http://www.ncjweb.com/rttysprintteam.html
16. Penalties and Disqualification: Contacts with incorrect received
information will be removed.
Contacts not found in the other station’s log will be be removed with a one
QSO
penalty. Entries
with score reductions in excess of 5 percent may be disqualified. Any entry
also may be
disqualified for illegibility, illegal or unethical operation.
Revised 13-nov-2008
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