The March Spartan Sprint will be held on March 3 (which is our standard
date--the first Monday of the month).
If you are a newcomer to the Sprints, take a look at the introductory
material at the end of this post.
1. Start at 9:00 PM EST, 8:00 CST, 7:00 MST and 6:00 PST.
Finish at 11:00 PM EST, 10:00 CST, 9:00 MST and 8:00 PST.
2. The frequencies will be 7040+- kHz and 3560+- kHz. (You may operate
one or two bands--your choice.)
3. Exchange RST, SPC (state, province or country) and power output.
4. If you choose to call CQ, use the format "CQ SP".
5. If you are operating under the portable QRP rules, add "/PQ" to your
call. (You can find those rules at our web site,
http://www.natworld.com/ars.
6. You can take credit for working the same station on a second band.
7. To spice things up, we'll give you double credit for every contact on
80 meters.
After the contest send Russ Carpenter, AA7QU, an e-mail with your total
QSOs and the total weight of your station (i.e., the combined weight of
the transmitter, receiver, key, keyer and battery). You may also include
your comments from the soapbox. If you get that information submitted by
Tuesday night it will be included in the contest results, which will be
published on Thursday on the ARS web site and the QRP-L. Russ' email
address is russ@natworld.com.
As an alternative, you can use our new automated Spartan Sprint report at
the ARS web site. Just fill in a few boxes, click the "submit" button,
and you're done! You can get directly to the report page with this URL:
http://www.natworld.com/ars/events/spartan/submit_spartan.html. Or you
can take a more leisurely (and rewarding) stroll through the ARS site by
going to the home page at http://www.natworld.com/ars.
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The Spartan Sprint is based on a simple but stimulating concept. We are
encouraging all of you to cobble together the kind of station you'd use
in a portable environment--lightweight transceiver, keyer, key, antenna
tuner and battery. Then put that turkey on the air, and participate in a
two hour sprint.
All operators are invited to play, whether or not they are members of
Adventure Radio Society. Even if you don't have lightweight equipment,
your participation will be rewarding, both for you and the other
participants. We'll report the score in two different formats--absolute
scores, and points per pound of station weight. So you can get your kicks
from running up a magnificent score, or achieving an remarkable ratio of
points per pound.
ARS provides handsome certificates to the operators who achieve the top
two scores in points, and points per pound.
You can get a full explanation the Spartan Sprints from our web site,
http://www.natworld.com/ars.
If you're thinking about becoming a member of Adventure Radio Society,
just send Richard Fisher, KI6SN, (our membership chairman) an e-mail
expressing your interest. Richard's e-mail address is KI6SN@aol.com.
Membership is free, and the organization has a great group of men and
women who combine their love of ham radio with their affection for the
outdoors. You don't need to be a macho person; ARS welcomes people of all
ages and levels of
ability.
72, Russ Carpenter, AA7QU, Contest Manager
russ@natworld.com
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