The April Spartan Sprint will be held on April 7 (which is our standard
date--the first monday of the month). Because April is a transition
month, we'll operate on three bands--80, 40 and 20. DON'T WORRY IF YOUR
STATION IS A BIT TUBBY. WE COMMEND THE WINNERS IN TWO CATEGORIES--POINTS,
AND POINTS PER POUND.
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 EDT, 8:00 CDT, 7:00 MDT and 6:00 PDT.
Finish at 11:00 PM EDT, 10:00 CDT, 9:00 MDT and 8:00 PDT.
2. The frequencies will be 3560+- kHz, 7040+- kHz and 14,060+- kHz. (You
may operate one, two or three bands--your choice.)
3. Exchange RST, SPC (state, province or country) and power output.
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4. If you choose to call CQ, use the format "CQ SP".
5. You can take credit for working the same station on a second or third
band.
6. To encourage QRPers to discover that there is life outside 40 meters,
we'll give double points for contacts on 80 and 20 meters.
After the contest, send Russ Carpenter, 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 to Russ by Tuesday
night, he will include your data 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, 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.
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ARS provides handsome certificates to the operators who achieve the top
two scores in points, and points per pound.
If you're thinking about becoming a member of Adventure Radio Society,
just send Richard Fisher (our membership chairman) an e-mail expressing
your interest. Richard's e-mail address is KI6SN@juno.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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