NCCC Sprint (NS)

Weekly 30-minute CW sprint with a relaxed 1 kHz QSY rule and dupes counting. Effectively a contest-practice league -- the shortest recurring contest in the calendar.

Rules at ncccsprint.comThe rules are the sponsor's. This page holds the dates and the facts.

When it runs

Every Friday

0230Z → 0300Z Friday

Times are UTC, as the sponsor states them.

Next runnings

0230Z Fri 2 Oct → 0300Z Fri 2 Oct · 30m2026
in 5h 24m
0230Z Fri 9 Oct → 0300Z Fri 9 Oct · 30m2026
in 7 days
0230Z Fri 16 Oct → 0300Z Fri 16 Oct · 30m2026
in 14 days
0230Z Fri 23 Oct → 0300Z Fri 23 Oct · 30m2026
in 21 days
0230Z Fri 30 Oct → 0300Z Fri 30 Oct · 30m2026
in 28 days
0230Z Fri 6 Nov → 0300Z Fri 6 Nov · 30m2026
in 35 days

Operating

Modes: CW
Bands: 160m80m40m20m15m
Exchange: Serial number + name + QTH (both callsigns required in the exchange)
Power categories: Standard 100 W
Logs: no deadline or format recorded
Who can enter: Anyone, anywhere.
NCCC's NS rules state no entrant restriction anywhere in the text. Open participation is inferred from the ABSENCE of a clause, not from an explicit worldwide statement -- confirm before shipping the eligibility filter.

Where this comes from

Checked against the sponsor: Yes. The rule on this page was read off Northern California Contest Club (NCCC)'s own published rules. Link last confirmed 2026-08-11.
What the source says: ncccsprint.com/rules.html: '0230-0300 UTC Fridays (Thursday evening NA time, DST ignored)'. Maximum operating time 30 minutes; '100 watts or less power'.
Recorded caveats: NCCC describes these as 'nominal rules' that may be modified on a weekly basis, and runs formal Ladder seasons interspersed with practice weeks. The 30-minute session slot itself is fixed.

Something wrong? How to report it — a link to the sponsor's own page is all it takes.

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