The Spartan Sprints

  

 

Spartan Sprints are two-hour gatherings sponsored by the Adventure Radio Society, held the first Monday of every month.

 

The Spartan Sprints have a unique, three-faceted focus. They encourage outdoor operation with back country radio gear (if outdoor operation isn't practical, home-based operation is fine). They gather fascinating information about the upper atmosphere, documenting how low power signals can travel long distancs. And they encourage the growth of a like-minded community of amateur radio operator who generously share their knowedge and experiences.

 

 What Time

 

Eastern	Central	Mountain	Pacific	UTC During Standard Time	UTC During Daylight Time
Start at 9PM End at 11PM	Start at 8PM End at 10 PM	Start at 7PM End at 9 PM	Start at 6PM End at 8PM	Start at 0200 End at 0400	Start at 0100 End at 0300

 

Which Bands

 

The bands will be 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, 15 meters and 10 meters. You may operate any number of bands—your choice. Many Spartan Sprint operators gravitate to the QRP CW calling frequencies on these bands.

 

Equipment and Antennas

 

Spartan Sprinters use 5 Watts or less. We encourage you to experiment with 1 Watt or less. You will be surprised at how effective these low levels can be, and how much fun QRPp really is. Similarly, we encourage you to experiment with simple wire antennas. And we encourage sprinters to use equpment they built from "scratch," that is equipment built from schematics.

 

Exchange

 

Exchange RST, SPC (state, province or country) and power output. If you choose to call CQ, use the format "CQ SP," or "CQ QRP TEST." Give yourself one point for each contact. You can give yourself credit for working the same station on a second, third, or fourth band.

 

See the Propagation Conditions Predicted for This Month's Sprint

 

This link will take you to a summary of the propagation conditions predicted for this month's sprint. Propagation October 2008

 

Submit Your Spartan Sprint Log

 

Use the linked page to log your results for the Spartan Sprint. We are now using streamlined logging system that's a lot more joyful than the spreadsheet we tried during the past 12 months. Try it--you'll like it. SS logs 10-08

 

Check out the Spartan Sprint Results

 

Here is our new format for reporting the results of each month's contest. In the future, we'll add a link that accesses an archive of these enhanced pages. SS results 10-08

 

What are the Rules?

 

 Here they are. Spartan Sprint Rules

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