Ah - understood!
Isn't it invoked by default?
It is such a standard contesting process.
73
David W Wood
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
David,
I know it has been in Writelog for the dozen years or so I've been
using it, but it is new to me since I am just overcoming my timidity at
calling CQ on CW. I'm never going to be competitive in any of the
major contests, but in some of the state QSO parties I enjoy playing
in, I realize that if I want to move to the next level, I need to
increase my ratio of cw to ssb to a higher percentage than my usual 20
percent.
73, Steve KW3A
On 12/12/2013 3:12 AM, David W Wood wrote:
> Steve
>
> All the contest logging software that I have used has this facility as
> standard.
>
>
>
> ATB
>
> David W Wood
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Steve Forst
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>
> Tom,
>
> Hope the band is good this weekend. No real strategy for me, I'm just
> going to concentrate on improving my CW contest skills. Last weekend I
> started using a feature in Writelog that lets me use the enter key
> several times to call CQ and complete a QSO. This isn't going to
> drastically improve my rate, but should keep me from hitting the wrong
> F key and reduce some repetitive hand motion.
>
> I've also been playing with the voice announcement packet spots in XMlog
> and may set this up to only give me needed countries on 10 meters phone
> or cw, so I won't be bombarded with spots, but can grab a new one if it
> shows up.
>
> 73, have fun this weekend, Steve KW3A
>
> On 12/11/2013 8:10 PM, Tom Behler wrote:
>> Thanks for the good advice, Lloyd.
>>
>> Whatever happens, the week-end should be lots of fun.
>>
>> It will be cold and snowy here, so the contesting weather should be
ideal,
>> as long as the wind doesn't take down my wire antennas.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:27 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>>
>> I don't know about strategy, but the latest predictions show solar flux
in
>> the 170 range next weekend, which should provide some good F2
propagation.
>> Go where the stations are, and the multipliers will probably fall into
>> place. Phone activity can spread way up the band if it is active, so
keep
>> tuning upward until you reach frequencies where the activity has thinned
>> out. If you can switch quickly between phone and CW, I would recommend
> not
>> segregating the modes by day, but really going where the QSO rates are
> high.
>>
>> There are not additional points for working people farther or closer,
just
>> multipliers for states, provinces, Mexican states and other countries.
> Have
>> fun. These may be the best 10-meter conditions in years, or at least as
>> good as two years ago.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
>> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Behler
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:13 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: ARRL 10-meter Contest Strategy
>>
>> Hi, everyone.
>>
>>
>>
>> The recent post from David (G3YXX) got me to thinking about the best
>> strategy for this week-end's ARRL 10-meter contest, and I'm now
interested
>> in any thoughts from the group on what might be the best way to go.
>>
>>
>>
>> My originally-planned strategy was to do a completely CW operation. This
>> was based on the idea that you get 2 points per contact, and that you
> would
>> be working under considerably less-crowded band conditions.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, David's idea of doing CW one day, and SSB the next has caused me
> to
>> re-consider my strategy.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm interested in what others who are planning to play in the contest are
>> thinking of doing.
>>
>>
>>
>> I fully realize that, with my rather meager antenna setup here, I am not
>> going to be able to adequately compete with the big guns, but I would
like
>> to see what kind of a score I can achieve during the hours I'll be able
to
>> operate on both Saturday and Sunday.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hopefully, band conditions will be reasonably good for the event.
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>
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