Thanks, Lloyd.
I'm planning to participate in both contests, as much as my schedule allows,
so will hope for the best.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
> There is some likelihood that the CQWW CW contest, November 23 and 24,
> will
> have a high solar flux number, because the sun rotates in 27 days and this
> contest is 28 days later than CQWW phone. But solar active regions remain
> active for limited unknown periods of time. I think mid-December will
> probably be better than last year, but not as good as two years ago. Of
> course, part of the ten meter contest depends on sporadic-E propagation,
> which has a secondary peak in mid-winter and is not affected much by solar
> activity, but which can sometimes be nonexistent. So if you want to build
> your DX total on 10, CQWW CW will probably be worth a try, and the
> ten-meter
> contest might be good.
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Behler
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 1:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
> Lloyd:
>
> I understand your point regarding the rationale for the rather lengthy
> Sweepstakes exchange. I never really thought of it that way, but it does
> make sense.
>
> Anyway, will look for you in the contest.
>
> Am still not sure how many hours I'll be able to devote to the contest,
> but
> I hope to do at least some hours of operating this evening and a good part
> of the day tomorrow.
>
> Regarding recent 10-meter conditions, do you have any thoughts on whether
> conditions are as likely to be as good for the ARRL 10-meter contest in
> mid
> December?
>
> If conditions are anywhere near like they were last week-end, the contest
> should be lots of fun, for sure.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
>
>> Potomac Valley Radio Club is attempting to keep its championship status.
>> I
>> have to plan a chapel service for the NFB state convention, which is next
>> weekend, but intend to put in severals in SS CW. The exchange is
>> cumbersome, but it's more like the preamble of a piece of traffic, and
>> gives
>> people greater opportunities to show whether they can really copy CW or
>> phone through QRM. Hope to see you in the pileups.
>>
>> BTW, I ended up with 643 QSOs last weekend in the CQWW SSB. Our biggest
>> local multi-multi, W3LPL, had over 10,000 QSOs last weekend. Of those,
>> the
>> 10-meter component was 3,131 QSOS in 161 countries, in 39 of the 40
>> possible
>> zones! Ten meters was about as good as it's going to get during this
>> cycle.
>> 73,
>>
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
>> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Behler
>> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 8:24 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>>
>> Hi, again, everyone.
>>
>> As I said in my last post, I'm planning on giving the ARRL Sweepstakes CW
>> contest a shot this week-end.
>>
>> The contest runs for 30 hours, from 2100 Z Tomorrow afternoon, until 0300
>> Z
>> early Monday morning. That translates to 5 p.m. tomorrow, until 10 p.m.
>> Sunday evening, if you take into account the switch to Eastern standard
>> time
>> tomorrow night.
>>
>> Personally, I feel the exchange in the Sweepstakes contest is a bit
>> cumbersome, but I'm going to give it a try anyway.
>>
>> I'll be running in entry category A.--single op low power.
>>
>> I certainly won't be able to operate nearly the full 30 hours, but hope
>> to
>> get some good operating time in tomorrow and at least part of Sunday.
>>
>> Hope to work at least some of you from here in west-central lower
>> Michigan.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>
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