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
>