Thanks for this good info, Lloyd.

This is the first time I will really put any significant effort into this 
contest, so your tips are much appreciated.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?


> That's correct.  So the incentive is to work the bands where your station
> performs the best at the times you plan to operate, and mostly go to 10 or
> 15 meters for the most distant multipliers.  There are now 83 multipliers,
> because last year Ontario was divided into four sections.
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jim Shaffer
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 11:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
> As I recall, you may work a station only once in the contest regardless of
> band.  Is that right?
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lloyd Rasmussen
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 7:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
> You give out a serial number.
> A "precedence" which is A for 150 watts or less, B for higher power, Q for
> QRP, U for unlimited (using packet spotting or the CW skimmer), M for
> multi-op, or S for school club station.
> Your callsign.
> Last two digits of your year of first license.
> Your ARRL section.
>
> So the exchange I transmit looks like
> 136 B W3IUU 55 MDC
>
> It's more to write down, but it is in many ways better than the typical
> exchange in a DX contest where everyone is 599 regardless of how weak 
> their
> signal is.
> The N1MM logging program, and perhaps others, is set up so you can hit the
> spacebar between these fields.  If they are done correctly, the computer 
> can
> parse the entry and log it.
> 73,
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Howard Kaufman
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 6:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ARRL CW Sweepstakes Contest, Anyone?
>
> Tom, what exactly is the exchange?  It intimidates me.
>
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