Tom

In any contest, the best strategy is as many points as possible in as short
a time as possible!
I know that this is obvious, but in the radio world it is often running on
your own frequency.
However, in this contest, points are multipliers so it is worth tuning the
bands for those mults.
As it is a single band contest, a great opportunity to use both VFO'S on
your rig.
In the dead time to tune the second VFO for those mults, using headphones in
stereo configuration.

73


ATB

David W Wood 

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Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:14 AM
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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