Well, whatever you do, Steve, have fun too.
I am hoping to put a number of hours into the effort, but some of that
remains to be seen, since I may have another commitment or two.
Will provide a followup on my effort if it seems worthwhile to do so.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:35 PM
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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