Steve
All the contest logging software that I have used has this facility as
standard.
ATB
David W Wood
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve Forst
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:35 AM
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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