Maryland will be one of 3 states doing W1AW operations December 17-23.  I am 
scheduled to be on phone in two shifts:
10 meters from 1200-1500Z Thursday
20 meters from 1900-2300Z Saturday.  Don't know what exact frequencies I 
would use, nor whether I will need to work split.
Given the conditions, the ten-meter operation will start with the beam 
pointed southeast (Might be able to work western Australia or Hong Kong on 
the long path at first).  As the 10-meter band opens to Europe, the beam 
will head northeast and likely stay there for most of that morning shift 
(until 10 AM EST).
For the 20-meter operation, I will probably start pointed toward Europe, 
look for Africa or Australia, then turn the antenna west and work a lot of 
US stations.
I am still getting over a cold, but hopefully I will have enough voice for 
these operations.  I haven't set up the digital voice recorder board for the 
FT950, nor tried running the Signalink interface with audio coming from my 
laptop.
Anyway, I hope to see some of you on one of these frequencies.
As for the 10-meter contest, my time is very limited this weekend, so I hope 
all of you have a blast if you can participate.  These may be the last good 
10-meter conditions for this contest for several years. But, of course, 
that's what many of us said last year, too.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com