I always think ahead of time when I'm going to take my offtime. For
January it is normally during the 10/15 time. Why? Because we can't work
as many guys on these bands as we can on the low bands later.
I like the strategy of starting on 15 or 20 and using the 2nd radio for 10
meters. I move anyone I can to 10 or 15 if I feel it is worth it.
Emphasis on 20 for CQing. The band is short at the start. I do the same
thing when I start on 40 meters. Watching the mult list to see if I can
move anyone.
I might save 30 minutes for the end of the contest, but probably not. I
might start the contest for 1 hour and then take 2 consecutive hours off.
Then stay on until the end.
Another thing... I'm always thinking in terms of
1st Half of the contest: 10/15/20
2nd Half of the contest: 40/80/160
So I almost never go to 40 meters before 00Z other than to move mults.
If you are on 40 before 00Z, I predict you will run out of people to talk
to later in the evening.
73
Bill
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, greg and leann richard wrote:
> In the NAQP CW contest, how do you tell if you have maximized the
> number of QSO available on a given band? Maybe another way to ask the
> question is "how do you know when its time to move to another band"?
>
> I am considering starting the contest with a radio on 20 meters for
> the first couple of hours and using 10/15 as multiplier bands on the
> 2nd radio. I figure if I can make 250 Q's on 20, and I'll get near or
> over 200 on 40 and 80 and 120 to 140 on 160, I should be able to make
> 850 Q's with a mult total around 240 to 250.
>
> What is a better strategy?
>
> No snow in Huntsville today..yet Greg K4NO
>
j
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