I have saved a fairly lengthy email from W4AN to the SECC
regarding strategy for the NAQP. However, I think I left it
at my office. I'll send it to everyone next week. FYI.
73,
Jay, K4OGG
---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:32:10 -0600
>From: "Greg Richard" <k4no at mchsi.com>
>Subject: Re: [SECC] NAQP Strategy
>To: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
>
>
>
>I thought I went to 40 too early (and then 80 and 160) I
was concerned with
>running out of stations to work but that doesn't seem to be
the case.
>N4GG had 96 more Q's on 80 meters than I had, several folks
in the club had
>100 more Q's on 40 meters (including K4TD who is 15 miles
from me and I
>didn't hear Rick at all in the contest). I also thought I
had a big QSO
>number on 160 but I see other stations beat me by 30 to 40
Q's on that band.
>
>My 40 meter numbers are down due to my off time scheduling
( and a
>basketball game that won't go away)
>
>Once you leave 20 for 40 and 40 for 80 and 80 for 160,
remember that you can
>always go back. Best thing to do is to listen on a 2nd
receiver if
>possible. If not, and things have dropped below the hourly
goal of QSO's you
>want to make, do SOMETHING different that what you are
currently doing.
>
>if you have set a goal of 600 Q's and you are going to
operate the full 10
>hours of the contest and your last 10 rate meter has
dropped below 60, its
>time to look at what you are currently doing because if you
keep it up, you
>are not going to make your goal. Everybody likes to CQ but
if CQ'ing isn't
>keeping you at the desired pace, its time to S&P or change
bands or take an
>off time. If you had been CQ'ing and the rate dies quickly,
listen around
>your frequency to see if someone has moved in on you.
>
>There was a great contest strategy link on the SECC
Reflector a couple of
>weeks ago. I can't find it now but it was to the Mad River
Radio Club. Good
>discussion of target audience, antennas and Sweepstakes
stragety. NAQP is
>much different due to the multipliers counting once per
band and the ability
>to work stations once per band.
>
>>From the South, we can't expect to put up the same numbers
the guys out west
>do on 10 and 15 meters without some short skip. We can
expect to beat them
>on 20, 40, 80 and 160.
>
>There are several others in the club who can offer an
opinion on W4ATL's
>specific question on when to go to 40 meters in the NAQP
SSB test. I'd
>guess around 2100Z.
>
>
>Here's a question for the club, If you operated the entire
contest, when
>did you take your off times and knowing what you know now,
would you change
>those times if you could?
>
>Greg K4NO
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dan/W4NTI" <w4nti at mindspring.com>
>To: "Sherman Banks" <w4atl at earthlink.net>; "SECC"
<secc at contesting.com>
>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [SECC] NAQP Strategy
>
>
>> I don't think conditions were all that hot. Unless you
wanted to work the
>> West Coast... on all bands. Nor do I think the activity
was all that hot.
>> But that may have been because of the lack of close in
stations. I had to
>> wait till I went to 160 to work local at all. Such as GA
and AL. And
>> thanks to the SECC for those, and especially K4NO for AL.
>>
>> Dan/W4NTI
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sherman Banks" <w4atl at earthlink.net>
>> To: "SECC" <secc at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:46 PM
>> Subject: [SECC] NAQP Strategy
>>
>>
>> > Well from looking at the scores I did not have the same
success in
>> > making QSOs as others did. I thought it was conditions
but it was more
>> > likely operator and strategy. I only had about 200
QSOs after about 5
>> > hours of operation before I had to leave and go to
Rome, GA. I usually
>> > try to stay on the high bands for the first half of the
contest and then
>> > work the low bands for the second half of the contest.
That was most
>> > likely not the right strategy with the high QSO totals
I have been
>seeing.
>> >
>> > How soon should you go to the lower bands for next
weekend?
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