>
> I don't need to listen to WWV to know whether conditions are good
> or bad, and I would never base a strategy decision on a WWV report
> received during a contest.
>
I concur. Even though the WWV "forecasts" are updated every 3 hours,
they're usually old news if some catastrophic event occurs. I only need
to refer you to 1994 CQWW, both modes. I've been contesting and hamming
long enough to know whats what on the bands. If a major event occurs
that impacts propagation I adjust my strategy accordingly in REAL TIME.
WWV is great as a historical base, and maybe some of the indices may
point to continued good/bad conditions if a pattern begins to emerge.
But, never use them as your sole guide to operating strategy.
In last year's CQWW, I had made up milestone sheets for every hour of the
contest. By Saturday morning that sheet of paper was used to clean up
kitty litter.
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73 de Walt Kornienko <<< K2WK >>> Internet: waltk@pica.army.mil
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>From sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu Wed May 24 19:07:10 1995
From: sellington" <sellington@mail.ssec.wisc.edu (sellington)
Subject: WPX CW/Propagation Forecasts
Message-ID: <n1410801633.22810@mail.ssec.wisc.edu>
I suppose WWV reports might be useful for planning BEFORE the contest starts,
but once we start making contact we operators know a lot more about
propagation
than anyone could predict from the WWV numbers.
Scott K9MA
sellington@ssec.wisc.edu
>From Peter G. Smith" <n4zr@netcom.com Wed May 24 19:14:39 1995
From: Peter G. Smith" <n4zr@netcom.com (Peter G. Smith)
Subject: WPX CW/Propagation Forecasts
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9505241119.A136-0100000@netcom20>
On the other hand (somewhat qualifying what Trey says) in contests with
off time it could be helpful to know what WWV's saying in order to
estimate whether conditions will change (either up or down) in ways that
could affect when you take your off time.
73, Pete
N4ZR@netcom.com
"Better, faster,cheaper -- choose any two"
"No no no -- it's WEST Virginia"
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