You gotta get on all of the bands - especially in the ARRL DX
contests where it is easier for LP stations to work DX. Note
that I said it was easier to work DX in the ARRL, not that
it was easier to place well! The competition seems to be
even stronger in the ARRL DX than in CQ DX for LP stations.
You have to get the multipliers to go with the contacts, and
80 and 160 are important for multipliers. With your "East
Coast" location, you should be able to work some Europeans on
160 to go with the easier Carribean mults.
Most importantly, compete against yourself. I REALLY, REALLY
want to win the USA in a DX contest, but it's hard to do
from the fringes of the Black Hole. However, I "made my
own category" by going for the mythical USA All Around LP
DX champion, combining SSB & CW scores for the CQ WW,
ARRL DX, and CQ WPX contests. This past contest season (2001-
2002) I "WON" this category and am now "DEFENDING" my
"CHAMPIONSHIP."
Best of luck.
Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Stoneking [mailto:w2rds@arrl.net]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:49 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Help for a little pistol station
All,
I have a little pistol station running 100W (proximity to neighbors
prohibits me from turning the amp on during contests) into a KT34-A and a
vertical for 40m/80m . I have had what I think is pretty good success in
my SOLP efforts but when I look at the results on the 3830 reflector I
clearly have a long way to go! So what I was hoping to do is solicit some
information from other Low power contesters who score big
points. Obviously antennas are important so I am interested in what kind
of antennas the top stations have, but I am also interested in strategy...
when to run(if possible) vs. S&P, when do you change bands, when do you
point the beam at Europe, when do you hunt mults.
It would be great to receive electronic logs from some big point stations
and I can then use Excel to glean a lot of the strategy information out of
them. If I am off base to suggest this then I apologize, I realize they
represent "secrets of the trade", but because of that they would be a great
source of information to a newbie like myself who wants to improve his
skills, and I figured it was worth a shot! :)
Thanks for the bandwidth.
73 de W2RDS
Rick
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