Actually,
The BEST section to work SS from is SK. A close second is MB.
Quacks
Well I'm not so sure about doing SS from VE4 or VE5 but in November I
think I would prefer to be in KP4 or KV4 than Ab or Sk soaking up the
Sun both pre and post contest. The prop from KP to W1 an W2 big ham
population centers isn't too bad either and 40 is just perfect to W4
where there just a few hams and lots of Red Necks on 80.
When 10 M is really good WWA isn't a bad place to operate from, I've
seen 4 or 5 of the top 10 from Left coast with good conditions. with
poor conditions the Tx Stations seem to have the edge with 1 hop 20
and 40 to the 1'st an 2nd call areas. and all the W6's they can
stand. The Yuma kid LL doesn't seem to care what conditions are he's
always there in top 10 and warm in November..
Personal Opinion GO SOUTH FOR THE WINTER.
Both are in the Top 10 of rare sections and have boffo all-day prop to
all U.S. high-population centers (the skips all land at exactly the right
spots, slightly more so for SK than MB). Have a string of unanswered CQs
pointing to the eastern seaboard? No problem, point to California. You're
likely 20 over 9 in both places. Ten meters is crazy (hey, to a tech-plus
KC4, VE5 or VE4 is rare DX. You want SS pileups? You'll get SS pileups!
And you'll be 40 over 9, even at low power.)
Sure, it's a little discouraging when Saturday you work a W1 on 75 and
he's 300 ahead of you. But then on Sunday, when his prop has petered out
and he's worked almost all he's gonna on 75, you're still running at 150+
an hour. VE4GV's success is solely because he's a good op.
The only advantage to KP4, as I see it, is if the bands peter out, you
can grab a cuba libre and stretch out on the sand. And that's gotta be
worth a dB or two.
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73, kelly
VE4XT
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