I would tend to agree with you Hans.
In last years phone sweepstakes, I had what I thought was a spectacular run
on 20m on Sunday. I ran on the same frequency for over 3 hours and the qso
rate was amazing for Sunday. Needless to say I didn't need to move.
Determining when to move from a frequency is the challenge. Sometimes the
grass is not always greener down the band.
Here is the license breakdown as of yesterday. I don't have the time to go
back a few years to look at the trend. Lots of Generals and Advanced class
licenses still out there.
State/Territory Novice Tech Tech-Plus General Advanced Extra
Total
TOTAL 27340 272883 45404 135652 74862
107235 663376
There are almost as many Tech licenses as the other classes put together.
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K0HB
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:28 AM
To: David Hachadorian; cq-contest reflector
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] license classes in SS CW
>
> I was curious as to the advisability of calling cq in the Extra
> subband. On one hand, 93% is a lot of Extras. On the other hand, the
> top scores are so closely grouped in that contest, that you would hate
> to exclude 7% of the population. I think I'll stay above 025.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
Several years ago someone here used the term "expose yourself" as a
Sweepstakes strategy. In that writers terminology, it meant that he'd
periodically switch his run frequency to different neighborhoods on a
particular band. He'd run for awhile below .025, then for awhile between
.025 and .050, then for awhile above .050. The notion being that a lot of
operators have "comfort zones" which they hang out in, so rotating through
those three "zones" likely exposes you to more operators.
73, de Hans, K0HB
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