On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 n4uk@mindspring.com wrote:
> After looking at the data and giving some thought to what went
> on over the weekend I have come up with a list of tactical decisions
> we made at N4UK during the weekend that may have hurt us. I'll also
> list improvements I'll be making in time for the CQWW 160.
>
> 1- The whole first day of the contest was spent CQing on 1813.13.
> This turned out to be an excellent frequency and we were able to run
> stations and never had any serious challenges by anyone seeking to
> improve his frequency real estate. On Saturday we made a decision to
> CQ somewhere between 1830-1840 to increase our chances of snagging
> some more EU QSOs.We wound up on 1837.5. This was a BIG mistake. We
> got sandwiched between W3GH and another loud Northeaster and was
> eventually challenged by another big gun who might have had this
> frequency the night before and who felt that it was his manifest
> destiny to use it Saturday night too. Our rate suffered, we could
> hardly go after spots since a few seconds of silence would result in
> more frequency battles.
Last year and this year I was on 1824.7 or so. Both nights. W8JI's
callsign results in very few challenges for frequency. Suggest you get on
the air more and when people go "Oh, its N4UK" you will have less
problems.
Biggest problem I had was with clicking stations next to me. If they are
clicking you and they are to the NE of you, then you have a big
problem. W3GH is one of the worst offenders. The best situation is to be
next to someone who isn't clicking and who isn't to the NE of you. I'm
not sure who that describes though. :)
> 2- We did not take as much time as we probably should have to search
> for DX.It shows in our measly 14 countries.
> (CM,HI,V4,VP5,XE,ZF,PY0F,YV,PY,DL,GM,OK,ON,VK)
Last year and this year I did not S&P the entire contest. I stayed on one
frequency both nights for the entire night and if I was required to S&P to
work you... then we didn't work.
> 3-Probably should have CQed throughout the day on Saturday and till
> the bitter end on Sunday. Even just a total of 20-30 more qsos would
> have put us ahead of some of the other multis.
Ughh.. To me this would ruin the fun of it.
> 4- I need to improve my NE rx antenna situation. I hope to remedy this
> with a 1,000 footer if my neighbor cooperates.I am good to go in all
> directions except to the NE where it matters most for mults. Maybe a
> thousand footer towards the West might help too.
Now you are on to something.
> 5- Need to lay down 14 more radials to get to 60 on the vertical. May
> or may not help much but I know it won't hurt us!
Yep
73
Bill
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