I have had good success with the Carolinas and Mississippi/Louisiana on 20.
MS/LA comes in decent via backscatter in late afternoons. SC/NC most all
day long....IF there is anyone on that is.
Major problem I had was finding ND during CW SS.
Dan/W4NTI
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Laney" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
To: "secc" <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Planned Phone SS Activity
> Hi Rick:
>
> 40 is definitely a possibility propagation wise. I have worked VY1JA on
> 40 SSB. I don't ever remember working a KL7 on 40 SSB in SS. I did,
> however, work KL7WV in SS CW. 20 M is probably a better bet, although
> South Carolina and Mississippi can be hard from here. If I were going
> to do it single band, I'd make it 20. But, I want to do it all band and
> make as many QSOs as possible. I particularly enjoy working the new ops
> and casual ops and encouraging them to operate contests. You don't run
> into many of them on CW, and when you do in a contest on CW, they may
> try your patience. On SSB, generally you can have a pleasant exchange
> even with a "newbie" and move on. I always answer any QSL cards
> received the next day after receipt to further encourage the newer ops
> (or some of the older ops returning after retirement or whatever). 73,
> John, K4BAI.
>
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