[CQ-Contest] Is there more to contesting ?

[Allan and Bridget]

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You have a very good point, and I'd be surprised if someone wasn't doing =
the number crunching on this count.  I think sometimes contests are =
defined by the solar flux, which I find is quite a bad way of looking at =
things.  Some of my best and farthest DX has occurred on the lower solar =
flux days (with low solar flux and high A and K indices).  I hope =
someone who is good with numbers and propagation modes takes you =
seriously on this (I know a VHF operator who logs someone during each =
opening, no matter how many times he has worked that grid/person just so =
he has propagation data...why it isn't done on HF is something I don't =
know).  I think most VHF and above operators do keep some sort of =
personal propagation tally, keeping up with the modes during openings. =20

Unfortunately, for the numbers involved in contesting, my number =
crunching is more limited than yours...the computer does all the work or =
I'm lost!
73,
Bridget, KS4YT
"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly =
making exciting discoveries."
-A.A. Milne



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