[CQ-Contest] Predicting Unusual Openings

[bogus at does.not.exist.com]

In a message dated 09/13/2000 4:47:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
n4zr at contesting.com writes:

> But what I'm asking is --- are there any rules of
>  thumb, or pointers anyone would like to offer on catching these special
>  openings to hard-to-get mults?

    Sure. When a band is open, try a different path than the obvious 
shortpath. Sometimes beaming to AF during an EU opening from here in the 
Pacific NW will get you EU. Skew paths are less populated and can produce 
some interesting contacts. 

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech


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