[CQ-Contest] Help for a little pistol station

[Rick Stoneking]

All,

I have a little pistol station running 100W (proximity to neighbors 
prohibits me from turning the amp on during contests) into a KT34-A and a 
vertical for 40m/80m .  I have had what I think is pretty good success in 
my SOLP efforts but when I look at the results on the 3830 reflector I 
clearly have a long way to go!  So what I was hoping to do is solicit some 
information from other Low power contesters who score big 
points.  Obviously antennas are important so I am interested in what kind 
of antennas the top stations have, but I am also interested in strategy... 
when to run(if possible) vs. S&P, when do you change bands, when do you 
point the beam at Europe, when do you hunt mults.

It would be great to receive electronic logs from some big point stations 
and I can then use Excel to glean a lot of the strategy information out of 
them.  If I am off base to suggest this then I apologize, I realize they 
represent "secrets of the trade", but because of that they would be a great 
source of information to a newbie like myself who wants to improve his 
skills,  and I figured it was worth a shot!  :)

Thanks for the bandwidth.

73 de W2RDS
Rick