[CQ-Contest] license classes in SS CW

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I would tend to agree with you Hans.

In last years phone sweepstakes, I had what I thought was a spectacular run
on 20m on Sunday.  I ran on the same frequency for over 3 hours and the qso
rate was amazing for Sunday.  Needless to say I didn't need to move.  

Determining when to move from a frequency is the challenge.  Sometimes the
grass is not always greener down the band.


Here is the license breakdown as of yesterday.  I don't have the time to go
back a few years to look at the trend.  Lots of Generals and Advanced class
licenses still out there.  

State/Territory   Novice   Tech   Tech-Plus   General   Advanced   Extra
Total 
TOTAL   		27340    272883 45404       135652    74862
107235  663376

There are almost as many Tech licenses as the other classes put together.  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of K0HB 
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:28 AM
To: David Hachadorian; cq-contest reflector
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] license classes in SS CW

>
> I was curious as to the advisability of calling cq in the Extra 
> subband. On one hand, 93% is a lot of Extras. On the other hand, the 
> top scores are so closely grouped in that contest, that you would hate 
> to exclude 7% of the population. I think I'll stay above 025.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>

Several years ago someone here used the term "expose yourself" as a
Sweepstakes strategy.  In that writers terminology, it meant that he'd
periodically switch his run frequency to different neighborhoods on a
particular band.  He'd run for awhile below .025, then for awhile between
.025 and .050, then for awhile above .050.  The notion being that a lot of
operators have "comfort zones" which they hang out in, so rotating through
those three "zones" likely exposes you to more operators.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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