[CQ-Contest] Times to check the bands

[Harry Brown]

On the east coast, a  lot of VHF/Microwave stations use a "Contest Clock"
that is widely distributed and has been in use for 30+ years for the major
VHF/UHF contests.

The "clock" is  a circular diagram showing time in GMT along the outer edge
for the whole duration of the contest. It shows 3 blocks of time to look for
activity on the UHF thru the microwave bands. The blocks are at Saturday
evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evenings are 1 hour in duration. It
works for us.

73, Harry, W3IIT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:19 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Times to check the bands



W6WRT writes:

> Check 10 meters at 10 minutes past the hour.
> Check 15 meters at 15 minutes past the hour.
> Check 20 meters at 20 minutes past the hour.

I love it.  I have always though in the VHF contests that we should
do something similar - like 2 meters at 14 past, 222 at 22 past, and
432 at 43 past...  Six meters at 50 past.

Tree
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