[CQ-Contest] New to Contesting - Questions

[Kevin Williams]

I am just starting in contesting, listened to the contests this weekend to get a feel for how it works

been reading this list for a while

I read as much as I could find online, but of course I had a few questions

1 - in a few of the advice articles talk about planning for propagation - where can I get propagation forcast for the contest weekends?

2 - contest run 24 hours (varies of course) but I only hear activity in the evenings - am I missing the daytime stuff, or does everyone concentrate on the evenings?

3 - listened to the Sprint saturday night - overall one of the most intense events I have heard - seems extremely hard to get a contact - any the ops give their call so fast, I had a hard time keeping up - does it get easier to catch the calls with practice?

Thanks
KD8EZS
Kevin