I encourage everyone to go here http://wiki.contesting.com/index.php/Wisdom_from_CQ-Contest#Secrets_of_Operating_Sweepstakes.2C_mostly_by_N6TR Read this section: N6AA on pileup management. Written in 1998, Dick's comments are, in my opinion, still spot on. Contest Exuberantly, Hank, W6SX