[CQ-Contest] tnx 24hr

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I'm not persuaded.  If we're talking about *serious* Classic entrants, 
then it seems to me they need to plan their time on both the high and 
low bands to produce the most return. For me, that means Saturday and 
Sunday daylight for the high bands and both days on the low bands when 
it's dark here and in areas with a significant mult and Q potential, at 
times when the maxi9mum number of casual ops will still be up.  There 
may be a general rule about operating on the lowest band that produces 
decent rates, and so on.

I'm sure a lot of people only operate one day or the other because of 
other obligations or interests, but let's not blame it on the Classic 
category.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/29/2013 11:34 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I think this is a valid point.  If a DX station is for 1/2 the contest it
> is less likely that you will work him, especially at night when the rates
> are slower.  I believe most "classic" entries did most of their operating
> on Saturday and perhaps one should change their operating strategy and
> hunt for common mults earlier.  I am sure that I missed a lot of easy
> multipliers on 40m last weekend by not finding them on the first day.
>
> John W4AAA  (KK9A,op)
>
>
> To:	cq-contest at contesting.com, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com>
> Subject:	 Re: [CQ-Contest] tnx 24hr
> From:	 Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com>
> Date:	 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:11:46 -0400
>
>
> I don't know why that would be, Charly. It's not the first 24 calendar
> hours of the contest, but the first total 24 hours that the operator
> operates, in as many periods as he wishes. so long as the breaks are an
> hour or more. To my mind, that just adds a strategic component that is
> lacking in the full contest, but should not affect what you hear.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
> http://reversebeacon.net,
> blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
> For spots, please go to your favorite
> ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
>
> On 10/27/2013 4:58 AM, Charles Harpole wrote:
> I am guessing that the "first 24 hr" rule brought the big guns out tuning
> early because they found me running  in the first hours instead of coming
> tuning around in the latter hours of the full weekend.  True or false?
>
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