[SCCC] NAQP CW Teams

[Doug Brandon N6RT]

Hi Tony,

I haven't done the January NAQPs seriously in a few years and haven't 
been on much at all lately, so somebody else may be able to comment 
being more familiar with current band conditions.  The January NAQPs 
are definitely more active than the August NAQPs.  Since it gets dark 
early, you should try and have most of your offtime all finished up 
before it gets dark (especially if 10 and 15 are very slow).  The 
best way to get a high multiplier count is asking mults to QSY to 
another band.  If you work say VE5MX on 20m and you're fairly sure 
that 15m is still open, ask him to QSY to an open frequency on 
15m.  If you complete that QSO, ask him to try 40m if you think it's 
open.  The NAQP is all about moving multipliers around as much as 
possible and most ops will happily move for you when asked.  If 
you're not comfortable moving mults, I would suggest just CQing and 
running guys on the band that seems to be open best.  You should be 
able to get a nice mult count simply by CQing and running.  Of 
course, you should still tune up and down the band periodically since 
many guys just CQ themselves and don't tune around.

If you like, I can email you one of my previous NAQP CW logs to examine.

    73 de Doug, N6RT


At 05:10 PM 1/9/2006 -0800, Tony Ruiz wrote:
 >Greetings all,
 >
 >I'm all geared up & ready for this weekend's NAQP contest. I was wondering
 >if anyone has an established game plan on getting the most QSO's &
 >Multipliers from as many bands as possible.
 >
 >What's your knowledge of when the contest bands are open & busy. Is there a
 >pattern that you might follow based on your experience and/or logs from
 >previous years?
 >
 >I've usually stuck to 20 & 40 for most of my Q's but I'm thinking to listen
 >in on the others to catch more multipliers. With a shorter contest period,
 >it's just a matter of when is it most efficient to be on any particular
 >band?
 >
 >What band do you like to start on? Which bands might only be open to the
 >rest of the country for a short period of time before they fade out in
 >winter time?
 >
 >I see from last year's results, many of you did well in the final scores
 >individually and as a group. I hope to work my way up a little higher in the
 >standings. Any thoughts you are willing to share would be helpful.
 >
 >73
 >
 >Tony, K1USC
 >dit dit & Fight On!