[SECC] W4AN NAQP Tips for August

greg and leann richard k4no@home.com
Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:29:07 -0500


 Just to add to what Bill said.  KL9A was 599 here 2 night ago at 0400Z on
15
 CW.

 Can't give up on the high bands to move folks late in the contest.

 MOVE FOLKS EARLY..too often we see in write ups someone mentions they
waited
 too late to start moving folks.

 GL

 Greg K4NO

 ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Fisher W4AN <w4an@contesting.com>
> To: Southeast Contest Club <secc@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:25 AM
> Subject: [SECC] W4AN NAQP Tips for August
>
>
> >
> > - 10 & 15 never die.   Matter of fact, 10 might just open late and never
> > be open during the day.  Keep sending people there.  I'll use 28.060 for
> > QSYs.
> >
> > - Break the contest in to two pieces.  Day & night.  Take one hour of
> > offtime for each piece.  Take the first at or near the beginning of the
> > contest and the 2nd near or at the end.  People are most active near the
> > center of the contest, not the edges.
> >
> > - Don't run out of bands.  Don't go to 40 too early.  If you are on 40M
at
> > 00Z CQing...  yikes.  You have half the contest left!!!
> >
> >
> > I remember one August NAQP when I had not worked Mass on a bunch of
bands.
> > K5ZD called me the last hour of the contest on 160 and we moved through
> > all the bands.  I think he was loudest on 10M.
> >
> > This is a really fun contest!
> >
> > See ya'll this weekend.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> >
> >
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