[SECC] NAQP...40 Meters

[Gary McConville]

I had my best rate on 15M...

Gary - WB4SQ

--- Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> wrote:
> On 1/12/04 10:39 AM, Macie, Gordon at
> GMacie at innotrac.com wrote:
> 
> >After sweepstakes and naqp I am convinced my weak
> area is 40 meters. I will
> >be putting up another 40 dipole soon. My current
> one is at 30 '..
> 
> A higher dipole would be more effective.
> Particularly one oriented E-W, 
> so the broadside lobe is N-S. (Remember the W4AN
> rule on domestic 
> contests: if you aren't working 8 & 9 land, you are
> on the wrong band and 
> are losing. 8, 9, 3 and 2-land are where the bulk of
> the ham population 
> is, so that's where most of your Qs must come from.
> NAQP is more 
> challenging since you really have to work stuff on 6
> bands)
> 
> >My question is what time did you go to 40 meters
> the first time ??.. I am
> >not going until the band lengthens out and not
> working close in population
> >areas.. That isn't as bad for sweepstakes because
> you get more than 1
> >chance. for naqp you only have 1 day..
> 
> Looking back over my contest reports, the time I go
> to 40m depends on the 
> conditions. In 2002, I didn't go to 40m until nearly
> 0100z. In 2003, I 
> went there before 2300z. (Conditions stank in 2003)
> If conditions are 
> reasonably good, 40m won't see much activity until
> sunset arrives on the 
> east coast.
> 
> There are some mid-west guys will hop on 40m at the
> start of the contest 
> to work all the locals they might miss when things
> get active later. If 
> you have a second radio, you might listen for them.
> 
> 20m is the serious money band for this part of GA,
> but if 20m goes long, 
> 40m may be the place to be. 40m Phone can also get
> really bad SWBC QRM, 
> which tends to keep people on 20m, or forces them to
> 80m. It's a factor 
> that really doesn't affect the CW portion.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail:
> aa4lr at arrl.net
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>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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