[SECC] SS CW Activity Information and Contest Planning

[W4OC at aol.com]

I have put together a study of the SS CW activity by hour by  band from the 
logs submitted to the ARRL for the 2006, 2007, and 2008  contests - based 
on the total number of QSO's reported in the logs. Thanks to  N6TR for 
providing the data. There are 2 pdf files attached to this  message. 
 
This can be used to determine when the hours of highest activity occur, and 
 which bands are most active at any hour during the contest. This is a 
summary of  all logs - with no accounting for propagation to any given area - 
and must be  viewed as such.
 
40 meters (35.6%) is the most active band , followed closely by 20  
(32.3%), and then 80 (25.5%). 15 (6.5%) has significant activity, while 160  and 10 
do not show much overall activity.
 
The first 2 hours are most active, and the first 9 hours show 44 percent of 
 the total QSO's for the entire contest. But plenty of activity is evident 
from  1100Z through the end of the contest on Sunday evening.
 
Everyone can have fun in this contest - and have large numbers of QSO's. If 
 you can only operate a few hours, use the information to maximize your 
score -  for the SECC!
 
73
 
Don W4OC
 
 
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