[SECC] SS CW This weekend

AA4GA aa4ga at contesting.com
Sun Nov 6 01:47:45 EST 2016


72 x 37 at 0639 in 2.5 hours QRP....all 80 except 4 QSOs.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 1:03 AM, Dave Edmonds <dave at pkministrywebs.com>
wrote:

> At 220 Qs at 0600z. Dave AFP
>
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 1:35 AM AA4GA <aa4ga at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> In 1996, I set the Georgia section record for low power in CW SS.  That
>> year, I made over half of my QSOs on 80m...it was a low year in the sunspot
>> cycle, and 80m just worked better than 40.  I was lucky, in that I was
>> operating from W4WA, and he had a 3 element wire yogi on 80 that certainly
>> helped.
>>
>> I do agree that 40 is probably the best band overall in SS, but do be
>> aware, that it's not necessarily always true.
>>
>> 73 de Lee
>> --
>> Lee Hiers, AA4GA
>> www.aa4ga.com
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>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 4:21 PM, halken <halken at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Go for it Dave!
>>
>> I'm convinced, and I have discussed this seriously with a lot of top
>> contesters....that you can come very close to winning any of the East Coast
>> sections just by staying on 40 meters.  "There are no meters like 40
>> meters."
>>
>> See you in the test....
>>
>> Hal N4GG
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/5/2016 3:52 PM, Dave Edmonds wrote:
>>
>> I'm playing in the SS this weekend... My last decent SS score was in 2013
>> with 394 Qs. This was with a IC-730 and 40m dipole at 10 ft, paper logging
>> on the dining room table. 311 of my Qs were on 40m. It was also one of my
>> first contests after being 'mobile only' for many years. Now 3 years later,
>> I'm shooting for a min of 600 Qs working the contest as time permits. My
>> contesting skills have improved and I've relocated from dining room, added
>> a G5RV and 80m dipole, rig IC-751 with N3FJP logging. All looks promising..
>>
>> GL to all and listing for my  "BB gun" from SC.
>>
>> 73s Dave WN4AFP
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:53 PM, halken <halken at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Whose going to be on?
>>
>> I'm in for at least PT, maybe FT.  I need another mug...
>>
>> N4GG
>>
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