[SECC] Band Conditions during NAQP CW

Ben Coleman NJ8J nj8j at benshome.net
Tue Aug 7 03:10:53 EDT 2018


I did my usual pre-contest CQing and checking the RBN to see if I show
up, to evaluate where to start.  No RBN spot for me on 15, and only 1 on
20 (I typically have a handful).  Didn't even check 10, though I did
scan the 10 phone to see if I could hear any Ten-Ten ops.  I think I
maybe heard one.  20 seemed to me to be as lackluster as the RBN test
suggests.

A quick scan of the 3830 emails suggests that a lot of people were
avoiding 15 and 10.  Lots of 0 Q entries, and those that did have some
15 and 10 Qs typically had only a handful.

Ben

On 8/6/2018 7:14 PM, Scott Straw wrote:
> I find it interesting that RJ, WF4W, and Jim, W4QO, on successive posts of their scores had seemingly polar opposite opinions of the band conditions... and, considering their operating stations and antennas, I would have thought they would have had each taken the other’s position...
> 
> Of course personal expectations of their stations are probably what they each used as a reference...
> 
> Just something to ponder.
> 
> 
> Scott, KB4KBS

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