[SESprint] Sprint notes

Dan/W4NTI sesprint@contesting.com
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:09:42 -0500


I vote for that.

Dan/W4NTI   wires forever...well maybe not forever.

> 
>              73's Jeff
> 
> P.S. Bill - maybe we should have an all wire antenna team too ??? The
>      Wiremen ???
> 
> --- K9AY <k9ay@k9ay.com> wrote:
> > Although I have limited Sprint experience, and even more limited
> > success, there
> > are a few things that I have observed:
> > 
> > 1. Keep checking 20 until the end. Sometimes, the mults just keep
> > appearing --
> > KL7, KH6, Western VE, Caribbean and Central America.
> > 
> > 2. Don't worry, be happy! -- it's too easy to get frustrated when you
> > get out of
> > sync, which keeps you from concentrating, which kills the rate. (Been
> > there,
> > done that a lot!)
> > 
> > 3. 80 can be either a blessing or a curse -- it's hard to figure when
> > to go
> > there as your main band. Assign a few brain cells to the task of
> > monitoring
> > conditions and activity.
> > 
> > I will be paying especially close attention to these. I will be high
> > power, but
> > single radio and cloud-warmer antennas -- 40M/20M dipole at 30 feet
> > and 80M bent
> > dipole/sloper at 45 feet max.
> > 
> > 73, Gary
> > K9AY
> > 
> > 
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