[Elecraft] Contest Settings

[a45wg]

Fellow Hams,
		Having not Contested for over 5 years - I just had spent the past 24 hours participating in the Russian DX Contest (CW), now I realise that Contests are not everyone’s cup of tea so please no “Contests should be banned”.

But I would be interested in how other contesters set up their rigs 

This is what I have been doing - 

	0) 	Narrow Filter enable (500 Hz)
	1)	Very narrow Bandwidth at times even 10-20 (hz?) is too wide.
	2)	Vary where I am listening up and down a little
	3)	Disable PreAmp
	
What other steps can I do to make my life (and the other stations I am working easier - I forgot how many times I sent R7?? or NR ??)

	Attentate (Just thought of this)
	NR Settings ?
	Notch filter ?

Appreciate any input - if you wan to PM me - I will put together the common suggestions.

Many thanks,
			Tim A45WG