[PaQSO] TIPS FOR OUT OF STATE OPERATION IN PAQP

[John Myers]

Tim,

Here's my 2c worth on #2:

I just went back through my old PQP results. Since 1987, I have not found
any instance of a CW only (out of state) station doing better than 9th place
in the out of state catagory. Maybe someone has some results going back
further.

73,

John Myers, KD8MQ


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> As this will be my first year operating PAQP out-of-state, I wonder if
there
> are any operators on the reflector who have done well as an out-of-state
> entry willing to share some of their experiences.
>
> High placing out-of-state Ops:
>
> 1.  Do you find that calling CQ is effective or do you rely on S and P?
>
> 2.  Judging from last year's out-of-state standings, it seems like the top
>      scoring stations run about 1/3 CW and 2/3 SSB.  Is this the norm?  Or
>      have there been years when a station using only CW has placed in the
>      top 5 out-of-state stations?
>
> 3.  Is there much activity on 160 meters, SSB and CW?
>
> I know that the answers to the above depend on how good your signal is
into
> PA, the power you're running, your QTH, and so on....still I wonder if
there
> is
> any consensus among out-of-state ops regarding the above, given station
> location, effectiveness of antennas, and so on.
>
> I will be operating from SNJ using 100 Watts into a triband sloper for
160,
> 80, and 40 meters.  This antenna puts a good high angle radiated signal
into
> PA
> on those bands  (maybe a minor lobe of low angle radiation....but it seems
> best on short haul,,no surprizes there)....not the best on 160 but
certainly
> a decent signal for short haul work.  I will also have a 5 element
tribander
> at 60 feet for 20, 15, and 10....but since PA is so close to SNJ, I am not
> regarding this as a strength, save for perahps very short skip on 20
meters
> into the farther flung areas of the state..even here, the major lobe is
too
> low to the horizon to be of great benefit...not to mention that PAQP does
not
> seem to be a high band contest from the outset.
>
> I prefer CW and there is a point advantage and I am pretty fast,,,but
since
> it seems that the stations scoring in the top five run the majority of
their
> Qs using SSB, I guess I will have to defer to Donald Duck and use SSB (HI
HI)
> as I will eventually run out of stations to work on CW, not to mention
that
> it seems harder to find the rare counties on CW.
>
> Just musings....would appreicate some input...short of your closely
guarded
> secrets of course!
>
> 73 to all!
>
>
> Tim
> N8LXR
>
>
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