[PaQSO] 15 and 10 meters

[John Unger]

Excellent advice, Bud; and thanks for sending out the statistics you've 
compiled over the years; they make a very impressive data set. I've made a 
couple of comments in the text of your email, below.

tnx es 73 - John, W4AU


At 09:10 PM 11/17/2006, you wrote:

>Below is a summary of my band totals on 40 through 10 for the last twenty
>years.  A few points to note:
>
>1.  It is my impression that many of the in state participants under utilize
>20M SSB.  Note that my 20M SSB QSO count has been commensurate with my 40M
>SSB QSO count since 1995, when I changed my operating strategy to focus more
>on the high bands.

You've really hit the nail on the head here, Bud. I've found that the big 
"secret" of success for operating in-state, if there is any big secret, is 
to spend a lot of time running stations on 20 SSB with your beam pointed 
west! This has been true in the Virginia QP over the years and in 2006 it 
really worked for us at W3ZI operating out of Berks County in the PAQP. Of 
course, we had the advantage of operating as a multi, so we could keep one 
station on 20 SSB or CW all the time.

>2.  I have never had any success on 15M - not sure why.

I think it's because there aren't really any mults to work on 15 and 10 
that you can't also get on 20.


>3.  It is feast or famine on 10M.
>
>4.  A presence on the high bands is key to achieving high multiplier counts.

40 and 80 are where you will get the in-state multipliers, and you have to 
spend a lot of time here, too.


>The is A LOT of activity on 20M and I think in state folks should place
>greater emphasis on that band.
>
>73 Bud AA3B



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