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Table 1The approximate total time spent oneach band during the two “nightshift” periods (0000 to 1000Z) bythese contest operations.ZF1A J6DX J6DX’94 ’93 ’96160 meters 5 hrs 1 hr 1 hr80 meters 2 hrs 4 hrs 5 hrs40 meters 7 hrs 13 hrs 14 hrs20 meters 6 hrs 2 hrs 0 hrsers, 1,020 3-pointers and 132 multipliersfor 576K. Forty meters contributed1,186 2-pointers, 1566 3-pointers and133 multipliers for 940K. Thus 40 meterswas still the best band to be on at night.It’s interesting to note that both bandshad similar percentages of 3-pointersand multipliers—the volume of Qs on 40meters made the difference.For an even higher SSN, I looked atthe 8P9Z CQWW CW multi-single resultsof November 1999 (the SSN wasjust above 100). They only spent abouthalf of both nights on 40—that’s lessthan the J6DX efforts and our ZF1A1997 effort at low SSN, indicating that20 meters may indeed be trying to musclein on 40 meters during the night at highSSN. Thanks to Dan, K1TO (8P9Z teammember and one of the two foundingfathers of the Cayman Maiden PlumSociety), for this data.All this is fine and good if you’re in theCaribbean, but what about stateside operations?Is 40 meters still the best bandduring the night? I again used MINIPROPPLUS 2.5 to briefly look at propagationfrom W9 to Europe and Japan.Sure enough, 40 meters is the placeto be. This also seems to hold for otherparts of the US and Canada, as well.As a side note, a bunch of us did amulti-single effort as K9LA fromK9UWA’s QTH for CQWW CW last year.I volunteered for the night shift for bothnights. Looking back at the breakdownsheet shows I spent too much time on 20meters, and not enough on 40 meters.Hmmm, what my wife Vicky, KB5EAM,says about me may be true—you reallycan’t teach an old dog new tricks.In summary, if you’re going to put in aserious DX contest effort, one of the criticalitems is to make sure you have a majorpresence on 40 meters during the nighttimehours. If you’re going on a contestDXpedition, this could even mean doingwhat the C6AJX team (K7AR, N7NU,W7RR and WJ7R) did for their CQWWCW effort last year—they took a 2-element40-meter beam with them. ■36
Contest CalendarCompiled by Bruce Horn, WA7BNMHere’s the list of major contests to help you plan your contesting activity through December 2000. The Web versionof this calendar is updated more frequently and lists contests for the next 12 months. It can be found at: http://www.hornucopia.com/contestcal/.For fans of digital mode contests, PSK31 contesting is heating up with several contests during September andOctober.As usual, please notify me of any corrections or additions to this calendar. I can be contacted at my callbook addressor via e-mail at: bhorn@hornucopia.com. Good luck and have fun!September 2000All Asian DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Sep 2 to 2400Z, Sep 3CCCC PSK31 Contest 0000Z-2359Z, Sep 2IARU Region 1 Field Day, SSB 1300Z, Sep 2 to 1300Z, Sep 3Panama Anniversary Contest 0001Z-2359Z, Sep 3MI QRP Club Labor Day CWSprint 2300Z, Sep 4 to 0300Z, Sep 5WAE DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Sep 9 to 2400Z, Sep 10IRCC Bison Stampede(Indiana QP) 1800Z, Sep 9 to 0200Z, Sep 10ARRL September VHF QSO Party 1800Z, Sep 9 to 0300Z, Sep 11SOC Marathon Sprint, CW 1800Z-2400Z, Sep 9North American Sprint, CW 0000Z-0400Z, Sep 10QRP ARCI End of SummerPSK31 Sprint 2000Z-2400Z, Sep 10YLRL Howdy Days 1400Z, Sep 15 to 0200Z, Sep 17AGB NEMIGA Contest 2100Z-2300Z, Sep 15Air Force Anniversary QSO Party 0001Z, Sep 16 to 2359Z, Sep 17ARRL 10 GHz Cumulative 0800-2000 local Sep 16 andContest 0800-2000 local Sep 17Scandanavian Activity Contest, CW 1200Z, Sep 16 to 1200Z, Sep 17Washington State Salmon Run 1600Z, Sep 16 to 0700Z, Sep 17and 1600Z-2400Z, Sep 17QCWA QSO Party 1800Z, Sep 16 to 1800Z, Sep 17North American Sprint, SSB 0000Z-0400Z, Sep 17CQ/RJ Worldwide DX Contest,RTTY 0000Z, Sep 23 to 2400Z, Sep 24Scandanavian Activity Contest,SSB 1200Z, Sep 23 to 1200Z, Sep 24Panama Radio Club Contest 1200Z-2359Z, Sep 232000 6-Meter Activity Contest 1800Z-2200Z, Sep 26Louisiana QSO Party 0000Z-2400Z, Sep 30Texas QSO Party 1400Z, Sep 30 to 0500Z, Oct 1and 1400Z-2000Z, Oct 1October 2000RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, SSB 0700Z-1900Z, Oct 1TARA PSK31 Rumble 0000Z-2400Z, Oct 7Oceania DX Contest, Phone 1000Z, Oct 7 to 1000Z, Oct 8EU Autumn Sprint, SSB 1500Z-1859Z, Oct 7California QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 7 to 2200Z, Oct 8Iberoamericano Contest 2000Z, Oct 7 to 2000Z, Oct 810-10 Day Sprint 0001Z-2400Z, Oct 10Oceania DX Contest, CW 1000Z, Oct 14 to 1000Z, Oct 15YLRL Anniversary Party, CW 1400Z, Oct 14 to 0200Z, Oct 16EU Autumn Sprint, CW 1500Z-1859Z, Oct 14Pennsylvania QSO Party 1600Z, Oct 14 to 0500Z, Oct 15and 1300Z-2200Z, Oct 15FISTS Fall Sprint 1700Z-2100Z, Oct 14Asia-Pacific Sprint, CW 0000Z-0200Z, Oct 15North American Sprint, RTTY 0000Z-0400Z, Oct 15RSGB 21/28 MHz Contest, CW 0700Z-1900Z, Oct 15JARTS WW RTTY Contest 0000Z, Oct 21 to 2400Z, Oct 22Rhode Island QSO Party 0000Z, Oct 21 to 2400Z, Oct 22QRP ARCI Fall QSO Party 1200Z, Oct 21 to 2400Z, Oct 22Worked All Germany Contest 1500Z, Oct 21 to 1500Z, Oct 222000 6-Meter Activity Contest 1800Z-2200Z, Oct 24CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB 0000Z, Oct 28 to 2400Z, Oct 2910-10 International Fall Contest,CW 0001Z, Oct 28 to 2400Z, Oct 29YLRL Anniversary Party, SSB 1400Z, Oct 28 to 0200Z, Oct 30WAE DX Contest, RTTY 0000Z, Nov 11 to 2400Z, Nov 12OK/OM DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Nov 11 to 1200Z, Nov 12LZ DX Contest, CW 1200Z, Nov 18 to 1200Z, Nov 19IARU Region 1 160-MeterContest, CW 1400Z, Nov 18 to 0800Z, Nov 19LI/NJ QRP Doghouse OperationSprint 1700Z-2100Z, Nov 18ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB 2100Z, Nov 18 to 0300Z, Nov 20RSGB 1.8 MHz Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 18 to 0100Z, Nov 19CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW 0000Z, Nov 25 to 2400Z, Nov 262000 6-Meter Activity Contest 1800Z-2200Z, Nov 28December 2000ARRL 160-Meter Contest 2200Z, Dec 1 to 1600Z, Dec 3TARA RTTY Sprint 1800Z, Dec 2 to 0200Z, Dec 3QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint 2000Z-2400Z, Dec 3ARRL 10-Meter Contest 0000Z, Dec 9 to 2400Z, Dec 10AGB Party Contest 2100Z-2300Z, Dec 15OK DX RTTY Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 16Croatian CW Contest 1400Z, Dec 16 to 1400Z, Dec 17DARC Christmas Contest 0830Z-1059Z, Dec 262000 6-Meter Activity Contest 1800Z-2200Z, Dec 26RAC Winter Contest 0000Z-2400Z, Dec 30Stew Perry Topband Challenge 1500Z, Dec 30 to 1500Z, Dec 31November 2000Ukrainian DX Contest 1200Z, Nov 4 to 1200Z, Nov 5ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW 2100Z, Nov 4 to 0300Z, Nov 6High Speed Club CW Contest0900Z-1100Z, Nov 5 and1500Z-1700Z, Nov 5Japan International DX Contest,Phone 2300Z, Nov 10 to 2300Z, Nov 1237
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Page 14 and 15: To Contest—Covenants Be DamnedMik
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Page 22 and 23: International ContestsJoe Staples,
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Page 26 and 27: Contest Tips, Tricks & TechniquesGa
Page 28 and 29: Contest DX-VenturesThe Contest Trav
Page 30 and 31: DXpedition DestinationsSean Kutzko,
Page 32 and 33: Contesting for FunBob Patten, N4BPn
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