Last year I made a serious full-time effort from W3LPL, maybe the only full-time effort I'll ever make in TBDC.
I looked at local sunrise/sunset times and found out that there is 14.5 hours of darkness but only 14 hours of op time. I started about 10 minutes after my sunset and ran till about 10 minutes after my sunrise. I was hoping to maybe catch a JA. I took a half hour break from 0832Z to 0905Z. My slowest half hour was 0730Z to 0800Z, where I worked only 6, but two of them were Europeans after their sunrise (and I did not work a lot of Europeans overall!!!) Since scoring is weighted by distance... I was called by KH6's and VK's around their sunset and I would not want to miss those. If I were to do a 14-hour over again... I might start before sunset and take two half-hour breaks after EU sunrise, and stay on longer after sunrise to catch locals as they wake up and maybe a chance at JA. Tim N3QE On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 12:22 PM, K4OWR <[email protected]> wrote: > :::: What operating times are recommended? > Since it's 1500-1500, and I need to pick 14 hours, I'm guessing about 6PM > Sat to 8AM Sun ??? In order to maximize propogation? > BILL K4OWR > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
