[MiQP-Mail] Fwd: RE: Segue from "Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers"

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From: "Ulrich Ann" <dl2hbx at gmx.de> 
To: k8cc at comcast.net 
Subject: Fwd: RE: [MiQP-Mail] Segue from "Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers" 
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:11:16 +0000 

Dave, 

I sent this to the MiQP reflector, but the mail does not seem to have made it - 
probably because it was sent via webmail rather than from my emil program at 
home. Can you please forward it to the reflector? 

Tnx es 73! Uli, DL/KK8I 


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Betreff: RE: [MiQP-Mail] Segue from "Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers" 
Datum: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:36:35 +0200 (MEST) 
Von: "Ulrich Ann" 
An: MiQP-Mail at miqp.org 

All, 

A late reply from my end... The multipliers are key indeed (not only in 
MiQP). When you start, you work all new multipliers, and lateron, your mult 
rate will drop to almost zero per hour. Propagation changes will allow you 
to work a few new ones over time, but filling in the blanks on the other 
mode is a key activity, especially in the second half of the contest. In the 
past two years the ratio between in-state and out-of-state multipliers has 
been roughly 1:1 for me. So, when you work FL, NY, GA CO and CA 'on the 
other mode', this is as valuable as working KALK, ALPE, OSCE, LEEL and MTMO 
for a new one. Right here are five out-of-state multipliers that may be very 
easy, so asking "QSY SSB?" is probably worth it. 

SO2R was extremely helpful this year. Having the CQ loop going on one band 
and doing S&P on another, imrpoved the score significantly, as I was able to 
S&P for several minutes in a row if the responses to CQs were slow. Some 
simple math: If you work 300 QSOs in 12 hours, solely as a result of calling 
CQ, then this is equivalent to 25/h, or one Q in more than two minutes, on 
average! Ample time to use the second radio... I would say that my 
efficiency went up to more than 150% compared to 100% for a SO1R approach. 

73! Uli, DL/KK8I (back to W8 in June) 

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From: MiQP-Mail-bounces at miqp.org [mailto:MiQP-Mail-bounces at miqp.org] On 
Behalf Of Stephen M. Murphy 
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:29 AM 
To: David Pruett; miqp-mail at miqp.org 
Subject: [MiQP-Mail] Segue from "Suggestion for Mobiles/Rovers" 

Dave keyed in on two points that are essential not only for mobile ops, but 
for anyone interested in winning. They're also two things that I, and I 
suspect others, do wrong every year: 

1) Work SSB. I don't like operating phone, I'd almost rather go to the 
dentist than run it for any length of time. Missing these mults kills my 
score, though, so I need to get over this. For example, comparing my score 
to KK8I, I had a significanly higher QSO total, but Uli's score was a few K 
higher due to his having more SSB mults. And he did this QRP. What an 
animal! 

2)Work less productive bands. Same rationale: Get more mults. I don't think 
I screwed this up too badly this year, although I did start running the 
second radio on 80m too early. I kept thinking about last year, when K8BB 
said 80 was productive as early as about 4:00 EDT. This year was different, 
hi. It's difficult to force yourself to focus on a less productive band if 
your rate on the "primary" band is at all reasonable, but looking at your 
Mult:QSO ratio screen more and the rate screen less helps to get over this 
mental block. 

IMO, good SO2R techniques can mitigate both of these problem areas. I 
haven't trained my brain to do cross-mode SO2R very well yet, but I'm 
working on it. Duelling CQ's kept me from losing too many mults on the less 
productive bands, as I was able to run 40 for the duration while 
simultaneously running on 20 or 80. With the poor condx and low overall 
rates, this year was ideally suited to that sort of operating. 

Thanks for letting me ramble on; and I apologize if any of this is less than 
coherent. It's early, and it's been a rough week. 

73, 
Steve N8NM 

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