Planning and Evaluating Station Improvements
The Big Gun
The Rest of Us
Basic Station A transceiver covering the bands/modes used in contests Technicians: Several VHF contests All Mode 6 and 2 Meter transceivers You don’t need a high-end transceiver Antenna – even just for one band Logging – Paper and Pencil Start with what you have
The Next Step Computer Logging Improve your antenna system Need excuse for a tower? Go for it! On a budget? Plenty of homebrew options Multi-band antennas for small lots Are they beaming to areas of interest? Station Layout
Taking Notes & Documenting Your Station Use contest data to improve the station between contests Take notes during and after each contest What worked? What didn’t work? Label things. (Where is that coax going??) Maintain a station manual