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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
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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