1. Planning and Evaluating Station Improvements

2. The Big Gun

3. The Rest of Us

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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