About two hours before the opening bell I bring my station out of
cold-iron status with a final check of antennas, software, etc.

In the final hour before the test I tune all the open bands and populate
my bandmap with all the rare-mult stations who are 'place-holding a
spot' for the opening bell. In the first 15 minutes or so of the
contest I work that bandmap before all the cluster-lizards find and spot
them.

GO MWA! http://www.w0aa.org

73, de Hans, K0HB

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