#Contest Schedule

A contest schedule is your own plan for the weekend, built from the official start and end times in UTC and translated into local time. A good plan combines sunrise and sunset at your station and at your target areas with the strengths of your antennas, your own log from earlier years and a realistic amount of rest. It also takes into account the rules for operating time and breaks in your category, and any change of clocks around the contest date. The articles under this tag show how to prepare a simple table, choose bands for each part of the day and place sleep blocks sensibly. A plan is a starting hypothesis that you adjust as conditions change.