A quick look at the 3830 reflector reported scores show that few SO entries operate anywhere near 48 hours. Some did not report times but of those who did the Iron Man (person?) was LZ4AX at K3CR wit
A quick look at the 3830 reflector reported scores show that few SO entries operate anywhere near 48 hours. Some did not report times but of those who did the Iron Man (person?) was LZ4AX at K3CR wit
Based upon comments in support of such a venue, maybe THEE solution is not a separate category, but as N3BB suggested, to go the route of WPX, etc. and max the SO time at 36 hours. Let's see: WPX, SS
Every year we go through the same silly arguments, trying to restrict the amount of fun we have in contests. If someone wants to operate 48 hours, and can, then why not?? I notice that Andy AE6Y, P49
Sorry, but this has as much to do with everyday life as anything. Even in a 24-h-format as in RDXC only 6 percent of the logsending participants operated fulltime (23 hours or more). Average operatio
This is an indication of over all conditions too. There were 10 or 12 hours last weekend where there wasn't much to do. Might sa well get some sleep! When we get out of this miserable sunspot minimum
6 percent of all logs. Does that include single band entries who obviously cannot do 24 hours? You can't operate on 160 for 24 hours. Same with 10 right now. I guess theoretically you could, but you'
Well, maybe and maybe not. I looked at the 2002 CQWW phone results and ONE all-band stateside single op went all 48 - K4ZW. KQ2M, N9RV, WB9Z, K3ZO, and K3CR did not. The DX operations may likely have
Chris makes a very good point. It seems that in our ham lives, when we were younger with work, families, and kids, we had to ration the time we could dedicate to contests. We dream of that day when