Ten years ago, VE5ZX, N2MG and I made a modest proposal - and were summarily shot down by the CQWW Contest Committee. What follows was written then, so there are a few anachronisms - for example, CQW
I think this is a reasonable way to try out one of the ideas that has been discussed, and I love the notion of Stew Perry-style awards. Three thoughts come to mind, however: First, regarding the rule
Hi All The original 24- hour DX Challenge article can be found here http://www.contesting.com/articles/401 And the survey results are here http://www.contesting.com/survey/95 Syl - VE5ZX ____________
Ooops - I forgot about this survey question too which also addressed the 24-how challenge http://www.contesting.com/survey/176 Syl - VE5ZX _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest m
I can support this effort. Doesn't burden the sponsors yet and we see who actually bellies up. I certainly hope that ALL of the vocal people on this reflector operated the CQ WW/ARRL DX both modes to
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:32:30 -0400
Picking best 24 hours is pretty absurd IMHO. I'll just run the statistical analysis of one hour chunks - or even one minute chunks - to see which gives the best QSO and point ratio. i can guarantee y
I bet that 90 percent or more of the participants are not subscribers to this list. Mike W0MU I think that 30 min off times and 6 stages is too generous. Are we competing or just accommodating conven
<-snip-> 2003? What happened? Did this just die or did you guys create a web site and such and run the 24 hour challenge? -- George Fremin III - K5TR geoiii@kkn.net http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr _________
Pete, I can't see any reason *not* to do this. Great idea. Anyone who wants to compete is always looking for "others like me" to compare scores, so the CWC provides an easy way to create such a venue
Just let the operator choose any starting time. From that point, they can operate for the next 24 hours, should they decide to be even do that much. 73, Steve, N2IC Make it 24 hours straight and be d
I like the idea of a "best contiguous 24 hours" side-bet on a number of levels. 1 - It imposes no burden on the underlying contest sponsor. 2 - It could serve as a test bed to validate the interest i
I strongly disagree. The whole idea of a 24 hour category is to offer an option for participants to match their physical ability and sleep cycles to propagation and band activity. Forcing anyone to o
Author: Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:20:15 -0400
Oh really? I thought the idea of a reduced hours category was that folks cannot handle doing 48 hours and that 24 hours was the alternative. So now, its operate up to 48 hours and turn in your best 2
What if it were "choose your starting time; count the next 24 hours of operating time": twenty-four contiguous operating hours (with the clock stopping if the operator takes a break >30 minutes), rat
Actually, that was a total typo error, and for that I apologize. It should have read "it makes far more sense to limit operation (for the 24 hour category) to a maximum of 24 hours but let participan
Comments from several people indicate that I wasn't very clear in my wording earlier. I was suggesting a simple 24-out-of-48 definition of contest period, where you could work longer but only the fir
The CQ WPX and CQ WW Contest results in the online database both show the number of hours of operation for all entries. Under the suggested rules below, you could just take the results and slice them
I sure hope the contest sponsers do not do this... I can no longer do 48 hours in a test , it is not going to happen ... The idea of a 24 hour seems interesting , until you realize it is 24 straight.
I have to agree with Glenn's assessment. I also will never try to operate a full 48-hour contest. There is no motivation to risk my health or family. Maybe if the reward was $100,000 instead of a pie
The marathon (a long-distance running event) was instated back in 1896 and its rule remains unchanged to this day. Lots of people got old since 1896 but folks and gals of all ages are still running i