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21. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 08:58:58 -0500; Sunday, especially Sunday afternoon, has ALWAYS been a slow time (to put it gently) on Sweepstakes as long as I can remember... and my first one was operating from the college club station in 1975. W; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00107.html (9,333 bytes)
22. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 08:49:18 -0700; I think more mults would be fine but I have a hard time considering carving up VE even more when the population or lack of in some parks are already a problem. I would love to be able to convince the; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00114.html (9,126 bytes)
23. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 08:37:29 -0700; I don't like the solution at all. You have essentially made it a new contest with the same exchange. If two qso's are allowed I would want the 2nd one to be on a different band. There are lots of qu; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00115.html (14,632 bytes)
24. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 09:11:45 -0800; All the reasons stated by Mike, Richard, etc. seem to support the idea of, essentially restarting the contest after so many hours in. You dont abandon the democratization of SS, as this wont mean sta; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00121.html (17,689 bytes)
25. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 11:20:32 -0600; Sweepstakes W3WN has the real issue identified. Sweepstakes *is* hard and, frankly, that's the point. Just like Sprint is hard in its own way. I would like to remind the creative minds here that i; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00123.html (9,439 bytes)
26. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 12:02:55 -0700; Then the real solution is to make is shorter contest period. What is the purpose of the restart? If there are only enough people to keep if fun for 18 hours then call it after 18. If you want to res; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00130.html (16,191 bytes)
27. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 15:05:55 -0500; The solution to nearly any contest doldrums (VHF contests during non-skip periods being an exception) is to start over fresh being able to work everybody again. This is one of the joys of being a mob; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00134.html (14,003 bytes)
28. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: N2GC via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:33:47 -0500; I think having four major popular contests within five weeks is part of the problem with participation levels. How many of us can work all four full time? How about three out of four? I like SS in it; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00137.html (19,460 bytes)
29. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Andrew Faber via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 14:06:34 -0800; My suggestion would be to create a 12-hour category, akin to the 24-hour "classic" overlay in the CQWW DX contest. This would allow a serious competition, but only your first 12 hours of operation wo; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00141.html (18,466 bytes)
30. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: "Alan M. Eshleman" <doctore@well.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 16:15:04 -0800 (PST); Sounds good, but...why is the starting time for us West Coasters either 1 pm or 2 pm (local depending on which weekend DST changes)? The East Coast is going dark and cleaning up on 40 and 80 while we; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00149.html (10,478 bytes)
31. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 21:19:14 -0600; count). No. Next question? :-) Remember that when Sweeps got started (1930) almost all hams were east of the Mississippi. And there was no televised anything. That's probably the answer - maybe so; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00152.html (12,384 bytes)
32. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 07:53:00 -0500; How many QSOs did the winners have back in the early years of SS? John KK9A No. Next question? :-) Remember that when Sweeps got started (1930) almost all hams were east of the Mississippi. And there; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00160.html (8,576 bytes)
33. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: "Richard F. DiDonna" <richnn3w@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 08:45:34 -0500; Perhaps we're victims of our own technological success. As operators, we've gotten so good at doing things like SO2R that we've exhausted the pool of available QSOs earlier in the contest. A pool t; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00162.html (9,895 bytes)
34. Re: [CQ-Contest] So Sunday Sucked? (score: 1): Author: Ward Silver <hwardsil@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2017 09:13:19 -0600; 142 QSOs x 43 sections for 12,212 points. Over two weeks and he only used the 3.5 and 14 Mc bands. I have a certificate for W7AAT from that first Sweepstakes - Orvy won the Montana section with a m; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/2017-11/msg00168.html (9,939 bytes)

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