Not to be too picky, but.... Before BJQ, weren't the rules: 1. maximum of 30 hours of operations 2. minimum of 30 minutes per off time ????? If you start the contest (today) 11.5 hours after the star
You can operate for a total of 36 hours. Until you start operating, by definition you haven't taken any time off. "Time off" occurs >>>between<<< periods of operating, not before or after you quit op
Doug, In your example given, start your operation 11.5 hours after the beginning of the contest and then operate 36 stright hours, there is no ""OFF" time. You have simply operated the 36 hour contes
Semantically correct. According to the accepted norms and actual practices, not correct. K5ZD _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://
Actually I just started to think that it does not matter if time before and after is called OFF TIME or not! IT IS NOT COUNTED ON TIME and that is what matters. The rules (opposite to Cabrillo file,
"Everything not specifically prohibited is mandatory." [grinnin', duckin', and runnin'] 73, de Hans, K0HB "I participated in the contest by taking 48 hours of off time." ____________________________
Randy -- Please provide a one-word answer to the following. If I start operating at 1130Z, operate continuously for 36 hours, and stop at 2330Z, will all 36 hours be scored? ____ Yes ____ No 73, de H
Of course the answer is yes. How could it be anything else? You are allowed to operate 36 hours. The only way it is no is if you start at 1130z on Sunday in which case you can operate for 36 straight
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