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Subject: 24 hour contests
From: KU4A@LEXVMK.VNET.IBM.COM (Chris Gay)
Date: Wed Feb 24 16:34:45 1993
>     5.  When we choose to shorten a contest, where do we stop?  18 hours?
>12 hours?  6 hours?

I believe the discussion is about DX contests, and the answer is simple:
24. This allows all stations to "see" exactly one complete rotation of the
earth in the contest. The length of a DX contest should always be a
multiple of 24 hours.

73 de Chris KU4A
ku4a@lexvmk.vnet.ibm.com

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