Let's face it - having a 24 hour category isn't going to increase the
level of activity significantly. The 24 hour category is simply a way
to allow serious contesters who can't handle 48 hours (for whatever
reason) to compete seriously.
If you insist on having a 24 hour category, it should definitely be a
contiguous 24 hours. Let's not have the winners of this category dominated by
east coast stations who choose to operate only during the EU runs.
I don't see why a 24 hour category should have a designated starting time.
Let everyone choose their own starting time. Part of the game should be
to plan your strategy considering:
1) Is propagation expected to improve or degrade over the next 48 hours ?
2) Do I want to wait until the 2nd night when the pileups will be smaller ?
3) Do I want to be "fresh meat" on Sunday AM for the hungry Europeans ?
4) Is the JA/Monday AM problem going to hurt me near the end of the contest ?
5) Do I want to have two high band EU run possibilities ?
etc., etc.
Steve, N2IC/0
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