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Re: [CQ-Contest] Move WPX Back to 30 Hours?

Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Move WPX Back to 30 Hours?
From: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Reply-to: n2ic@arrl.net
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:53:25 -0600
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Guy Molinari wrote:
> I've been doing the WPX seriously for about 4 years now.   I'm not sure I had
> a dog in this fight until now.   With a 60 foot crankup tower with a
> tribander and a few wires, I've managed to get into the box scores a few time
> (Pretty low on the list though).
> 
> What has gotten my attention is K5ZD's endorsement of the change.   I don't
> see where he is going to personally gain from it given his QTH.   Maybe as a
> top op he thinks this will benefit radiosport as a whole?
> 
> Given that the contest was run a number of years spanning multiple cycles in
> both 30 and 36 hour formats, what are the pro's and con's of the change back?
> Hard data.   Not opinions.   As a newer contester I want to know.   This is
> what is great about this reflector.
> 

Hard data is going to be hard to come by. The change from 30 hours to 36 hours 
was made before the change that awarded 1 point for intra-country QSO's. Thus, 
it's going to be hard to compare.

73,
Steve, N2IC
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