Dave,
CQing for 8 hours on a dead band isn't contesting. It's unnecessary
pain. Do you operate the 10m contest from midnight to 6 AM?
The guys at W2GD can entertain themselves in Atlantic City during the
day when the band's dead :.)
73,
Barry W2UP
David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> Andy's private answer...
>
>
>> Maybe he can go work DX on 15m :-).
>> That is a band that is actually open in the daytime. If there are
>> sunspots of course.
>>
>> 73, Andy N2NT
>>
>
> But we don't work DX... I get operators here for 48 hours to work a CONTEST
> and that's what we do... When we set up for the 160m contest the 15m
> station is converted to the 2nd op listening position.... And NONE of the
> other radios is usually turned on unless maybe to try to listen on another
> antenna on 160m! Putting restrictions on what has historically been an
> unrestricted class is just going to put real contesters out of work. Just
> think of the poor guys at w2gd sitting around with nothing to do for 8 hours
> a weekend, put them out on the street and what are they going to do? Start
> mugging hermit crabs for their shells? Hold up the sea gull on the corner?
> It could destroy 160m at noon as we know it and love it!
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Blank [mailto:n2nt@comcast.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 23:11
>> To: k1ttt@arrl.net
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest
>>
>> At 04:33 PM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
>>
>>> I'll agree with that, whats the purpose of limiting multi-op?? whats the
>>> daytime operator supposed to do now??
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> David Robbins K1TTT
>>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
>>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
>>>> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Kopacz
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 04:24
>>>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>>>> Cc: Topband@contesting.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest
>>>>
>>>> "5. A 40-hour maximum operating period has been added for multi-op
>>>> entries."
>>>>
>>>> Andy,
>>>>
>>>> I am not certain I understand this rule at all. I have never operated
>>>>
>> a
>>
>>>> 160 contest, but it seems to me one would be lucky to get 40 hours of
>>>> time on that band.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, even if the band was open for 40 hours, why would there be a
>>>> maximum operating time for multi-ops? It seems that multiple operators
>>>> would want to operate the entire contest so everyone maximizes their
>>>>
>> on
>>
>>>> air time and fun. Otherwise, why bother operating multi-op at all?
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing here?
>>>>
>>>> David ~ KY1V
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