Try this on for size,
I was at the radio ready to go and a wind storm took the power out for 35
min, when I get power back it take's another 10 minutes to get the radio and
amp going along with the computer.
Now :: Am I operating for those 45 minutes or do I still have a requirement
to take another 15 minutes before I can count the time off or start the
contest if I start at 0045 and loose those 45 minutes as time off ??
Is this to be consider OFF time ??
Quack
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Levine" <david@levinecentral.com>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX OffTimes
> I'm with you Dave. Seems the discussion is looking at it from the wrong
> angle. It says you are allowed to operate 36 hours of the 48 hours the
> contest runs. If I wait 12 hours from the start of the contest to my first
> QSO, I can work the next 36 hours straight. If I work the first 36 hours
> straight, I'm done. No "off time" is necessary. First QSO is your start
> time. Go 36 hours from their. If I start 59 mins after the contest starts
> and make my first QSO, I can then operate for 36 straight hours if I so
> desire. If I want to take a break, it must be > 60 minutes to count as an
> off hour. Not really rocket science so I'm wondering what isn't obvious?
>
> Measure ON time not OFF time. ON time is continuous unless there is a 60
> min
> or difference between 2 consecutive QSOs. Are we making up a problem that
> really isn't there?
>
> K2DSL - David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 3:45 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX OffTimes
>
>
> I agree that this situation should be clarified, but it seems to me that
> this whole discussion presumes an inverted emphasis. I would have
> thought that the intent of the 36 hour rule was to enforce a limit of 36
> hours operating time (with the minimum 60 minutes per off time included
> to prevent abuses), rather than trying to make sure everyone took 12
> hours of off time. There IS a difference ... if I decide to operate
> only one day of the contest I don't think anyone is going to require me
> to only operate 12 hours so that I can squeeze 12 hours of off time in
> there somewhere.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
>
> Robert L. Shohet wrote:
>> Hi Terry,
>>
>> Your example 2 is dead on and has been treated differently
>> by different WPX contest managers over the years. Perhaps
>> K5ZD will provide a definite answer to this.
>>
>> If your 36 hours of operating time are finished at 2341z, will
>> the remaining 19 minutes of contest time that are not
>> being used, force a reduction in score? Or, put another,
>> way, will 2341-2359 be treated as a 19 minute off-time and
>> then you will lose qso's for the previous 41 minutes
>> of operating time, even though you have not actually
>> operated for more than 36 hours?
>>
>> Bob KQ2M
>>
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