I thought the whole idea 'Classic' class was to go back to 'Just a boy
and his radio' type of contesting with no spotting, etc.
Why have the classic and then just have the same rules as the regular
contest, only for 24 hours? 73
Tom W7WHY
Tom
Just a bit of background
The idea for the 24-hour category came from an article that Pete & Mike
wrote more than 10 years ago in 2003 on contesting.com titled "The
24-Hour DX Challenge".
http://www.contesting.com/articles/401
and a survey that was taken at the same time
http://www.contesting.com/survey/95
The ensuring discussions that took take over the intervening 10 years
also suggested and assumed that the 24-hour DX challenge would allow
spots as the focus was to encourage more participation in contests and
allow a participant to do the best they could from their QTH. The idea
was picked up by CQWW and consequently given the name of a Classic class
with an 24-hour overlay without spots allowed. The original intent as
proposed was never 'Just a boy and his radio'
BTW - Pete - I will join you in the "Classic-As-It-Should-Be category,
with spotting assistance" during the CQWW CW portion as I am going to
VE5RI to do a multi-multi in the SSB contest
Syl - VE5ZX
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