When I started to advocate for a 24-hour category in CQWW, maybe 15
years ago, I had to endure a scorching by K3EST at Dayton for even
having the temerity to suggest such a thing. Then a few years later
K5ZD told me that they *had* been listening, and were introducing the
Classic category. I told him then, and I continue to believe, that
there should be two 24-hour categories, Assisted and Unassisted, not one.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 11/17/2020 12:15 PM, Bud Trench wrote:
The Classic Overlay Category was reduced from 36 hours to 24 hours, after
the inaugural run in 2020, to make it consistent with the Classic Category
duration in CQ WW. I believe this is sound as many participants are
physically unable or unwilling to operate for longer periods. Operators
using a single radio that want to operate without QSO alerting systems for
more than 24 hours can do so; their entire period of operation is applicable
to the scoring in the Single Operator category, and their first 24 hours of
operation is valid for the Single Operator Classic Overlay.
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