Sunday Sprints?

[kd5pj at lobby.ti.com]

K8MR's suggestion is an excellent one.  My wife's biggest gripe about
the Sprint is not that the contest is 4 hours long, it is that the
contest is 4 hours long on a SATURDAY evening!  From my perspective on
this, I have a helluva lot more fun contesting when I know that my wife
is not torqued off because I'm "playing radio" again.

If your spouse or significant other does not have a problem with this
stuff, great!  Look at it this way, then.  If the Sprint is on Sunday
night, it will give you more time to perform any last minute station
repairs/mods/changes, etc.

73,
Charlie  KD5PJ          kd5pj at lobby.ti.com

>From ken.silverman at atlas.ccmail.AirTouch.COM (ken silverman)  Thu Sep 22 02:40:36 1994
From: ken.silverman at atlas.ccmail.AirTouch.COM (ken silverman) (ken silverman)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 17:40:36 PST
Subject: CQ WW Contest Handbook
Message-ID: <9408217801.AA780194436 at atlas.ccmail.airtouch.com>

I've been waiting for weeks, but I finally received the CQ WW 
Handbook from K3EST.  This book is for everyone interested in 
this great contest.  There's 144 pages of history, facts figures, 
tips, and a great set of annotated rules.

Lots of questions are answered here by Mr. CQ WW himself, K3EST.  

With all the questions around the CQ WW M/S categroy recently, I 
thought you'de be interested in some selected quotes regarding 
the M/S 10 minute rule:

Can the Multiplier station use a separate call to call CQ on a 
third band and move the station to the multiplier band?

Answer:  No.  This violates the spirit of the rules.

How many stations can I have as a Multi SIngle?

Answer:  You can have as many as you want.  However, only one run 
station and one multiplier station are allowed to operate within 
any particlular 10 minute period.

Can a different call sign be used at the multi-single QTH?

Yes, but not to solicit any QSO's for the contest multi-single.


Interested in the History of the contest?  
    It's in there.  

Are you a statistics nut?  
    You'll spend hours pouring over this stuff.   

What part of the solar cycle are most 20m single band records 
broken?
    Records on this band can be set at ANY part of the cycle!

All in all, this is a great book for those of you just trying to 
set a new world record, or even if you are just interested in 
getting started in the contest.  There's lots of neat stuff in 
there for everyone.

Books can be ordered directly from K3EST.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did, 

Ken WM2C



>From barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner)  Thu Sep 22 01:06:17 1994
From: barry at w2up.wells.com (Barry Kutner) (Barry Kutner)
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 94 00:06:17 GMT
Subject: Radio Cops
Message-ID: <7cZ1sc2w165w at w2up.wells.com>

Bill Standerfer <bills at hpislwes.lvld.hp.com> writes:

> As a cap pistol instead of a big gun, I must be missing something here, too.
> Why, in a competitive situation, would I want to give any advantage to my
> competition by spotting a juicy multiplier?  Rule issues aside, it seems a
> rather curious notion to want to give any hints whatever to the others in the
> contest.  Let the other guys find them by themselves.  Now, if someone in the
> contest wants to help me out by spotting someone I need, then, rules
> permitting, I may take the help.
> 
> 

Bill - your attitude is definitely that of someone not affiliated with a 
contest club. Here in FRC land we always (usually) compete to boost the 
club score. I have operated single-op unassisted and spotted mults for 
the benefit of the club. I usually don't put in competitive full-time 
efforts so I am not losing anything by doing this. Would I do it if I was 
going for nr 1  and competing against a fellow club member? hmmmm.... 
not sure....

--

Barry N. Kutner, W2UP       Usenet/Internet: barry at w2up.wells.com
Newtown, PA                 Packet Radio: W2UP @ WB3JOE.#EPA.PA.USA.NA
                            Packet Cluster: W2UP >K2TW (FRC)
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