[CQ-Contest] "Scott/Lori Jasper NE9U/KA9ZGD" <jasper@powercom.net>: Re: [CQ-ContestSleep deprevation

[Rex J Maner]

Hello All
Some   QUACKS
I've gone thru this for many years and decided that the only way to solve
 the sleep problem was to do a single band 10 effort.  I'll expect lots
of company next year.
I don't have any medical background , however I think its the excess
adrelin rush for the contest period that leads to the big let down over
the following week or several days.
ANY of the DR's  out there give some insite ????

Rex   K7QQ   (( Contesting forever ))  CW prefered.


I tried the sleep before contest method this time since i was off work
for thanksgiving (usually have to work on friday before the
contest).
got about 3 hours sleep, and it really seemed to help.  kept going
nonstop until about 1600z saturday when, since i was at a M/M
anyway, decide to hit the sack for a couple hours.  got back on around
1900z, and other than another 2 hour break from 0800-1000z
kept on going to the end.

i didnt feel too bad during the contest, but boy have i been dragging all
week.  anyone else ever experience that?  i just cant
seem to catch up on my sleep.  maybe i just should have taken monday off
work and slept all day!  not sure what else a guy could do
to get back into a normal rhythm?

73  Scott  NE9U

jasper at powercom.net
Amateur Radio NE9U/KA9ZGD/KB9TTO/TBA
Scott/Lori/Alex/Arielle/Jasper






> Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
> > I slept 4 hours right before the contest.  This kept me going
>through the 48 hour contest and I felt better than any other
>contest to date.
> 
> Hi Bill, et al
> 
> I've always wondered how people can do this.  The contests start
> at 4:00 p.m. local time here, and that would mean I'd have to go
> in at noon and go to bed.  When I lay down during the day, my
> mind is going 90 miles and hour and I finally just give it up and
> get back up.  I've never yet been able to sleep right before the
> contest.  I wish I could! 73
> Tom W7WHY
> 
> 
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