[CQ-Contest] Shorten CW SS

[Pete Smith]

At 12:54 PM 11/7/00 -0800, George Fremin III - K5TR wrote:
>
>On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 02:41:27PM -0500, Pete Smith wrote:
>> 
>> Somebody once told me that in SS, where you come out at the end is
>> determined by how you've done when you take your first break, sometime
>> Sunday morning, and the rest of the 24 hours is just something you do to
>> keep from losing ground. 
>
>Anyone who thinks this is true might want to look at this:
>
>
>>From last years CW SS 
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>http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/photo/misc/ssrate99_3.gif
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>The total QSOs / time of five stations from the top ten.

I just did, and I think it supports the point.  By 1800Z, the average of
these 5 stations' QSO totals was ~1100.  By the end of the contest, it was
a ~ 1350 (both eyeball estimates).  These 5 stations made an average of
less than 250 QSOs in the last 9 hours, despite tremendous antenna farms,
1500 watts and SO2R.  No question, you have to keep on grinding it out or
you'll lose at this level, but that doesn't mean it's a fun Sunday
afternoon.  

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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