[CQ-Contest] Meaning of 'Off-Time'

[Marc Wullaert]

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Levin <djl at andlev.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 2:07 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Meaning of 'Off-Time'

>
> I was in the shower, when I had a thought.  I have been trying to get a
new
> 160 meter antenna up at N6NF's place for NAQP next weekend.  Time is very
> tight.  No problem, I realized - I have 2 hours of off-time during the
> contest but before dark to work on it.
>
> Then it hit me.  What does 'off-time' mean?  What if my competitor's
> definition of 'off-time' is 'no transmitting.'  That means that they could
> spend those 30 minute breaks filling their band-maps with mults.  Then
once
> their 30 minutes was done, they could run through those mults on their
> second radio lickety split.  While that might not be an advantage to
someone
> who is really good on their second radio, it might mean 5 extra mults to
> someone like me...

YES ,you could do that .Why not ?

> So the question is - can you listen on the radio during your off-time?

Yes ,why not ?

> At least as interestingly - _do_ people listen during their 'off-time',
> whether it is officially allowed or not?

Maybe, i taken a shower,or eat something ,or taken a quick nap.

> For me, the issue is black and white.  'Off-time' means time off from the
> contest - as in no contest related activities allowed.  Is that what other
> people think too?
>
> Always curious :-)
>
>             ***dan, K6IF


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