[CQ-Contest] modafinil

[Barry]

Along Jose´'s line...
1. Any suggestions how to nap pre-contest? I've never been able to 
fall asleep at will during the day (unless I'm in a very boring 
conference)
2. It's about 0700Z Saturday. I know I should sleep for a couple of 
hours, otherwise I'll never make it through the next day's prime rate 
hours. However, the adrenaline from the previous 7 hours of 
contesting keeps me up thinking about the contest. How to fall 
asleep right away?
73,
Barry

On 5 Dec 01, at 22:57, CT1BOH - José Carlos Cardoso  wrote:

> 
> I have been using a very efecctive method to stay 48 hours awake
> during CQWW contests:
> 
> Keep my eyes close before contest (i.e. sleep a lot)
> Keep my eyes open during the contest.
> 
> No drugs, no cafeeine, just will power.
> 
> Stay away from drugs
> 
> 73
> Jose´
> CT1BOH
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Scace" <eric at k3na.org>
> To: "Cq-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:52 AM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] modafinil
> 
> 
> >
> >    A day or two ago someone mentioned that a US television network
> >    had
> done a brief story on modafinil, a drug that appears to
> > improve alertness during prolonged periods without sleep.
> >
> >    I had just read a much more detailed articled about modafinil in
> >    "The
> New Yorker" magazine of 2001 December 3, beginning on page
> > 52.  (This is a classic case of US copy-cat feature journalism, by
> > the
> way.  Someone does an interesting story and other media pick
> > up on it immediately thereafter.)  I am not a medical specialist,
> > but the
> article's description of tests by the military (pilots on
> > very long missions, for example) and with narcoleptics certainly
> > seemed
> very promising.  The results appear to match requirements of
> > those of us who aspire to operate a complete 48-hour contest in a
> > fully
> alert state.
> >
> >    I would be interested to hear from medical professionals who can
> evaluate the more technical research reports (if any) that have
> > been published... could comment constructively on the suitability of
> > this
> drug for contesting... and could point out risks.
> >
> >    73,
> > -- Eric R3/K3NA
> >
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> >
> > p.s.:  I now expect a lengthy thread of messages containing at least
> > the
> following points:
> >    -- drugs provide an unfair advantage to those who can acquire
> >    them and
> care to use them.
> >    -- the introduction of drugs into contests is a continuation of
> >    the
> 'horrible' trends set by packet and SO2R.
> >    -- drugs should be banned.
> >    -- the need for drug testing of winners.
> >    -- the best and most highly-respected ops do not need drugs. --
> >    drugs are not prohibited by the rules, and anything which is not
> explicitly prohibited is OK.
> >    -- the rules are the rules, and anything which is not explicitly
> permitted is not OK.
> >    -- caffeine is a drug, and contesters have been using it without
> limitation since the dawn of contesting and even the dawn of ham
> > radio.
> >    -- contesting should be on par with other Olympic sports and meet
> Olympic standards of avoiding drug-enhanced performance.
> >    -- the Olympic banned substance list includes caffeine, as well
> >    as
> several other common stimulants found in, for example, cold
> > and flu medications [to offset drowsiness].
> >    -- alcohol is a drug and is used in contests like Field Day. --
> >    Field Day is not a contest. -- alcohol is not a
> >    performance-enhancing drug. -- operators who use drugs should be
> >    in a separate class, or annotated
> in the results with an asterisk*.
> >    -- this annotation would be inconsistent with past results, where
> >    some
> operators were know to have used certain "recreational
> > chemicals" as stimulants to fight sleep or improve the illusion of
> performance, and whose results were never annotated with *.
> >    -- that contesting is its own drug.
> >
> >    Having now sprinkled gasoline liberally around the reflector's
> landscape, I wonder who will throw the first burning match?
> >
> > -- E.S.
> >
> >
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
        


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