[CQ-Contest] 2003 CQ 160 Change Coming

[Bernie McClenny, W3UR]

I think it is a great idea!  This way you get three nights.  One of them is
bound to have good propagation!

73
Bernie, W3UR.

Bill Fisher W4AN wrote:

> >"Starting with 2003 the CQ 160 Contests will be changed to
> >48-hour contests to conform with most other worldwide contests.  The
> >starting time will be 0000Z on Saturday and the ending time 2359Z on
> >Sunday.
>
> The proposal laid out by W4ZV means that the contest doesn't start for us
> on the east coast until 2 hours after sunset (8 hours for Europeans) and
> it means that we now have to operate single band contest 3 nights instead
> of just two.  The Europeans would operate 1/2 night on Saturday morning,
> Full night Saturday night, and 1/2 night on Sunday.
>
> Am I the only one that thinks this is a really stupid idea?
>
> This is smarter:
> ----------------
> The contest starts 1 hour before local sunset on Friday and ends 1 hour
> after local sunrise on Sunday.  The contest starts for everyone when the
> band is open and ends when the band is closed.
>
> 73
>
> Bill, W4AN
>
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