[CQ-Contest] Nonstop 48 hours for SO on CQWW

[Zoltan Szoke]

Hi,


I often see "Operating Time (hrs): 48" at Single Operator stations. This is
unbelievable for me. Nonstop 48 hours QSOing, nonstop 2 days contesting too
long for an SO station. I think so  (at least in 50%) that is not true. Or I
don't know something what easy for a really good, strong and avid contester.
Do you know offer me any practices what help me to endure to the end of the
contest without any sleeping?

All responses will be appreciate. Thanks!


73
Zoli
HA5PP


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>From Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com  Sat Sep  8 01:45:23 2001
From: Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com (Leigh S. Jones)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:45:23 -0700
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Nonstop 48 hours  for SO on CQWW
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48 hour DX contest operations are a reality for some.  I was able to
put in that kind of effort in my mid 20's.  The first 30 hours is a
piece of cake if you get some sleep right before the contest begins.
The last 18 hours of the contest I often experienced some of my worst
delusionary or hallucinatory periods, but there were also some short
moments of lucidity.  Caffeine can help you keep awake, but one of my
ARRL DX contest operations taught me to:
   1) use caffeine lightly and only approximately in the last 18
hours, don't start early
   2) don't drive home from a guest operator position before sleeping
And then my best suggestion is to get about 2 hours of sleep at around
the 30 hour point.  Any contacts lost by being off the air for a rest
will be compensated more than adequately by improved operator
efficiency in the last 16 hours.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Zoltan Szoke" <ha5pp at yahoo.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Nonstop 48 hours for SO on CQWW


>
> Hi,
>
>
> I often see "Operating Time (hrs): 48" at Single Operator stations.
This is
> unbelievable for me. Nonstop 48 hours QSOing, nonstop 2 days
contesting too
> long for an SO station. I think so  (at least in 50%) that is not
true. Or I
> don't know something what easy for a really good, strong and avid
contester.
> Do you know offer me any practices what help me to endure to the end
of the
> contest without any sleeping?
>
> All responses will be appreciate. Thanks!
>
>
> 73
> Zoli
> HA5PP
>
>
> _________________________________________________________
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> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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