[CQ-Contest] The 24-hour ARRL DX

[Pete Smith]

At 05:03 PM 2/6/03 -0400, Mike Gilmer, N2MG wrote:
>Pete (N5ZR): Are you proposing to process the individuals' logs
>separately to extract the time on/off? I don't believe this data is
>calculated by ARRL anymore.  Also, must it be a contiguous 24 hours
>or "any" 24 hours? If "any" what would be the minimum off-time allowed?
>(I suggest something like 2 hours minimum off-time and that listening
>time NOT count as operating time - I always thought that rule was
>silly.)


That's N4, even if it is in WV, Mike ;^)

My thought was to rely on Cabrillo logs, to be submitted in parallel with 
those sent to the contest sponsors, and on the sponsors for UBN 
checking.  I'm open to suggestions on off-time duration, etc.


>Bob (KQ2M): the eHam survey is not set up to work with multiple
>questions but I suppose that we could write a short article and
>solicit comments.  However, I suspect the only *real* proof would be to
>actually implement a 24hr contest and see the statistics.

Well, a single question could do it.  You could ask:

If a 24-hour category were available in the ARRL DX Contest, would you:

operate more time     []

operate less time     []

it wouldn't affect me []


73, Pete N4ZR
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