[CQ-Contest] 24 vs 48 - NO NEW CATEGORIES!

[Tom Osborne]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Notarius WN3VAW" <wn3vaw at fyi.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 24 vs 48 - NO NEW CAREGORIES!


> Jim has a point.
>
> For a 24 hour category to work w/in a 48 hour contest, it would have
to be a
> contiguous 24 hour period.  Exactly which one may be up to the
contest
> sponsors (ie UTC Saturday only, UTC Sunday Only, or any given 24
hour
> period) but it needs to be one 24 hour block.  Otherwise the "24
hour" gang
> can cherry pick the bands they want to maximize Q's.



It would be easy to do.  Either you operate the first 24 or the last
24 hours.
Tom W7WHY