[CQ-Contest] Response to K5ZD's comments

[Zack Widup]

I am 51 but if I had a whole 48 hours available to me, I'd probably go for 
it.  The thing is, I have a lot more going on in my life these days than 
ham radio and don't get a whole weekend to contest.  The times I have 
available are kind of random, so I may have no time at all the first 24 
hours of the contest and then 12 hours scattered about for the second 24 
hours. Cutting the contest back to 24 hours may limit my participation 
time even more or cut it out completely.  

I am sure there are others with similar situations.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 va3dx at sympatico.ca wrote:

> To KE1FO
> 
> I see that you  are only 29 years of age. Lucky you......
> You might want to consider the average of the hams that
> you are trying to have contest qsos with.
> Just perhaps by adding a 24 hrs category you may entice more
> of the older generation to actually operate  the contest in a
> more serious effort, rather than a casual hit and miss option.
> I am 53 yrs old, and 48 hr is out of the question, however I
> would consider a serious 24 hr effort if it were allowed.
>    Without it, I will just do my normal 10 hrs or so.
> 
> Glenn VA3DX