[CQ-Contest] Response to K5ZD's Comments

[Rex Maner]

Novice Round-up
What a good idea    NOW we just gotta find a Novice !!!!

I would like to see a shortened period for us old Farts   72 here and I'm
sure not gonna do any all band efforts of 48 hour grind from the NW  When
I'm damn lucky to even hear the really big gun   Italian  with 5 over 5 and
an  Iti.  KW.  on  10 M

Quack



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Smith W9WI" <w9wi at earthlink.net>
To: "CQ-Contest Post" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 17:49
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Response to K5ZD's Comments


> On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 08:23, Jim Idelson wrote:
> > 2. I'd like to avoid the eventual demise of big-league contesting. I'd
much
> > prefer to be bringing new, younger, stronger contesters into these
events than
> > to be whittling the events away to accommodate us oldsters.
>
> On the other hand, might the 48-hour period be driving away younger
> contesters who have family obligations that retired folks may not face?
>
> =========================================
> On an only very vaguely related subject...  Anyone remember the old
> Novice Roundup?  Something like 24 hours of operating time in a ten-day
> period...  That would certainly be very different from any contest
> currently run - I'd like to see it tried again.
> -- 
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View (Nashville), TN  EM66
> http://www.w9wi.com
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