[CQ-Contest] Contest Duration

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Fri Aug 12 07:50:13 EDT 2005


On Jul 25, 2005, at 1:04 PM, <ku8e at bellsouth.net>  
<ku8e at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>   Remember years ago when the ARRL DX had the low band (160/80/40)  
> and high band (20/15/10)
> categories ????  It would be neat to see those categories make a  
> comeback. Doing a single band
> effort can be fun but there are many times it can become boring as  
> well.  I think many times (myself included) we chose to do a single  
> band effort  because we don't have the time or stamina to do a  
> whole 48 hours. That takes QSO's away from those that we don't work  
> on the other bands. I think it would be a win-win situation....

And I believe, when this was suggested several months ago, I  
suggested it should just be High/Low band, but perhaps, any three bands.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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