[CQ-Contest] long contest

[Peter & Judy Grillo]

It's not a new idea, but it's a good one, especially as our generation
keeps creeping up.....  Remember the old ARRL DX Contest format?

> On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 04:38, jukka.klemola at nokia.com wrote:
>> It is uncool we do not have this contest in Europe.
>> We have our own Sprint and I will definitely participate the
>> next one if I have any chance of going QRV on any band for
>> the contest.
>
> Of course, there's nothing that says you can't participate in ours from
> Finland!  (well, maybe the propagation<grin>)
>
>> The contest a tad short?
>> Just 4 hours.
>
> I think this is one of the best features of Sprint.
>
> In fact...  while I'm not suggesting we change the Sprint rules, I think
> it would be interesting to try an even *shorter* contest.  One hour
> would probably be the shortest reasonable format.
>
> I think it would also be interesting to try an extremely *long*
> contest.  For example, allow a total of 24 hours of operating time
> during a 30-*day* period.
> --
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View (Nashville), TN  EM66
> http://www.w9wi.com
>
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