[CQ-Contest] Contest Duration

[Bob Henderson]

A 36 hour SOAB category within the big 48 hour events seems like a good idea
to me.

This would provide an opportunity for many more to compete rather than
merely participate.  As we all know, competition is fun and participating in
the knowledge you don't have time to compete denies a whole bunch of that
fun!

I still try to do 48 hours straight in some events but it has always seemed
to me that contests requiring this place way too much emphasis on stamina
and probably not enough on operating tactics and skill :-)

Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F


> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:57:37 -0700
> From: Eric Hilding <dx35 at hilding.com>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Duration
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> Bill, K4XS, wrote:
>
>  > To run with the big dogs, you have to be a big dog.
>  >  If you're not a greyhound...tough!
>
> What I am advocating, along with others, is that "former" greyhounds (now
> on 3 legs), be allowed to still run competitively with the other 3-legged
> "greyhounds", but in a "3-legged Greyhound Category'", vs. laying on the
> sidelines, or worse yet, being relegated to the pound and extermination.
>
> 73...
>
> Rick, K6VVA