[CQ-Contest] Sleeping during ARRL DX Contest

[Jim Neiger]

I agree with Scott.  At Age 67, if I'm still able to go approx 48 straight, 
ANYBODY can do it.

Simply stated, "you snooze, you lose"

Jim Neiger  N6TJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Robbins" <w4pa at yahoo.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Sleeping during ARRL DX Contest


> >The ARRL DX contest is VERY BORING the second night from about midnight 
> >until
>>sunrise (assuming you are located south of the USA).  I think it is 
>>perfectly
>>normal to find it hard to stay awake during this time and planning on 5 or 
>>6
>>hours of sleep is a good strategy.  You really won't miss much - unless 
>>you
>>ignored one of the low bands the first night.
>
> Tree...I don't think you we're joking here (?) - but anything more than a 
> 1
> hour nap during a major DX contest strikes me as being a huge mistake.  48
> hours straight is even better if the op thinks they aren't going to lose
> anything on Sunday after sunrise from the battle fatigue.
>
> My 8P9PA log from ARRL DX CW three months ago shows 379 QSO's in the log
> between midnight and 6 a.m. local time Sunday - this includes 30 minutes 
> in two
> 15 minute stretches where I fell asleep in the operating chair at the key. 
> 379
> Q's/5.5 hours = 69 QSO's/hr.  I think taking a break would have been a 
> major
> error.
>
> It was bad enough that I lost 30 minutes, much less 5 to 6 hours.
>
> Scott Robbins, W4PA
>
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