[CQ-Contest] WPX and 30 Hour Nonsense

[jeff stai]

I'd rather have the WPX RTTY go to 36 hours, if I had MY way... trying
to kill 18 hours of break time while guest operating is a bore!

73 jeff wk6i

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Yuri VE3DZ <ve3dz at rigexpert.net> wrote:
> Ed, I guess - like in the real life - some people just want things to be
>  THEIR way.
>
>  73 Yuri  VE3DZ
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Ed Muns" <w0yk at msn.com>
>  To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
>  Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:05 PM
>  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX and 30 Hour Nonsense
>
>
>  > So, I guess the NA Sprints should be extended to 48 hours by this
>  argument?
>  > Heck, why not a full 7-day week and we can see who the real contesters
>  are.
>  > Or, at least go back to the old ARRL DX Contest format of two 48-hour
>  > weekends.  Having 30-minute sprints, 4-hour sprints, 10-hour NAQPs, 24
>  hour
>  > Sweepstakes, 30 hour WPXs and lots of 48-hour contests is a wonderful
>  > diversity of competitions for our hobby.  Just like there are 100-yard
>  > dashes and marathons and everything in between.  And, no, the same
>  athletes
>  > don't win all these different formats.
>  >
>  > 73,
>  > Ed - W0YK
>
>
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