[CQ-Contest] WPXSSB More 30 hour NONSENSE

[Trey Garlough]

I like surveys!

> "Can we have a show of hands for those contesters who feel that
> taking off-time in a contest is MORE fun than working guys?"
>
> Go ahead, answer it HONESTLY!

A better question would be:

  Who feels that taking an off-time in a contest is MORE fun than spending
  6 hours in front of the radio when there is no one to talk to?

[I am raising my hand.]

> Now please answer the next three questions honestly:
> 
> 1) When, if ever, did you last operate this contest for all 36 hours?

1999.  

> 2) When, if ever, did you last operate this contest for all 30 hours, when
> it WAS 30 hours?

The final year the contest was 30 hours.  I think this was 1992.  I
also put in the full 36 hours the following year, so I had an
excellent basis for a side-by-side comparison.  I still have a very
clear memory of how I spent the last six hours of the contest
listening to the voice keyer calling CQ while I was reading old issues
of CQ.

> 3) Will you guaranty that if the operating time limit is reduced to 30
> hours,  that you will operate ALL 30 hours?

Absolutely!

Funny you should ask this question.  I have already been on the phone
this morning to "reserve" a seat, just in case this happens.

I realize that with these poor conditions I would probably only have
about 20 productive hours.  Nonetheless, I would still put in the full
30 hours and give it my best shot.

--Trey