[CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest

[Peter Voelpel]

Over the day  30-50 QSOs are possible here, but just 2 and 5 pointers which
still count

73
Peter 

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry
Sent: Freitag, 17. Oktober 2008 15:25
To: k1ttt at arrl.net; reflector cq-contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest

Dave,
CQing for 8 hours on a dead band isn't contesting.  It's unnecessary pain.
Do you operate the 10m contest from midnight to 6 AM?
The guys at W2GD can entertain themselves in Atlantic City during the day
when the band's dead :.) 73, Barry W2UP

David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> Andy's private answer...
>
>   
>> Maybe he can go work DX on 15m :-).
>> That is a band that is actually open in the daytime. If there are 
>> sunspots of course.
>>
>> 73, Andy N2NT
>>     
>
> But we don't work DX... I get operators here for 48 hours to work a 
> CONTEST and that's what we do...  When we set up for the 160m contest 
> the 15m station is converted to the 2nd op listening position.... And 
> NONE of the other radios is usually turned on unless maybe to try to 
> listen on another antenna on 160m!  Putting restrictions on what has 
> historically been an unrestricted class is just going to put real 
> contesters out of work.  Just think of the poor guys at w2gd sitting 
> around with nothing to do for 8 hours a weekend, put them out on the 
> street and what are they going to do?  Start mugging hermit crabs for
their shells?  Hold up the sea gull on the corner?
> It could destroy 160m at noon as we know it and love it!
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>  
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andy Blank [mailto:n2nt at comcast.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 23:11
>> To: k1ttt at arrl.net
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest
>>
>> At 04:33 PM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
>>     
>>> I'll agree with that, whats the purpose of limiting multi-op??  
>>> whats the daytime operator supposed to do now??
>>>
>>>       
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> David Robbins K1TTT
>>> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
>>> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
>>> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest- 
>>>> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Kopacz
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 04:24
>>>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>>>> Cc: Topband at contesting.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Announcing 2009 CQWW 160 contest
>>>>
>>>> "5. A 40-hour maximum operating period has been added for multi-op 
>>>> entries."
>>>>
>>>> Andy,
>>>>
>>>> I am not certain I understand this rule at all. I have never 
>>>> operated
>>>>         
>> a
>>     
>>>> 160 contest, but it seems to me one would be lucky to get 40 hours 
>>>> of time on that band.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, even if the band was open for 40 hours, why would there be 
>>>> a maximum operating time for multi-ops? It seems that multiple 
>>>> operators would want to operate the entire contest so everyone 
>>>> maximizes their
>>>>         
>> on
>>     
>>>> air time and fun. Otherwise, why bother operating multi-op at all?
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing here?
>>>>
>>>> David ~ KY1V
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