[CQ-Contest] CQWW 10 minutes M/S rule

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

I discussed this with Randy K5ZD who discussed it with Ken K1EA.

The correct answer, according to them, is 03:22.

A more complicated explanation:

The 1st QSO could have been made at 03:12:59 (HH:MM:SS)
The 2nd QSO could have been made at 03:22:00 (HH:MM:SS)

You can see that these two QSOs are 9:01 minutes apart (MM:SS)

At the other extreme:

The 1st QSO is made at 03:12:00 (HH:MM:SS)
The 2nd QSO is made at 03:22:59 (HH:MM:SS)

These two QSOs are 10:59 minutes apart (MM:SS)

On average, however, the two QSOs would be 10 minutes apart.  So they are doing the right thing by allowing you to work the second station when the clock says 03:22


73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us




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From: Paolo <ik3qar at gmail.com>
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:37:18 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQWW 10 minutes M/S rule

Hi all,
please look at this scenario, with only Radio1 for simplicity:

- 1st QSO on 160m logged at 03.12

When can i made a QSO on a new band (example 80m) in order not to breaking
the rules ? At 03.22 or 03.23 ?

Can someone give me a defintive answer ?
Thanks, Paolo IK3QAR