[CQ-Contest] Categories, Participation and Competition

[Milt, N5IA]

Stan and Randy,

I have never mentioned it before, but perhaps there are many others who have 
the same obligations I do;  that is Sunday daytime family and church things 
to attend.  Let me add my little twist.

I am one who is competitive.  Consequently, because I can't be competitive 
with the time taken out for Sunday obligations, I don't normally participate 
in those contests requiring a full bore operation.

That may be a poor attitude, but I am who I am.  I just don't enjoy getting 
on for a few hours for the sake of operating.  Many people do enjoy that, 
but I don't.

Anyway, the idea of separate listings/competition for lesser time periods in 
the 48 hour contest may be appealing to a lot more operators than those that 
are physically unable to do the full bore 48 hours.

As interest and participation in radiosport increases, it certainly would be 
good to accommodate more participants in broad categories.  The time limited 
categories would be high on my list to investigate for integration.

Milt, N5IA

> Stan, K5GO wrote:
> I can see a lot of people getting excited about competing in a contest if 
> they had a way of doing it without having to commit to the
> entire 48 hour period.