[CQ-Contest] How many hours do SOAB entrants actually operate?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Nearly all the marathon runners actually finish the race.  In 
contesting, we have nearly 90 percent of the runners failing to complete 
the race.

Mike W0MU

On 3/31/2013 4:38 PM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
> People run in marathons and hate the last part of the run.  However,  they
> do it for the same reasons I and some of the other "iron butts" do a full
> 48 or close to it.  It's a challenge.... a rare combination of skill and
> endurance.  Skill is the sprint, endurance is the marathon.  The CQWW  and the
> ARRLDX are a beautiful combo of the two.
>   
> Marathons are not for everyone and either is being an "iron  butt".  But,
> it is a great feeling to still do it at 66 years of  age.
>   
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>   
>   
> In a message dated 3/31/2013 3:00:14 A.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
> xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:
>
>
> Cause that sounds like so much fun?
>
> I like contesting  because I find it enjoyable, but I don't find trying
> to stay awake for the  majority of 48 hours fun at all.  It's painful at
> best and leaves me  feeling hungover afterward, and often weakens me to
> the point of being  more susceptible to colds and such.   I just don't
> bother to  compete aggressively anymore as a result ... it simply isn't
> worth  it.
>
> There is a HUGE difference between a skill-based competition and an
> endurance-based competition.  Some people gravitate more toward one  than
> the other, and a very select few are good at both.  Having  different
> categories based upon operating time merely provides opportunity  for a
> greater number of participants to focus on whichever aspect they  find
> enjoyable.
>
> Merely outlasting a more skilled op doesn't sound  all that gratifying to
> me anyway.
>
> Dave    AB7E
>
>
>
>
> On 3/29/2013 10:09 AM, N1MM wrote:
>> If you want  to win, place or show in a contest, a long contest is your
>>   friend.  Except for one of us, there is an op out there that can beat
>> us.  If he has to go into work on Saturday morning, you might  have a
>> chance.
>>
>> My point is that if you have any  illusions that you might win a
>> contest because it is shorter, just  the opposite is true.  You are
>> more likely to win if you can  stay in the chair for close to the full
>> contest, while better  contesters have to sit on the sidelines.
>>
>> If you really want to  do well, stay in the chair during miserable
>> conditions.  Some  good ops will throw in the towel, and your rank will
>> likely go  up.
>>
>> 73,
>> Tom -  N1MM
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