[CQ-Contest] How many hours

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

I doubt that this past weekend was a significant measure of the  effects of 
reduced operating time. 
 
WPX can be interesting because you can work guys in the USA for points;  
there are fewer multi-multis exercising their 48 hour right to 14150.7 or  
21200.5; there is no compelling competitive reason to sweat working or not  
working a zone 39 multiplier (instead, just work a KQ8); and anybody can be  a 
rare multiplier by borrowing an appropriate callsign
 
And yes, you can sleep at 3 am local and know you're not missing  anything.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
 
In a message dated 4/1/2013 8:18:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
n2mm at comcast.net writes:

If this  past weekend is any measure of the effects of reduced operating 
time, then the  results speak for themselves. . From the beginning to the end 
of the 48  hour WPX, there were no slow periods. The bands were and remained 
filled.  There were always plenty of new stations to work right up to the 
end. The fear  of a loss of activity because of a "cap" on the number of 
hours a single op  could put in just wasn't there! If the contest is fun, 
activity will remain  high. 



Carol