[CQ-Contest] Flashback - Is It Time?

Michael Adams mda at n1en.org
Wed Apr 3 23:11:44 EDT 2013


What if it were "choose your starting time; count the next 24 hours of
operating time":  twenty-four contiguous operating hours (with the clock
stopping if the operator takes a break >30 minutes), rather than 24
clock-hours after the selected start time.

It removes the problem of letting 48-hour participants pick and choose
their best, potentially non-contiguous 24 hours, it avoids the issue of
making it just an iron-butt half-contest, and leaves us with a side-event
for folks who like to sleep at night and/or have honey-dos that need to be
honey-done.

-- 
*Michael D. Adams* (N1EN)
Poquonock, Connecticut | mda at n1en.org


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:28 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:

> Nobody gains anything by requiring that the 24 hours be contiguous, and
> certainly not the folks who prefer to tough it out for the full 48 hours.
>
>
> On 4/3/2013 1:28 PM, Steve London wrote:
>
>> Just let the operator choose any starting time. From that point, they can
>> operate for the next 24 hours, should they decide to be even do that much.
>>
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>


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