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

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

My goal was to get the folks that operate less than 24 to maybe up the 
bar a bit and try to get 24 in over the 48 hour period.  This would 
benefit all.  This suggestion has nothing to do with making people more 
competitive or attempting to equal the playing field.  The only way to 
know if it works would be to try right?

Some vocal big guns would like us all to operate the 1st 24 hours and 
then go away. I guess they would prefer to have nice quiet Sundays 
listening to their CQ machines?

Has anyone taken a look around the rooms at Dayton?  What percent of 
contesters or hams are over the age of 50, 60, 70, 80?

These 48 hour big guns are acting like something is being taken away 
from them?  What?  Only 2 percent of participants operate over 40 hours 
anyway.  What exactly is the issue with trying something else.  
Obviously 98 percent can't or won't operate 48 hours so lets continue to 
cater to the 2 percent?

Mike W0MU

On 4/4/2013 2:36 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> No resistance from me.  I won't be competing in this category.
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> At the end of the day, the question needs to be asked."what's the goal
> here?"  Is it to allow people who really can compete to feel like they are
> competing?  Or is it to create a new opportunity to allow people willing to
> compete that is not quite as strenuous.  Can't do both with one answer in my
> opinion.
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> Ed  N1UR
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> From: Radio K0HB [mailto:kzerohb at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 11:54 AM
> To: Edward Sawyer
> Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] How many hours do SOAB entrants actually operate?
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> Why the resistance to "interleaving"?
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> Perhaps those with "a life" beyond contesting might be tempted to cobble
> together a 24-hour entry around their family or work obligations.
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> Or should we discourage such unworthy "wannabe" contesters?
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> 73, Hans, K0HB/K7
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> N1UR wrote:
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>   But if you are trying to interleave a competitive
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> contest in a "normal family or work activity weekend"
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>   it kills that right at the outset.  After all, it's a
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> competition, not an "open house" folks..
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