[CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

On 2/6/2013 11:03 AM, ko7ss at yahoo.com wrote:
> Since the SS Sunday doldrums is again being talked about (!) just a thought: Why does SS have to start late
> Saturday afternoon and end late Sunday evening? The pool of casual entrants that would get on after 8 PM
> on a Sunday worknight/schoolnight has to be very small. Based on the check years being sent, many of you
> are retired and don't have to get up at 0600 on Monday morning to go to work. But I suspect the younger
> casual contesters with family and job don't have Sunday evenings available......
>
>
I was thinking about this myself the other day.

Sunset in November ranges from about 6:00 pm on the Saturday of CW 
Sweepstakes and then 5:00 pm on Sunday (change of clock) and then about 
4:50 pm to 5:00 pm during the Phone event.

By having the event last until 0300z, you give the east coast a second 
chance at an evening run.  If you were to end the contest at 0000z 
(backing the start time to 1800z) you would make the west coast 
advantage even larger - giving them even more daylight hours to run on 
the high bands.

73 Rich NN3W