[CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

[Joe]

It's all about having fun,  yes making a lot of Q's is fun, but, how 
many of you operated the old Novice Roundup?

Max 24 hours of time allotted to operate yet a 10 DAY operating window.  
I remember it very fondly as being fun.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/6/2013 12:26 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> There is no 2nd run.  It doesn't happen.  It is Sunday night and 
> people are not participating.
>
> This is not about creating or removing advantages for either coast.  
> This is about making the contest more enjoyable for all over the 
> period and increasing participation.
>
> In CQ WW DX contests 15m might be wide open to Japan Sunday after noon 
> but there is nobody to work as the majority of those people are at work.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> On 2/6/2013 10:38 AM, Richard F DiDonna NN3W wrote:
>> 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
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