[CQ-Contest] SS Sundays

[Zack Widup]

If you don't want to operate during the full length of the contest,
what does it matter what the actual length of the contest is? If you
only want to operate on Saturday, then do just that, etc.

If you are in it mostly for fun (like I usually am), then you operate
when you wish. If you want to be competitive, you'd do whatever it
takes to be competitive if that means operating the maximum time
allowed by the rules.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 2/8/13, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not only NO but HELL NO!
>
> Bring more players, not less operating time.
>
>
>
> On Friday, February 8, 2013, Timothy Coker wrote:
>
>> Shorten it... better for family time, less Sunday boredom, etc.
>>
>> I think this idea has something for everyone. I know a lot of the older
>> guys who no longer choose to stay in the chair due to ailments. I know a
>> number of the younger guys who choose to not stay in the chair due to
>> family time. The third is the shear boredom factor of a one contact per
>> station rule.
>>
>> I could go with the break period too... maybe two hours like NAQP? I
>> personally like the decision making involved with when to break. Plus we
>> can take a walk, sleep, eat dinner with our loved ones, etc.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Tim/ N6WIN.
>> On Feb 6, 2013 12:27 PM, "Steve London" <n2icarrl at gmail.com
>> <javascript:;>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On 02/06/2013 11:42 AM, RT Clay wrote:
>> >
>> >  Yes, the fix is simple: shorten the overall length to 24 hours. Still
>> >> keep a required off time of 6 hours. > The off time is important to
>> allow
>> >> stations in different parts of the country to choose the best times to
>> >> >
>> >> operate (day/night). That is particularly important for small
>> >> stations.
>> >> Choosing when to take off is also > part of SS strategy.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I could almost warm up to this. Except I would say get rid of the
>> required
>> > off time. Go 24 hours if that's what you want.
>> >
>> >  With 24 hours total the exact start time doesn't matter either as far
>> > as
>> >> propagation- it covers a full day.
>> >>
>> >
>> > 0000Z to 2359Z . That should make Sunday more interesting - it will be
>> the
>> > first opportunity for significant high band propagation, and there
>> > would
>> be
>> > only one night-time opportunity.
>> >
>> >  I'm sure the average qso speed in SS has gone up over the years-
>> computer
>> >> logging/etc, plus the exchange used to be longer. So it makes sense to
>> make
>> >> the whole thing shorter.
>> >>
>> >
>> > That is absolutely true. I have listened to recordings from the 1970's.
>> > Much slower. That was the way to pick up the hoards of newly-licensed
>> > General's who could barely do 13 WPM.
>> >
>> >  Yes, records get messed up. But they already get messed up every time
>> > a
>> >> new section is added.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Agreed.
>> >
>> > If SS is shortened, I could even warm up to grandfathering the old
>> records
>> > and starting new records.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Steve, N2IC
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