[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rules for 2013 Announced

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Mon Jul 1 20:35:12 EDT 2013


maybe I'm reading it wrong, but I read it as the first 24 hours of operating.....so if I don't start until 1100z, I can go until 1100Z the following day, right ? 

On 7/1/2013 6:33:07 PM, jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:
> I think the First 24 would be a drag for the USA West Coast, where
> you'd
> still have to be home from work and ready to go by 4 pm local on  Friday (for
> CW - 5 pm local daylight time for SSB).
> 
> If anything, the *Last* 24 sounds better - providing an influx of second
> day fresh meat for the rest of us. (Though not so good in EU or Asia)
> 
> If desirable to have at least regional competition running  concurrently,
> have a start time by zone, roughly from local sunrise  Saturday to sunrise
> Sunday. That's
> the least stress on the body.
> 
> 
> 73  -  Jim   K8MR
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 7/1/2013 5:14:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> w3cf at verizon.net writes:
> 
> We may  want to rethink this "First 24". How about folks of Jewish faith
> that cant get  on till sundown Saturday?? Just my .02.
> 
> 
> 
> 73
> Doug  W3CF
> 
> 
> 
> 
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