[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 127, Issue 3

[Hank Greeb]

Ed:

Geepers, How logical!  I guess we hams don't know how to read. So, I 
could operate the first 60 minutes, be off the second, be on the third, 
etc., until I reached 24 hours total in the contest?

One MUST be careful of taking 60 minutes (at least the way N1MM counts 
hours off).  I took 60 minutes and about 20 seconds of during the recent 
CQ WPX event, and N1MM didn't credit it.  I don't know if the contest 
scoring group will credit it, but I wasn't near the max allowed, so it 
won't make a real difference.

Since I seldom operate even 24 hours of a contest, the subject is moot 
for me.

I'll be very interested in the grumbling about "not being able to choose 
the 'best' hours of a >24 hour stint" and still compete in the 24 hour 
category..   I'm sure there will be some.

Congrats on your excellent interpretation of what us dolts who need a 
refresher course in Forth Grayde Englyshe.

72/73 de n8xx Hg
QRP >99.44% of the time

On 7/2/2013 12:00 PM, cq-contest-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 14:29:19 -0700
> From: Ed Muns <w0yk at msn.com>
> To: "'VE5ZX'" <ve5zx at hotmail.com>
> Cc: 'Contest Reflector' <CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Rules for 2013 Announced
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> The "first 24 hours" was added to clarify which 24 hours will be scored when the log has more than 24 hours of QSOs.
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> No change was made to the operator's choice of which 24 hours to operate. The operator can start at 0000z Sunday and operate the last 24 hours of the 48-hour contest period.  Or, an hour on followed by an hour off repetitively for the entire 48-hour contest period.  The operator is free to choose any form of 24 hours operating time, constrained only by 60-minute off-times between the first and last QSO.
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> Ed W0YK