[CQ-Contest] Entry Class -- CQWW Classic Overlay As It Should Be

[VE5ZX]

> I thought the whole idea 'Classic' class was to go back to 'Just a boy 
> and his radio' type of contesting with no spotting, etc.
>
> Why have the classic and then just have the same rules as the regular 
> contest, only for 24 hours?  73
> Tom W7WHY

Tom

Just a bit of background

The idea for the 24-hour category came from an article that Pete & Mike 
wrote more than 10 years ago in 2003 on contesting.com titled "The 
24-Hour DX Challenge".

http://www.contesting.com/articles/401

and a survey that was taken at the same time

http://www.contesting.com/survey/95

The ensuring discussions that took take over the intervening 10 years 
also suggested and assumed that the 24-hour DX challenge would allow 
spots as the focus was to encourage more participation in contests and 
allow a participant to do the best they could from their QTH. The idea 
was picked up by CQWW and consequently given the name of a Classic class 
with an 24-hour overlay without spots allowed. The original intent as 
proposed was never 'Just a boy and his radio'

BTW - Pete - I will join you in the "Classic-As-It-Should-Be category, 
with spotting assistance" during the CQWW CW portion as I am going to 
VE5RI to do a multi-multi in the SSB contest

Syl - VE5ZX