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

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

I should have also given credit to Mike, N2MG, as Syl pointed out.  Oh 
well, guys, enough for now, but let them know how you feel during the 
next rule revision "open season."

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 10/20/2014 11:46 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> The original idea, as championed by VE5ZX and I, back in the oughts, 
> was to have a 24-hour category with, otherwise, the same rulesas the 
> 48-hour contest.  This got transmuted in the CQWW Committee to what 
> you see before you now, and the "Classic" name was also their 
> invention.  I offered my explanation of why they probably did it at 
> the start of this thread - not based on inside information, but simple 
> extrapolation from the way this same group jumped on our idea a decade 
> ago.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>
> On 10/19/2014 8:43 PM, Tom Osborne wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/19/2014 9:38 AM, VE5ZX wrote:
>>>
>>>> Want to join me?  Should Classic be changed next year to eliminate 
>>>> these restrictions?
>>>
>>> I agree with Pete. Being one of those advocates along with Pete and 
>>> others who have advocated for this class for the e past decade I 
>>> completely agree that the Classic should be changed to eliminate 
>>> these restrictions.
>>>
>>> The reason I didn't enter this category last year after working to 
>>> get such a category was strickly because assisted was not allowed.
>>>
>>> The idea of the 24-hour challenge was to increase participation by 
>>> providing a class that didn't have any restrictions to encourage 
>>> others to participate anyway they could even if it was for a 
>>> restricted 24-hr period.
>>>
>>> Syl - VE5ZX
>>
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