[CQ-Contest] CQWW survey results

[David Gilbert]

That's a silly analysis.  The 24 hour category was established so that 
participants didn't have to keep their butt in the chair for 45 hours, 
and so they'd have time for sleep and family.  It ALSO was intended (at 
least by some of us who lobbied for it) to put some additional strategy 
into the event by requiring participants to intelligently select 
operating times (based upon propagation and bands) to maximize their score.

It was never intended to turn the event into a one day contest.

Dave   AB7E



On 12/30/2015 4:24 PM, RT Clay wrote:
> For the 2014 CQWW Classic CW, NA top 10 scores, here is the amount of time stations had available for the contest ( (last qso time) - (first qso time) ):
>
> K3ZM/4 45:47
> N4AF   40:57
> N8II   42:12
> WC1M   40:48
> KU2M   46:59
> K9MA   47:02
> WU2X   40:30
> K2NV   47:58
> W1AW/3 47:57
> K9DU/0 42:37
>
> If you only could get 24 hours free, instead of the whole weekend free to pick your op times, good luck! A real 24 hour category does not require investing the whole weekend in the contest.
>
>
> Tor
> N4OGW
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>> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:05 PM, Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There is a 24 hour category. Single-op, classic. Lots of fun !
>> 73,
>> Steve, N2IC
>>
>> On 12/30/2015 10:33 AM, Steve wrote:
>>>   How about a 12 or 24 hour category and also a 48 hour category?
>>>
>>>   Steve AA4V
>>>
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