[CQ-Contest] RTTY Roundup is coming up soon!

Jim Brown k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Dec 29 23:23:46 EST 2016


I think most participants think the wording SHOULD be as cited by Alan 
below. Why is it that it has not been changed?  The current wording is 
terrible. On a couple of occasions, I've added dummy dupe QSOs to the 
middle of short lunch or dinner breaks so that they wouldn't be counted 
as breaks.

73, Jim K9YC

On Thu,12/29/2016 3:52 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <
> cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> "2.2  Operating time will be calculated using the elapsed time between  the
>> first QSO and the last QSO logged minus the longest two breaks during this
>> elapsed time where such breaks are a minimum of 30 minutes each."
>>
> Close. I agree this approach is clearer but does not reflect how it is done
> currently. Log checking will take the FIRST two breaks longer than 30
> minutes, not the longest two breaks.
>
> 73 jeff wk6i
>



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