[RTTY] CQ/RJ WPX Contest Operating Time

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I would be in favor to making it 36 hours to keep it in line with CW & SSB.
I hate taking off time in the middle of the day.  If I'm going to spend
a whole weekend contesting, take the Friday before and Monday off
after to rest, I want to contest as much as possible!

Glenn, any way about going to changing it to 36 hours?

73, Don AA5AU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scot Herrick" <scot@k9jy.com>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 10:09 AM
Subject: [RTTY] CQ/RJ WPX Contest Operating Time


> All,
> 
> Can someone with greater wisdom enlighten me? The CW and SSB WPX contests
> limit the single operator time to 36 hours of the 48. But in the CQ/RJ WPX
> RTTY contest, single operators can only have 30 hours of operating time.
> "Single Operator stations may operate only 30 hours of the 48-hour contest
> period." I would have thought that the operating time would match the CW/SSB
> operating time of 36 hours.
> 
> (Of course, I would have thought CQ would at least list the contest as one
> of their sponsored contests on their web site, silly me. Let's change it to
> the RTTY Journal WPX RTTY Contest and reflect which group is doing the real
> work. But that's another story...).
> 
> This is my first WPX RTTY contest (I usually do the ARRL contest, but am not
> this year) and wonder what the reasoning is for 18 hours of off time.
> Especially when trying to promote activity on the low bands with extra
> points.
> 
> Thanks...Scot, K9JY
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