[RTTY] the 18-hour girdle and wpx 2006

[Jerry Flanders]

No limit on some of the other categories - try SWL ;-)

Actually, I like the 30 hour limit. Lets me sleep nights and still take 
lengthy lunch/dinner breaks.

Jerry W4UK

At 22:05 2/12/2005, Jeff Stai WK6I wrote:

>I'm sitting here on my hands, all geared up for a full weekend of one of the
>greatest contests of the year, trying to waste 18 hours of break time.
>
>Can't sleep nine hours a day, that won't work. Six hours fits into a normal
>"get enough sleep and see the family at dinner" pattern. Nine is just a waste.
>
>Don't want to get into any projects that I would just have to stop at the
>end of my minimum one hour break. And if I come out of the shack someone
>will see me and FIND me a project!
>
>Can't go anywhere - I might get stuck away from the shack and miss an opening.
>
>Nope, all I can do is sit here in the shack and stare longingly at my lovely
>radios and my computer, which I am using to write this little missive.
>Trapped by the 18-hour girdle. Wasting hours I could be having FUN with.
>
>Can't we pretty please have a 36-hour operating time for the WPX RTTY next
>year, just like all the other WPX contests?
>
>- jeff wk6i
>
>
>
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>Jeff Stai               jds at twistedoak.com
>Twisted Oak Winery      http://www.twistedoak.com/
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>Amateur Radio           WK6I
>
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