[RTTY] Calculating on-time/off-time

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

hi Kevin - I have wondered the same, though I don't think anyone would 
reasonably plan on missing the starting bell of a test when the rates are so 
high - though the end of WPX-es are such a fizzle I could see bagging the 
last N minutes quite easily.

and while we are at it:

If you find that you have mistakenly violated the break rule, what should 
you do?

(I ended up not submitting a log once over this - found after the test that 
I had misread the time and taken a 50 minute break instead of 60, so I was 
10 minutes over in total op time, though really an hour because the 50 was 
not a valid break - I was going to write the Powers about what to do, set 
the log aside, and then forgot to submit within the deadline...)

73 - jeff wk6i


At 12:35 PM 2/14/2005, knormoyle at comcast.net wrote:
>I just realized I don't understand on-time/off-time calcs.
>
>from wpx rtty rules:
>
>I. Period of Operation: Single Operator stations may operate
>only 30 hours of the 48-hour contest period. Off time periods
>must be a minimum of 60 minutes in length....
>
>If you start 45 minutes after the contest started, does
>that mean your on-time is as if you started at the beginning? 
>i.e. is that considered off-time that is less than 60 minutes?
>
>Same question on ending early.
>
>Alternatively you could imagine calculating your on-times separated by 
>minimum 60 minute off-time periods. 

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Jeff Stai               jds at twistedoak.com
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