[RTTY] Contest this weekend

Jeff Blaine KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com
Thu Jan 4 21:19:04 EST 2018


As far as I understand it say you ran the entire 30 hours non-stop.  The 
score woudl start accumulating with your first Q and 24 hours later the 
score accumulation stops with the balance of your log serving as a check 
log.  I think Ed has commented about this a few times in the past.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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On 04-Jan-18 8:15 PM, Robert . wrote:
> Good question - certainly there must be an "Annotated rule" the judge 
> uses so if one operates 24 hours and 2 minutes, it's not a DQ
> Part of the strategy has to be the pick of the off time in this 
> contest....
> 73 Robert W5AJ
>
> *2.1. *No entrant may operate more than 24 hours out of the 30-hour 
> contest period.
>
> *2.2.* The six hours of off time must be taken in no more than two 
> blocks.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:33 AM, Jeff Blaine <KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com 
> <mailto:KeepWalking188 at ac0c.com>> wrote:
>
>     Bill,
>
>     I want to clarify the run time.  Only the first 24 hours of op
>     time are going to be scored so if a guy wanted to run 30 hours he
>     certainly could, with the last 6 hours being exlcuded from his
>     resulting score.  Right?
>
>     73/jeff/ac0c
>     alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>     www.ac0c.com <http://www.ac0c.com>
>
>
>     On 04-Jan-18 7:27 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
>
>         Just a reminder of the ARRL RTTY Roundup this coming weekend.
>
>         The contest starts at 1800 UTC on Saturday, January 6th and
>         runs for
>         30 hours. NOTE: all stations are limited to 24 hours of
>         operation. The
>         rules are quite specific about required off times so be sure
>         to read
>         them carefully.
>
>         Rules in English:
>
>         http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup
>         <http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup>
>
>         This is one of the big contests of the year. The bands will be
>         wall to
>         wall with signals. Hope to see you there!
>
>         73, Bill W6WRT
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