[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Times

[Andy swiffin]

>>> Berni GU0IDA <g0ida at yahoo.com> wrote on 16/03/2006 11:29:52:
> Hi,
>    
>   I need to reassure myself here...... am I right in saying that the

> 80m CC contest starts at 20:00 and ends at 21:30. This I understand
it 
> be 1:30 long..... and we all call CQ the second our clocks have
turned 
> 20:00.
>    
>   My question is this..... once our clocks turn 21:30 do we stop or
can 
> we still go on until 21:30 and 59 seconds, as an example?
>    
>   After all if my first entry in my log is at 20:00 and my last one
is 
> at 21:30 then I have run for 1:30 and not 1:29... if you see my
point.
>    
>   I just want to make it clear in my mind.
>    
>   Cheers,
>    
>   Berni 
>   GU0IDA

Well surely it runs from 20:00:00 to 21:30:00 so you can go on to
21:29:59 that makes 90 minutes, going on to 21:30:59 would be 91
minutes.  

I usually work on the principal that if someone calls me at say
21:29:45 then I can finish the QSO even if it takes me just outside
21:30:00, but I then don't CQ.  I also usually amend the log to show the
qso at 21:29 which is when the qso started.

I would be interested to hear other views on the above "I've started so
I'll finish" principal.

73
Andy
gm8oeg

BTW, thanks for the qso Berni.