[UK-CONTEST] Sleep, 48 Hour Contests, Multi op team selection and SO entry

[David, G3YYD]

I was watching a programme last night concerning sleep and it seems that 
about 80% of the population have to get their sleep in. However there 
are 20% who can stay awake for considerable periods of time without 
compromising their ability to perform. May be an additional selection 
for Multi op contest team after operating skill is our inherited ability 
to go without sleep.

The presenter, one of the 80%,  tried a drug which let him go for 48 
hours without sleep and without performance degradation. If anything it 
improved his reaction times. But the drug caused serious skin rash, 
which could if he repeated the drug have lethal consequences for him- so 
no short cuts for the 80%.

Unfortunately for contest performance, I am not in the 20% minority but 
in the 80% majority and need to sleep during the normal sleeping 
periods. A definite disadvantage for 48 hour SO2R contesting and 
especially so for low band contests. Therefore for me single band 10m or 
15m might be a better bet than all band entries. This in turn would 
influence what antennas to put on the mast.

David G3YYD