[WWYC] 48h operating

[Nathan Moreschi]

Greetings Hrle! 48 hour contesting by yourself can take some discipline, but
it is quite fun. I've been doing it for a long time now, but I've never
lasted more than 40 hours and I'm usually good for about 36. This season I
hope to operate more than 40  hours. I just missed certificates by a few
qsos in the cqww phone and cw.

It's difficult to stay awake early in the morning, but the best thing to do
is either stand up or start eating some simple food such as chips. Last year
in cqww ssb I hit the beer pretty hard over the last few hours. That helped
get rid of the boredom because everything seemed to be funny once I had a
few in me. The funniest part was knocking a beer over and having it spill
all over my desk.

When things are slow I take out a magazine and start browsing through it to
pass the time. Another good motivator is to have a copy of last year's
scores. That always makes me more competitive.

Hope to see you on the air soon....


73,


Nate/N4YDU
----- Original Message -----
From: 9A6XX <wwyc@rkptcp.ice.hr>
To: <wwyc@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:43 AM
Subject: [WWYC] 48h operating


> Hey dudes,
> I've been reading a bit on CQ-Contest reflector about
> 48hours-non-stop-operating during a contest. As CQWW contests are comming
> starting from the end of September (RTTY, SSB, CW) has anyone been
thinking
> about going SO for whole 48 hours? And how many of you ever did 48h
contest?
> If anyone did at all?
> In this upcoming WW RTTY I'll probably be active with 9A5AEI as a M/S LP
> while for WW SSB I have plans to join 9A1P (also with WWYCer IK3UNA in the
> team) but for WW CW I plan to stick here at 9A7P and operate SO-48hours
for
> the first time.
>
> I'd like to hear some expiriences altough maybe you never worked 48 hours
in
> row. How to stay awake and keep head cold all the time???
> All the ideas from jumping up and down in the seat to drinking liters of
> beer are welcome.
> If you tryed 48hours and you failed what do you think the major problem
was?
> Not enuf motivation? Wrong food? Not enough sleeping before the contest?
> Nobody around you to keep you awake?
>
> From my expiriences and I've done about 20 full time 24hrs contests I
> learned that red bull cant help (that was the biggest mistake as I almost
> ended contest in toilet instead of on the air). Fresh food and fruits as
> well as cookies works fine with me, and food with sauce or/and meat would
> always made me more sleepy.
> However, do you take any vitamins or drugs and which are they? hehehe :)
> I also tried milk stuff, but that aint working too much either. Gets no
good
> untill the contest end without fridge active. :)
> I know sometimes it really helped when somebody was watching or just being
> there beside you to keep you awake but people get bored of watching me in
> same position after 10 minutes :)
> So,.... come with your toughts, and maybe these days we'll all be able to
> play 48 hours and not to halucinate too much during those ones :)
>
> Hrle - 9A6XX
>
> p.s. any YCer plans to be in Zagreb Hamradio Fest for 2 weeks?
>
>
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