Author: Bill via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:56:21 +0000 (UTC)
And remember, the RTTY bands are big! The RTTY skimmers decode and spot up to 7125, 14150 and 21150. No need to crowd down the band, there will be plenty of activity in the XX.100-XX.150 wasteland! 7
Hi Jeff, I'm looking at participating in the RTTY Roundup for the first time. I'm a bit perplexed by rule 2.2. Does this mean that once I have stopped operating twice that I'm done for the contest if
hi Pierre - I'll explain, even though it looks complicated, it really isn't. But the short answer is the W6SX Prime Directive: Have Fun! Operate when you want and can, and don't worry about it. The l
Author: Ryan Noguchi via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 21:35:25 +0000 (UTC)
No. To satisfy the rule, you must either 1) take one break of at least 6 hours in duration, or 2) take two breaks totaling 6 hours with each of those breaks being longer than 30 minutes in duration.
Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:02:43 -0500
Pierre; You are not the first one to be confused by the wording this rule. When I was on the ARRL CAC, we looked at this rule in detail and made some recommendations to the league on re-wording (not
Pierre, You can take as many breaks as you want, but you can only count two of those breaks towards your mandatory six hours of off-time. As long as you have taken either one single off-time of at le
No. Sorry. Your 24 hours of operating time is what is counted. Breaks greater than or equal to 30 minutes are only counted after the first QSO and before the last QSO. Late starts and early finishes
Close. I agree this approach is clearer but does not reflect how it is done currently. Log checking will take the FIRST two breaks longer than 30 minutes, not the longest two breaks. 73 jeff wk6i --
yes. At that point your best bet is to work through until your clock gets to 24:00. ;) To try and evaluate multiple possible breaks and make that decision ends up making the log checking software muc
Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 19:15:35 -0500
Jeff; Thanks for the clarification. Seems odd , though. I guess that means that if someone happen to take two 35 minute breaks early on , any additional clock time until the end of the contest is con
I think most participants think the wording SHOULD be as cited by Alan below. Why is it that it has not been changed? The current wording is terrible. On a couple of occasions, I've added dummy dupe
Starting late or stopping early contributes to your 6 hours of off-time, but does not count toward your 2 breaks. The two breaks are the first two periods at least 30 minutes long each between your
Thanks Jeff, Ryan, Richard, and Ed for the explanations. I figured it must be as described, but it's always good to understand the rules. And I will obey the W6SX prime directive! Pierre VE3KTB hi Pi
First, thanks to Jeff and Ed for clarifying about off times at the beginning and end of the contest. Fine - but the statement about only counting the first two breaks of longer than 30 minutes as off
I knew the "Simple Matter Of Programming" argument would come up. ;) The folks that actually do the work have decided to keep it simpler. As far as your degenerate case goes... the rules do not state
GM All Wow now I am concerned ! If I take 19:00 till 19:31 off then 20:00 till 20:31 .... I can not take a nap for 5 hours and operate the rest of the contest because I will go over my allowed operat
hi Bob - As I noted earlier: the rules do not state "first two breaks" but that is how the checkers work. If you have a situation as you describe, a simple note to the contest director would suffice