Dear fellow contesters, Next weekend, August 13/14th, the Worked All Europe DX Contest is finally starting into its 57th season. Rules and much more information is available here: http://waedc.de . I
Off times WAEDC rule: If operation is interrupted for more than 12 hours the three longest off time periods must be a minimum of 12 hours. I operate WAE since 1962 and never cared much about off time
I agree. I don't really understand what this rule means. 73, Larry K4AB _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/m
I am fairly sure it means that it must be possible to make up your mandatory off time using no more than three time periods. In other words, you cannot use four 3-hour off periods to make up the 12 h
My interpretation is that when you add the durations of your three longest off-times, it totals to at least 12 hours. This prevents people from using, for example, 36 20-minute "off times" (long unan
The rule is saying that you have to take 12 hours off-time spread across no more than 3 breaks. If you take more than 3 breaks, your three longest breaks have to be at least 12 hours long. Examples:
AB1OD wrote: The rule is saying that you have to take 12 hours off-time spread across no more than 3 breaks. If you take more than 3 breaks, your three longest breaks have to be at least 12 hours lon