Seriously now ... how many HF ham radio operators, much less contesters,
do you think are in their teens any more? Any pictures taken at Dayton
in the last decade are downright scary.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 3/27/2013 3:05 PM, Joe wrote:
Really?
I find it hard to believe that so few do the whole 48 hours.
Now today of course I could never ever do this. But when I was young,
( a long time ago) I was in my teens when I did this. MY CQWW weekend
would be this.
Wake up at 5 AM Friday morning andgo to work, Work Starts at 6 AM
Work till 3 PM
Go Home
Eat Something
Drive 1.5 hours to buddy's house with the BIG station.
Get ready with everything, plenty of pencils sharpened, paper logs and
dupe sheets all set, Yes I did say a long time ago.
Start Contest
Run the entire contest all 48, with only ummm, litter box breaks? no
naps, no breaks, nothing,,,
contest ends
eat pizza and drink Beer with buddy the station owner. Drink more Beer,,
finally leave for home
get home at midnight, take shower, decompress, and go to bed.
Get up at 5 AM Monday morning 4 hours later and go to work and not
feel any the worse for wear.
Just the way I was, and even still was 30 years later able to do this,
when I got into this form of contesting. 48 hours? Peanuts!
48 hours sitting at a desk? Thats a vacation, it is taking a 48 hour nap!
Try 7 to 10 DAYS!!
Yes I said 7 to 10 days, in a competition, no breaks, if you take a
break the next team may get ahead of you.
If you get too tired at CQWW you fall asleep at the desk. In these
events you may DIE!
Check these out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eRxNPQKbM&feature=share&list=PL3CAE0B086A57BDB2
Now he he he, with messes up knees, i'm lucky i can walk a mile now.
And contesting Single OP a 7 hour sprint wastes me.
Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/26/2013 7:00 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
It would be interesting to know whether there is some maximum number
of hours (for single operators only) that would cause many of those
who play around for 20-30 hours to go all in.
How many don't give it a full effort because they can't go 46 but
would make the attempt to go 40, for example? I wouldn't recommend
less than about 40 or 42 max but would think it might be a positive
to have some required off time if the end result was more activity
overall. Looks like only 3% (less than 150 out of 5,000) operate
even as many as 36 hours.
There are some who are passionate about the 48 hours but it can't be
many.
Stan, K5GO
On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:53 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
wrote:
Great info, Doug.
That's only the results from the people who submitted logs, right?
I'd bet that the curve is skewed even more toward fewer hours for
the people who did not submit a log, and I wonder how many of those
would be more inclined to submit a log if categories existed for
fewer hours. I suspect quite a few.
73,
Dave AB7E
On 3/25/2013 4:07 AM, kr2q@optimum.net wrote:
Toivo, ES2RR asked how many "iron men" there are.
Here are the "iron man" results from a recent CQWW SSB contest.
First column (left) is hours operated (2 hours groups).
The second column (middle) is number of entrants
The last column (right) is the percentage of those shown
(which is limited to SOAB entrants only, all power groups, assisted
or not).
"0" in the first row means "too few QSOs over too many hours to
calculate."
I don't know the algorithm used to calculate non-operating hours.
Hope the table below "lines up" OK
de Doug KR2Q
0 22 0.4%
2 540 11.0%
4 664 13.5%
6 689 14.0%
8 527 10.7%
10 460 9.4%
12 388 7.9%
14 296 6.0%
16 233 4.7%
18 223 4.5%
20 132 2.7%
22 157 3.2%
24 107 2.2%
26 88 1.8%
28 80 1.6%
30 76 1.5%
32 53 1.1%
34 35 0.7%
36 30 0.6%
38 28 0.6%
40 28 0.6%
42 19 0.4%
44 22 0.4%
46 12 0.2%
48 8 0.2%
4917 100.0%
~50% operate for 8 hours less.
~75% operate for < 15 hours.
~90% operate for < 24 hours.
~95% operate for < 30 hours.
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