[PaQSO] Saturday Night

[emiske at comcast.net]

You must have ESP(N) Jim; I just had a brief side-bar with Matt, N3NTJ, where he asked about the same thing.

My comment was "I THINK it would be much better to devote that last hour to sleep."

Ed/WA3SES
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From: Jimk8mr at aol.com 

> I'd like to solicit observations and comments on a different topic. 
> 
> Is there significant activity after midnight (local) on Saturday? Has 
> everybody already worked everybody else by then? Is that last hour indeed 
> worthwhile? 
> 
> I ask from the perspective of a mobile, for whom after driving nearly seven 
> hours after dark, arriving at a motel at 1 am and trying to get settled in a 
> strange place, is not much fun. When we need to be up by 8 am at the latest 
> to get moving on Sunday morning, it leads to a rather short rest period. 
> 
> That last hour can be a slow period for us, as by then 80 meters is pretty 
> much the only band with action. 80 (75) meters with a 7 foot antenna is 
> difficult. Though 80 CW can be OK, I'd think any mobile trying to operate 
> primarily 
> SSB would be very frustrated being limited to 75 or 40 at that time of night. 
> 
> If the fixed stations find this last hour to be a good time, so be it. I 
> know the contest is not only for mobiles. But if the view from the guys at home 
> also is that the last hour is a drag (if they're not already in bed), might 
> consideration be given to ending at midnight (0400z) Saturday evening? 
> 
> 
> 73 - Jim K8MR 
> 
> Team W3USA (/m) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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