[WT-support] Field Day

[Paul Cassel]

Off Time in my mind, and expect many others, is to meet the requirements of
several major contests whereby you are allowed xx hrs of operation out of
the xx hr contest.  

Off time in my understanding is time away from the radio.  Your stats graph
shows in changing color the time between Qs however on 20m at 1AM it can
easily be 10 minutes or more between tests.  

And if you look at Tim, K3LRs CQWW or WPX test log stats you will see that
some bands have a Q rate of 1/hr during times of poor to no propagation

Best regards

Paul Cassel


> -----Original Message-----
> From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com]
> On Behalf Of Laurent HAAS - F6FVY
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:46 PM
> To: support at win-test.com
> Subject: Re: [WT-support] Field Day
> 
> Hi Paul
> 
> Paul Cassel a écrit :
> 
> > Is the program default 10 minutes????   If so, I can certainly see why
> the
> > OFF time is so far off
> >
> > To assure a meaningful number I would suggest that this timer be part of
> the
> > initial contest start-up settings and if ignored default to 30 min which
> > appears to be the most common time for off times.
> 
> I think there is a misunderstanding abt the off-time(s)...
> 
> This calculation is mainly done to help the operator, to show him how
> much time he spent on doing no QSO during that time. We always focus on
> contesters results and loss of time is a major concern on this matter.
> 
> This is why the off-time threshold is set on 10 minutes by default. To
> be honest, I even consider that having 10 minutes without any QSO is a
> major problem ! For your information, I know some contesters (hello José
> !) who set it to *one* minute ;-)  So, it is not dependent on the
> contest, but rather on the operator and his implication in contesting.
> 
> 73
> 
> Larry - F6FVY
> 
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