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Re: [CQ-Contest] 48 hour straight contest operation and human output

To: "Tonno Vahk" <tonno.vahk@mail.ee>, "'Franki ON5ZO'" <on5zo@telenet.be>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 48 hour straight contest operation and human output
From: "Felipe J Hernandez" <fhdez@islandnetjm.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:57:38 -0400
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Tonno, 

I want your chair!!!!!    or is it Ranko's?


I agree absolutely with Tonno regarding Diet.. Drink the minimum water to keep 
your throat in good shape, eat very light.. fruit snacks and juices do wonders
to keep you awake.. Im a big coffee drinker (heavy and strong is how we like it 
in the caribbean)
but I dont have coffee while in the contest... I have clear that the fruit diets
will keep your body fresh, cooled and due to the very little movement we do 
during the contest we certainly dont use a lot of calories.


Ive stayed awake for 48 hrs, but Im sure that  my bottom 
will not resist sitting down for so long!

Again, send me a picture of your chair!!

Regards,

Felipe
NP4Z


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tonno Vahk 
  To: 'Franki ON5ZO' ; cq-contest@contesting.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:54 AM
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 48 hour straight contest operation and human output


  Good question.

  I just did 48 hours in the chair with one single 3-4 minute break exactly
  half way for feeding nature:) That means only rose up from the chair for
  this one single case (and boy I feel bad about those few lost contacts!)

  The formula is easy - no food, no drink, proper sleep before the contest,
  voice keyer for everything:)

  I had little food once (Ranko forced me to eat some of his great risotto:)
  and had only one RED BULL (other than that a few sips of water with 2 head
  ache pills 4 hours before the end of the contest) Sunday morning to get
  through the toughest time - that is Sunday at 2-4 UTC before the high bands
  open and low bands are real slow. That is always my most difficult time
  (this time was fairly easy).

  The key for all this is sleeping before the contest - was lucky to get ca 5
  hours of sleep this time and that was plenty to ensure full capability and
  no hallucinations:). Needing just one red bull confirms it.

  Another very important issue in SSB contest is using voice keyer for
  everything except the call sign. I got carried away (again!) and that means
  in my case headache at some point in the contest but the pills took care of
  it. Of course it also means that second radio QSOs can be done with voice
  keyer only in CQWW.

  I don't think it makes sense to have "special chair" to save those 3-4
  minutes. I could have avoided this break if I had not had little breakfast
  before the contest and the risotto. Human body does not need any food for 48
  hours, that is clear. But 5 minutes half way into the contest is a very
  small loss especially as this is really slow time on low bands here.


  73
  Tonno
  ES5TV


  -----Original Message-----
  From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
  [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Franki ON5ZO
  Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:58 PM
  To: cq-contest@contesting.com
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] 48 hour straight contest operation and human output

  Gentlemen, forgive me bringing up the topic...
  Quite a lot has been written here about how to stay awake for 48 hours. Some

  can do it, others can't.

  What I really would like to know is: how do you stay in the chair for 48 
  hours and ignore the call of nature? I don't think the human body can retain

  its output for 48 hours?

  I see some SOAB reports on 3830 where the operator says he was on for 48 
  hours.
  Does this mean he ran away for some relief a few times but did not take 
  these short breaks into account?
  Do they have a 'special operating chair', if you know what I mean?

  This to me seems harder than stay awake. 48h straight ops: how do you resist

  the call of nature?

  73 de Franki ON5ZO 

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