No.  You can work any ten hours out of the 12, but there are rules 
concerning how long you can be off the air each time (probably must be more 
than 30 minutes each).
73,


Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Gammon
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 1:37 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest This Week-end

Tom, do you have to work 10 contiguous hours, or can you work a
couple hours, take a break, come back and work more hours and so
on until you get to a maximum of 10? Jim WA6EKS

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:31:48 -0400
>Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest This Week-end

>Thanks for the start time correction, Lloyd.

>Just a typo on my part.

>And, yes, single operators are limited to 10 hours.

>In the summer contest, I usually start the contest right at 1800
Z, and end
>around 0400 Z, since 75 and 160 meters are so noisy with
thunderstorm QRN.
>In the winter contest, though, I tend to start a bit later, and
work the
>contest later into the night, because 75 and 160 are usually in
much better
>shape.

>Will see how things go today, although thunderstorms are already
>threatening.

>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ




>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
>Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:13 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: North American QSO Party SSB Contest This Week-end

>It actually starts at 1800Z.  Also, if you are a single operator,
you are
>limited to 10 of those 12 hours.  I plan to be on part of the
time.
>73,


>Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
>http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Behler
>Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 8:48 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: North American QSO Party SSB Contest This Week-end

>Hello, everyone.



>The North American QSO Party SSB contest is this week-end.  It
runs from
>1600 Z tomorrow to 0600 Z Sunday, and will be on the usual HF
contest bands
>from 10 through 160 meters.



>The exchange is very simple-just name and state/province.



>The nice thing about the NAQP contests is that everyone is
limited to 100
>watts, so the playing field is fairly even for those of us with
smaller
>stations, and somewhat low-profile antennas.



>I'll be doing the contest from the home QTH this time around.
Hopefully,
>the thunderstorms will stay away, and the propagation gods will
cooperate to
>give us good band conditions.



>I hope to work a number of you in the contest.



>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI