Longest Time You Have DXed?

[chris]

What is the longest time you have DXed for continuously? Bathroom breaks don't count as stopping.

I just DXed on Sunday/Monday for about 11 hours straight.

:jump:

[Jim in Vermont]

Thats a tough question because whenever I am home
I am always DX-ing even if parked on an open frequency.
Some days I have off I am up by 5 & DX till 10PM
with a few breaks to run to the post office & eat (sometimes if I remember to do so that is :duh: )

[Dave-OR]

On May 31, I started at 7AM and finished at midnight! But there were a couple of long-ish breaks in there....

Dave

[Russ-PA]

I voted before I saw Dave's reply, but my expereince is like his - I've oonce or twice spent more than 6 hours, but with an hour or two breaks in between. Once up in Maine I DX'ed for significant portions of two straight days in the mpost intense tropo event I'vwe ever experienced...

[Mark]

On some of our MW dxpeditions, it's been longer than 24 hours ...

Mark

[Jim Renfrew]

In Newfoundland the MW DXpedition schedule has been something like this for a week straight: DX til local dawn, sleep til noon, go out for one meal in a local restaurant, then back to the dials as the first TA's roll in mid-afternoon. Other meals are snacks and whatever you can make using boiling water. Of course, at odd times different ones will hit the deck for a few hours when the adrenalin wears off!

[Tvguy45]

Well since I've started getting into DXing I'd say abou 3 hours.

[crainbebo]

I'm only 1-4 hrs.

[NN2E]

I've been DXing for 50 years...I'm tired. :-)

I've been DXing from my current location for 21 years.

The answer you are looking for is: As long as there's DX.
If my schedule allows I'll DX until there's no more to be found.

73, Ed NN2E
Owner / Operator - Murphy's Law Test Site & Thunderstorm Proving Grounds

[SlcDX]

I recall a day this year where Es started at 11AM local and didn't get done with till past 10, so nearly 12 hours for me, with occasional breaks to get food and use the restroom. You guys remember that really long opening don't you?

[Frank Merrill]

The Thanksgiving TROPO opening of 1986 was such a "whiteout" or "blizzard" of DX, that I entirely lost track of how long I was up before finally going to bed, DX'ing all the while (with only bathroom and eating breaks). I may have DX'ed for 26 hours straight, it may have been 47 hours straight...I just don't know.

I suspect that, for many who were "there" for that opening, that opening holds their all-time records for length of ONE continuous DX session.