At 07:43 AM 6/8/98 -0400, Bill Fisher - W4AN wrote:
>
>>[3830] VE7NTT WPX CW SOAB LP (fwd)
>> There was essentially no rate to the States on 20 after the first few
>>hours of the contest, a bit surprising as this year there was no
>>conflict with Memorial Day weekend.
>>Gary Caldwell VE7NTT
>
>Not so surpising Gary. People dont avoid the WPX because of the Memorial
>Day weekend conflict. That was just a convenient excuse.
>
>I think the 1-point QSO's will be great next year. But after this
>weekend I still think 30 hours is the better format. Mainly because it
>is a summer contest. I believe people dont want to waste 3 days on a
>contest at the end of May due to the nice WX. Make it 30 hours, and all
>of a sudden it's more appealing.
Particularly if you don't have K indices of 3-5 for the first 24 hours! I
quit at 1300Z on Saturday and spent the remainder of the weekend outside.
As Johnny Cochran might have said if he was a ham, "If you can't run in WPX
it's no fun!"
73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com
"That's WEST Virginia. Thanks and 73"
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