Gents:
Barry, W2UP, suggests changing the date of CQ-WW-CW to one that does not
routinely fall on AMERICAN Thanksgiving. Why in the hell do so many of
you guys jump all over him for SUGGESTING that?
It's an AMERICAN contest
The AMERICAN's set the date in the first place.
There just MIGHT be a better date for EVERYONE.
Maybe it is a BAD idea to change that date, but for gods sake, it should
be debated if someone wants to do so.
I can tell you that the HALF of entrants who are American struggle with
that date, primarily for Family reasons.
The non-American guys certainly should have their say on when to best
hold the contest
BUT----just because the date has been there since 1849, doesn't seem to be
a particularly good reason why it should continue to be there. At the very
least,
debate it openly and in good faith, without the sucky goody-goody attitudes!!
73
Dale K5MM
At 04:58 PM 8/2/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>Barry Kutner wrote:
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>> On 2 Aug 98,, Doug Klein <k4lt@fuse.net> wrote:
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>> > It's only Thanksgiving in one country. Hardly a reason
>> > to move the date.
>> >
>> > 73, Doug K4LT
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>> Yes, the country that sponsors the event, and has the majority of
>> the participants.
>> 73 Barry
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>> Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
>> Newtown, PA FRC alternate: barry@w2up.wells.com
>Good point.
>
>But, if all participants were Americans, then we would only have a bunch
>of logs with no mulipliers except the zones. A very boring contest.
>(or actually, more resembling USA SS)
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>We need to keep an international perspective for these international
>contests. Who cares who the sponsor is.
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