Biggest problem is the clash with RDXC on CW and Phone. It has got to be a very
popular contest and there were even comments on a contest reflector saying how
stupid it was to run a RTTY contest on the same weekend, regardless of the fact
that we have been on the same dates for 30 years longer than RDXC!
I do agree with the comments on propagation and there are other things to do in
the long days of June. Any other views or suggestions?
73,
John GW4SKA
----- Original Message -----
From: Fabi va2up
To: Don Hill ; ska@bartg.org.uk ; rtty contesting rttycontesting
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: RE: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future
Yes John,
I had the same thought as Don yesterday as I read about the sad news.
Conditions wouldl be even worse up here in june... :-(
Best of luck to Pat hoping things improve.
73,
Fabi va2up
> From: aa5au@bellsouth.net
> To: ska@bartg.org.uk; RTTY@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:11:10 +0000
> CC: patleeper@optusnet.com.au
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future
>
> John, it's quite noble of BARTG to pick up the ANARTS contest for this year
- thank you. We all hate to see it go. Thanks to Pat and everyone at ANARTS for
all the work they did in supporting the contest.
>
> I would be against moving the BARTG HF March contest to June. June
propagation in the northern hemisphere is terrible. In March, HF conditions are
much better. June is one of those outdoor months where people tend to do more
outdoor activities on the weekends. I'm afraid the contest would suffer from
lack of participation in June.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "John Barber GW4SKA" <ska@bartg.org.uk>
> >
> Pat Leeper recently informed me that she would be unable to continue
managing
> the ANARTS RTTY contest due to failing health. She has made every effort to
find
> > someone else in VK to take over the contest but with no success.
> >
> BARTG have had close links with ANARTS over the years and we felt that we
should
> help in some way. After discussions between Pat and the BARTG committee we
have
> decided on a course of action which I hope will meet with the approval of
the
> > RTTY contesting community.
> >
> For this year only the contest will be managed by John GW4SKA, the BARTG
contest
> manager, with help towards expenses from ANARTS. The rules are much the
same as
> in previous years but logs must come direct to anarts@bartg.org.uk. You can
find
> the rules at http://www.anarts.com.au/rules2009.htm and they will also be
> available on the BARTG website shortly. This will save any disappointment
for
> > those of us who have made plans to enter the contest this year.
> >
> > 2009 will be the last running of the ANARTS RTTY contest. From 2010 we
will be
> > moving the BARTG HF RTTY Contest from March to the 2nd weekend in June.
This
> > will give us a bit more time between our Sprint and HF contests and also
avoid
> > the March clash of dates with the very popular Russian DX contest.
> >
> > My thanks go to Pat for her cooperation and hard work in running the
previous
> > contests. The ANARTS test has always been one of my favourites and I know
that
> > Pat did not want to let anyone down at short notice.
> >
> > 73 and see you all in June,
> >
> > John GW4SKA
> > BARTG Contest Manager
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