For what its worth...I vote for 3 October.
Dan/W4NTI
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Condon <mcondon@attglobal.net>
To: John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: SECC <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:25 AM
Subject: RE: [SECC] (no subject)
> I took another look at the calendar over a longer period, not including
the
> summer months, May thru September.
>
> ARCI has 9 entries in the calendar so I am not worried about coexisting
with
> them, they are everywhere.
>
> I crossed out any week with an ARRL major,
> any week with a CQ major,
> any week with 2 or more other QSO parties (or a really major single QSO
> party like FL, CA or NA),
> the 160M contests,
> WAE, (dropping 2nd week NOV)
> Sweepstakes,
> Sprints,
> Field Day,
> Dayton.
> Several weekends have more than one State or Prov QSO party on similar
> schedules, by the way.
> The above also knocked out the weekends with major RTTY/Digital contests
or
> parties.
>
> This leaves 2nd Week OCT 3rd Week OCT, and 2nd Week APRIL.
>
> 2ND OCT would move us earlier by one week before the start of the major
> contest season. PA QSO Party would be on, and a EU sprint.
>
> 3rd OCT still looks best to me, joining IL QSO Party, WAG, and the few
other
> minor activities.
>
> 2nd April has the EU ssb sprint, an ARCI, a couple other Eus, and a couple
> of Yls.
>
> I still like 3rd October weekend. Any change will cause a bit of shifting
> for some, but this proposal seems the minimum, with really acceptable
> coexistence with others
> I also think that the change would really give a boost to the GQP. I do
not
> propose to change the rules or schedule, leaving that to others. However,
I
> do think that one-day with longer hours is a better format, with more
> intense competition for us.
>
> If we have a meeting at The LV Hamfest, we could have a discussion, and
> possible recommendation.
>
> Mike, NE4S
> 73
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Laney [mailto:k4bai@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:07 AM
> To: mcondon@attglobal.net
> Cc: SECC
> Subject: Re: [SECC] (no subject)
>
> Another thought about this projected date of 3rd weekend in October,
> having it on Saturday might not work very well. There is big
> participation these days in state QSO Parties from Europe. The WAG
> Germany contest on that weekend will take away those Europeans except
> for Sunday afternoon, when the very popular Illinois QSO Party runs.
>
> We should ideally have a weekend without a major European contest to
> compete with.
>
> 73,
>
> John, K4BAI.
>
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