I have to say I agree with Scott. My family understands my interest and
commitment to operating contests, and is willing to be somewhat flexible. I'm
not a sprint operator, but WWCW is a good example. We had lots of family
around for thanksgiving, but since I had made the commitment clear long before
thanksgiving that I wanted to operate seriously in WWCW, we let all the family
know they had to leave on Friday (my wife is pregnant with our 2nd child and
she was in no mood to be chasing around our toddler and entertaining inlaws
solo all in the same weekend!). However, she was willing to accomodate my
contesting, even though she really wanted to have family around all weekend.
The ability to plan in advance is very important for many of us, I would hope
contest organizers will keep that in mind.
73 de Al, KE1FO
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott R.
Sent: 12/11/2003 2:09:47 PM
To: w0yk@msn.com
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Sprint date change - I am NOT HAPPY
> Understandable. I am married, too. But I'm willing to bet that
> 2/14/04 was listed as the date of the contest long before the change
> was made. The consequences of doing so were apparently not considered
> well enough, just as they were not considered the last time a last
> minute date change was tried for the CW Sprint.
>
> It should have been done differently, like this:
>
> "Gee, it's unfortunate that the CW Sprint, advertised as 2/14/04 since
> who knows when is on Valentine's Day this year. But given such short
> notice to make a change, and remembering the fuss that came up when we
> tried to move it from Labor Day weekend on short notice a few years
> ago, perhaps it would be best to put in a future revision to the date
> scheduling to exclude Valentine's Day from being a possibility for
> future CW Sprints. Sorry this happened for 2004."
>
> You see, I am a BUSY PERSON. I work two jobs. I have a 4 year old
> daughter. I have an XYL who works and is a full-time graduate student
> at Univ. of Tenn. We are rehabilitating a wrecked 100 year old house
> that we also happen to live in. The ONLY way I can operate contests is
> if I plan them well in advance, based on the dates given by the contest
> organizers. I understand other people can adjust quicker -
> I cannot. I can't go out to dinner without several days' notice, much
> less try to operate a radio contest.
>
> Based on knowing that the Sprint is on Feb. 14, I assured K2KQ that it
> would be no problem for me to give a talk at the Yankee Clipper Contest
> Club meeting on Sunday, February 1. I made sure I checked the contest
> calendar beforehand - hey, no problem, not even the CQ 160 is that
> weekend! Silly me.
>
> I will be in New England the night before. To operate the Sprint from
> W1 - I'll have to find a suitable place to do so, re-schedule my flight
> plans to an earlier flight (I am arriving Hartford at 7 p.m. Saturday
> night at present), cancel my #2 job (which usually is late night
> weekends, Fridays I usually work until 2:30 or 3:00 a.m. - I can't be
> flying 3 or 4 hours later out of Knoxville), rent a car (I had a ride
> to/from BDL arranged), in short, this has become very problematic
> through no fault of my own. I am ready to operate the Sprint, from
> Tennessee on Feb. 14th. So?
>
> I take back my earlier call to revoke the date change. Do whatever,
> I'll either figure out the logistics of changing everything around and
> finding somewhere to operate in New England or I'll just skip the
> contest altogether and watch hockey on TV in my hotel room instead.
>
> Ridiculous.
>
> Scott Robbins, W4PA
>
> --- "J. Edward (Ed) Muns" <w0yk@msn.com> wrote:
> > I'm not ticked off about it, but I certainly understand your
> > frustration
> > with the change. However, in thinking about the entire constituency
> > of
> > Sprinters, there are probably just as many, if not more, who had
> > conflicts
> > with it being on Valentine's Day evening. Either way, some folks are
> > going
> > to be disappointed and the contest organizers had to choose.
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed - W0YK
>
>
>
> =====
> "Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." --
> Bertrand Russell
>
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