I have found the following helpful.
I have a calendar app into which I can insert the usual birthdays,
holidays, and any other dates that I want.
I enter all the contests I might be interested in.
At the beginning of the contest name I put 1 to 3 asterisks.
* means my wife can go ahead and schedule anything she wants on this
date - no need to ask me about it.
** means I'm prepared to negotiate giving this one up
*** means that something will have to be pretty damn important for me to
not enter this one full time. The fact that a family dinner can only
be scheduled on a *** contest date because some member can't be
available on another date due to some prior commitment doesn't cut it.
My *** contest commitments are just as important as anyone else's
commitments.
I print a copy (one for each month) for me and a copy for my wife.
In looking at the calendar pages from Jun 1 to Sep 30 I see
Six with *
Nine with **
Seven with ***
It actually works pretty well.
I confess that I've never actually entered some of the * ones.
What I'm trying to say here is that some means of indicating the
priority of the contests shown on the calendar might be useful.
73, Jim VE7FO
Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/30/2006 12:12:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> wa4pgm@nelsoncable.com writes:
>
> I started working on one this morning at Google, still very much beta but I
> think most of my mistakes have been corrected. Check it out and let me know,
> happy contesting!
>
> http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=wa4pgm%40nelsoncable.com
>
> 73,
> Kyle
>
>
>
> Nice Kyle,
>
> Suggestion: Show the times in a 24-hour zulu time (UTC) format if you can,
> however, Google may not allow for that. I see that the Google Calendar is a
> beta version, so you might ask them to provide for the 0000z time format.
> They might be interested in doing this since it would make their application
> more internationally acceptable.
>
> How does the Google Calendar print out? I don't have a printer hooked up to
> the computer I am on now, so I can't see how it prints. The idea would be
> to be able to print it out and hang it on the wall, or lay it on the kitchen
> table so it can be discussed witht the xyl. Also, be able to highlight the
> contests that you plan to operate. Also, be able to add other personal
> dates
> for trips, vacations, birthdays, anniversaries, etc. to it.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> 73, George, K5KG
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