Actually, this will occur in 2019. It happens whenever November starts on a
Friday. Thanksgiving will be November 28, but the CQWW contest will be
November 23-24.
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:52 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Every so often the CQWW CW does not fall on Thanksgiving weekend, which is
> really nice. I can't remember what has to happen datewise to break the 2
> apart, but I do think it occurs every 6 years or so. Participation might
> be better from the US if it were a different weekend, but that is a crowded
> time of the year for contests so it would be hard to find another weekend.
> The weekend before it is the November SS (SSB) and the weekend after it is
> the ARRL 160 meter contest.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Ria Jairam <rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> At least for US stations it's on Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of people
>> out of town or otherwise occupied.
>>
>> I wish it was on a different weekend but it is what it is.
>>
>> I did like for RTTY that you could work everyone else, even stateside
>> stations. I wonder if CW or SSB would adopt this rule someday. That
>> would be nice.
>>
>> 73
>> Ria, N2RJ
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Bill via CQ-Contest
>> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
>> > The CQWW RTTY this last weekend was great. Lots of activity, lots of
>> mults, and everyone works
>> > everyone for points. The band maps were full for the whole 48 hours,
>> and it's easy to keep the
>> > butt in the chair when there are people to work. More people on the air
>> = more contacts = more
>> > fun for everyone.
>> >
>> > As the sunspots decline, this will not be the case for the CQWW CW, at
>> least in the western
>> > half of the US. Other than a few hours of JA and EU openings there is
>> almost nothing, and no
>> > reason to stay on the radio.
>> >
>> > What could possibly be the problem with more contacts = more fun in the
>> CQWW CW?
>> >
>> > 73, Bill KO7SS, Mt Lemmon,AZ
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