I think the 31Jan thingie happened because people complained
that the mid-February date conflicted with Valentine's Day.
73,
Bob AA0CY
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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:09 PM
To: rtty@contesting.com; ku8e@bellsouth.net
Subject: [RTTY] NAQP, the Sprint and RTTY
It has become apparent to me that the reason for the
conflict on 40
Meters between this years's ARRL Roundup and the NAQP CW
contest was a
creation of the calendar and the rules of the ARRL Roundup.
The rules of the NAQP CW state that the contest is to be
held the second
full weekend of January which this year was January 8-9.
The rules of the ARRL Roundup state that the contest is to
be held on
the first full weekend of January but not on January 1
As January 1 this year fell on Saturday the contest was
moved to the
first full weekend not on January 1 which was also January
8-9.
This will occur whenever January 1 falls on Saturday .
As for the CW Sprint and the WPX RTTY
The CQ WPX RTTY is always held the second full weekend of
February,
which this year is February 12-13
The CW Sprint in February apparently follows the rules for
the Fall
contest which states that it is to be held the first Sunday
after the
first Monday of the month. That puts the date this year as
February
13. It does not explain how last years date was January
31.
This is a conflict that apparently will be around for a few
more years
because of this rule. The sponsors of the Winter date might
want to
reconsider the date formula to prevent this from happening.
Got your narrow filters installed? You will need them, at
least on 40
meters.
73
Thom WI8W
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