[CQ-Contest] INNOVATIVE IDEA?? - contest dates

[Ron St.Laurent]

Geez, get serious.  You ever look at a world holiday calendar?  Name 3 that
are common worldwide.  Remember also that the whole world isn't christian.

Ron ND5S

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> From: Sean Warner K0XQ <k0xq at amsat.org>
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] INNOVATIVE IDEA?? - contest dates
> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 12:31 PM
> 
> 
> At 04:04 PM 8/2/98 +0100, Barry Kutner, W2UP  wrote:
> >
> >> Thanksgiving weekend...... Mmmmm, what's that?  Oh yes, an AMERICAN
ONLY
> >> holiday.  Why change the long-standing tradition of when the event is
> >> held, so it is more suitable for a fraction of the entrants?  The new
date
> >> might be very unsuitable for the rest of the world.
> >> 
> >1. A BIG fraction. My guess 1/2. Statisticians, what say?
> 
> Bad Guess--my guess is you are waaaaaay off.
> 
> >
> >2. CQ Mag, an AMERICAN publication. How many subscribers are 
> >non-American? 
> 
> Who really cares?
> 
> 
> 
> It's no wonder the rest of the world hates us.............
> 
> de K0XQ
> 
> Sean Warner
> 
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