[CQ-Contest] Why I Won't Be in CQWW CW This Year

[k2qmf at juno.com]

That's not so.  I just checked my contest calender and CQWW CW
is the same weekend as always.  The weekend of Thanksgiving..

Ted

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 07:44:34 -0600 "Philip F. Krichbaum"
<pfkski at vail.net> writes:
> 
> Pete,
>         Since I first started contesting in the late 1950's the CQWW 
> CW has
> usually fallen on the USA holiday Thanksgiving weekend followed by 
> the
> ARRL 160m and then the ARRL 10m. This year there is a weekend free
> in-between which is unusual. Once in a long while CQWW CW is not on
> Thanksgiving weekend. CQWPX CW normally falls on the USA Memorial 
> Day
> holiday weekend at the end of May. CQ wonders why USA participation 
> in
> both these contests is down, especially the WPX CW but they have 
> not
> changed the dates. With CQWW CW it would be difficult to change the 
> date
> because it is normally surrounded by other major contests. With WPX 
> CW
> this is not the case and conditions would probably be better if the
> contest was held earlier. There is no reason I see that the two WPX
> contests need to be separated by two months. I have passed over the 
> WPX
> CW several times because of activities of the holiday weekend that 
> marks
> the beginning of summer in the USA. I know that many USA operators 
> find
> their participation in both these contest either limited or none 
> because
> of the conflict with the holidays.  
>         One must remember that these are USA only holidays and both 
> these are
> World Wide Contests even though they are sponsored by a USA 
> Magazine.  
>         73 Phil N0KE
>         
>         
>         
> Pete Smith wrote:
> > 
> > I love CQWW CW beyond all contests, bar none.  but I won't be 
> participating
> > this year, at least not seriously.  The reason?  As happens most 
> years, the
> > contest falls on the weekend immediately after US Thanksgiving.  
> This is
> > the only major holiday this year that my son and his family will 
> be able to
> > visit us, and I'm not willing to choose CQWW over the chance to 
> spend time
> > with them.  In past years, I could argue to myself that they would 
> be back
> > at Christmas, but the grandkids are growing up, and this year 
> they're
> > planning Christmas at their home, not ours.
> > 
> > This is all the more aggravating because it is so unnecessary.  On 
> the
> > following weekend, the first weekend in December, the only 
> scheduled
> > contests (according to WA7BNM's contest calendar) are the TARA 
> RTTY Sprint,
> > the Tennessee QSO Party and the QRP ARCI Holiday Spirits Sprint.  
> Which of
> > these wouldn't switch with CQWWCW in a heartbeat?  So why does 
> CQWW insist
> > on maintaining the CW contest on Thanksgiving weekend, when 
> another option
> > is so readily available?  Tradition?  Fear of perturbing records 
> set a week
> > earlier?  Or just inertia?
> > 
> > It's too late this year, but why not join me in asking the CQWW 
> Committee
> > to recognize the importance of family ties to the US participants 
> and move
> > CQWWCW to the first weekend in December, 2002?
> > 
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
> > 
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