[CQ-Contest] Last Weekends Contests

[Ron Wetjen]

Congratulations to the various organizers who decided to cancel or
postpone contests scheduled for last weekend.  It was a good decision.

As Contesters, we should try to take advantage of the "good PR"
generated, and make sure any articles written about the events last week
in the Amateur magazines, etc., also mention that contests were
cancelled or postponed.

All those who complain about contests disrupting thier communications,
should now take notice.  While we did the right thing, to keep
frequencies clear for any emergency traffic, the complainers were
probably still on the air complaining about something else.

73, Ron


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>From Paul Toth-NA4AR" <na4ar at arrl.net  Mon Sep 17 17:57:04 2001
From: Paul Toth-NA4AR" <na4ar at arrl.net (Paul Toth-NA4AR)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:57:04 -0400
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: [FCG] Last Weekends Contests
References: <3BA5DF07.C048101C at gte.net>
Message-ID: <008201c13f99$e2a7d2c0$090aa8c0 at p310090>


Ron....

It should also be noted that many "contestors", like yourself, were out on
the front lines these last few days.  Many were providing emergency comms in
support of the events in the Northeast, while others, like yourself, were
deailing with other emergencies, like Tropical Storm Gabrielle.

For the record, Gabrielle that hit West Central Florida hard on Friday, that
forced dozens from their flooded homes and put at least 500,000 homes and
businesses into the dark without electricty.  Clean-up is continuing at this
writing.

73!

Paul J. Toth-NA4AR
Assistant Section Manager-ARRL West Central Florida Section
Assistant Director-ARRL Southeastern Division
West Central Florida SKYWARN Group (WX4TBW)

Visit my Webpage at http://www.qsl.net/na4ar


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Wetjen" <wd4ahz at gte.net>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: "Florida Contest Group" <fcg at qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 7:31 AM
Subject: [FCG] Last Weekends Contests


> Congratulations to the various organizers who decided to cancel or
> postpone contests scheduled for last weekend.  It was a good decision.
>
> As Contesters, we should try to take advantage of the "good PR"
> generated, and make sure any articles written about the events last week
> in the Amateur magazines, etc., also mention that contests were
> cancelled or postponed.
>
> All those who complain about contests disrupting thier communications,
> should now take notice.  While we did the right thing, to keep
> frequencies clear for any emergency traffic, the complainers were
> probably still on the air complaining about something else.
>
> 73, Ron
>
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