[CQ-Contest] Sprint date change - I am NOT HAPPY
Alfred J. Frugoli (KE1FO)
frugoli at worldlinkisp.com
Thu Dec 11 15:57:07 EST 2003
I have to say I agree with Scott. My family understands my interest and =
commitment to operating contests, and is willing to be somewhat flexible.=
I'm not a sprint operator, but WWCW is a good example. We had lots of =
family around for thanksgiving, but since I had made the commitment clear=
long before thanksgiving that I wanted to operate seriously in WWCW, we =
let all the family know they had to leave on Friday (my wife is pregnant =
with our 2nd child and she was in no mood to be chasing around our toddle=
r and entertaining inlaws solo all in the same weekend!). However, she w=
as willing to accomodate my contesting, even though she really wanted to =
have family around all weekend. =20
The ability to plan in advance is very important for many of us, I would =
hope contest organizers will keep that in mind.
73 de Al, KE1FO
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott R.
Sent: 12/11/2003 2:09:47 PM
To: w0yk at msn.com
Cc: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Sprint date change - I am NOT HAPPY=20
> Understandable. I am married, too. But I'm willing to bet that
> 2/14/04 was listed as the date of the contest long before the change
> was made. The consequences of doing so were apparently not considered
> well enough, just as they were not considered the last time a last
> minute date change was tried for the CW Sprint. =20
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> It should have been done differently, like this:
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> "Gee, it's unfortunate that the CW Sprint, advertised as 2/14/04 since
> who knows when is on Valentine's Day this year. But given such short
> notice to make a change, and remembering the fuss that came up when we
> tried to move it from Labor Day weekend on short notice a few years
> ago, perhaps it would be best to put in a future revision to the date
> scheduling to exclude Valentine's Day from being a possibility for
> future CW Sprints. Sorry this happened for 2004."
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> You see, I am a BUSY PERSON. I work two jobs. I have a 4 year old
> daughter. I have an XYL who works and is a full-time graduate student
> at Univ. of Tenn. We are rehabilitating a wrecked 100 year old house
> that we also happen to live in. The ONLY way I can operate contests is
> if I plan them well in advance, based on the dates given by the contest
> organizers. I understand other people can adjust quicker -=20
> I cannot. I can't go out to dinner without several days' notice, much
> less try to operate a radio contest. =20
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> Based on knowing that the Sprint is on Feb. 14, I assured K2KQ that it
> would be no problem for me to give a talk at the Yankee Clipper Contest
> Club meeting on Sunday, February 1. I made sure I checked the contest
> calendar beforehand - hey, no problem, not even the CQ 160 is that
> weekend! Silly me.=20
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> I will be in New England the night before. To operate the Sprint from
> W1 - I'll have to find a suitable place to do so, re-schedule my flight
> plans to an earlier flight (I am arriving Hartford at 7 p.m. Saturday
> night at present), cancel my #2 job (which usually is late night
> weekends, Fridays I usually work until 2:30 or 3:00 a.m. - I can't be
> flying 3 or 4 hours later out of Knoxville), rent a car (I had a ride
> to/from BDL arranged), in short, this has become very problematic
> through no fault of my own. I am ready to operate the Sprint, from
> Tennessee on Feb. 14th. So?
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> I take back my earlier call to revoke the date change. Do whatever,
> I'll either figure out the logistics of changing everything around and
> finding somewhere to operate in New England or I'll just skip the
> contest altogether and watch hockey on TV in my hotel room instead.
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> Ridiculous.
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> Scott Robbins, W4PA
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> --- "J. Edward (Ed) Muns" <w0yk at msn.com> wrote:
> > I'm not ticked off about it, but I certainly understand your
> > frustration
> > with the change. However, in thinking about the entire constituency
> > of
> > Sprinters, there are probably just as many, if not more, who had
> > conflicts
> > with it being on Valentine's Day evening. Either way, some folks are
> > going
> > to be disappointed and the contest organizers had to choose.
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> > 73,
> > Ed - W0YK
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> Bertrand Russell
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