[CQ-Contest] DX Sprint is a good idea

[Gary K9GS]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Idelson" <k1ir at designet.com>
To: "CQ-Contest Post" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 06:33 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] DX Sprint is a good idea


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> So, how about a six-hour DX sprint? Call it the Atlantic Challenge [see
note
> below]. Let's not make it part of the big DX contests. Make it a separate
> contest entirely - on a different weekend. Start at 1000z or so, and run
> through 1600z. This is the peak run time for stations on either side of
the
> Atlantic - best opportunity to crank out some high rates.


Why don't we do this and call it the East Coast Atlantic Challenge...the
rest of us can then sit back and listen to the East Coast run Europe for a
couple of hours until the rest of the country has some propagation to
Europe.  With any luck the contest will be over by the time W6/7 can work
Europe.

Great idea!


73,
 Gary

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