[CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

I would love to see the WPX CW Contest move to a date earlier on the
calendar and off the USA holiday weekend.  Please find and suggest a date
will not interfere with other existing contests.  Let me warn you, it is not
easy.

Randy, K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:41 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)
> 
> The problem is that the SSB portion started as the SSBARA SSB Contest
> (Bill W2SKE wrote the original rules).  This was in January.  The Contest
> moved to the end of March location as the CQ SSB Contest in the Mid 1960's
> and has been there since then although the name was changed to CQ WPX SSB.
> By 1970 the rules changed from the old W2SKE rules to WPX although it was
> still called the CQ SSB Contest.  Actually the contest helped build SSB
> Contesting and then later helped make Prefix chasing more popular.
> 
> I was always of the opinion that late May was really summer in the
> Southern USA with the local QRN on low bands and summer conditions on 10
> and 15.
> 
> Guess that previous CQ WPX Directors should have changed the dates.  I
> don't know if K5ZD has much latitude with the full schedule of Contests
> today.
> 
> 73 Dave K4JRB  ex K5MDX
> 
> 
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