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

[aldewey at aol.com]

One benefit of the current Memorial Day weekend for WPX CW for those of us still working is that it gives you Monday to recover.  One can do a full effort in WPX CW and still have a day left to recover or get those weekend chores done. 

73,

AL, K0AD






-----Original Message-----
From: James Cain <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Cc: Thompson, Randy <k5zd at charter.net>
Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2011 12:13 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)


The current  date for WPX CW (last full weekend of May) is fine with me. 
emorial Day is a minor holiday and it only applies to the U.S. anyway. And, the 
nd-of-May date helps spread out the major contest weekends a little, allowing a 
reak after the winter contest madness and before the IARU contest. 
But, moving the contest to a better DX propagation date would be nice. How about 
pril or mid-October? If I were the WPX sponsor I would not be intimidated by 
ny of the podunk operating activities on every weekend that hardly anybody 
perates in. The WPX is a worldwide activity that should take precedence over 
ontests of a parochial nature. 
Jim Cain
t The K1TN Superstation
lack Hole, Wisconsin
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