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

[Martin Durham]

This will be my first chance to go to PJ4 for CQWWCW specifically because it will NOT be on Turkey Day. Very much looking forward to 2013. 

W1MD



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On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:17 AM, "Richard DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w at verizon.net> wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Jeffrey Clarke'" <ku8e at bellsouth.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)
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> 
>> 
>> Boy, I'd love that. It would reduce the frequency of eye rolling when I 
>> miss
>> family time over Thanksgiving or Memorial Day weekend (or our anniversary,
>> which is May 29) for the umpteenth time.
> 
> For what its worth - and this should serve as the basis for a little 
> statistical experiment - folks should pay attention to the year 2013.
> 
> In 2013, Thanksgiving falls on the latest possible date - November 28.  That 
> means that the fourth full weekend of November is BEFORE Thanksgiving - 
> November 23-24. So, unless the CQWW Committee goes off the rail and doesn't 
> follow its practice of using the full weekend of November, CQWW CW will not 
> be alligned with Turkey Day.
> 
> Will be interesting to see what total US activity is like that weekend.
> 
> 73 Rich NN3W
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