[CQ-Contest] BARTG Contests and Changes

[Roger Cooke]

Hi.

  Some information that you might be able to use.

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The BARTG HF RTTY Contest.

This highly popular will take place 0200z Saturday 19th March 2011 
until 0200z Monday 21st March 2011.


The BARTG Sprint75 Contests.

There are now two of these, April and September.

The dates for 2011 are 17:00 - 21:00z Saturday 30th April and 17:00 
- 21:00z Sunday 18th September.
Note that these are short tests and we look forward to an even 
larger attendance this year. They are
great fun, and good practice for nimble fingers!

Full details and rules can be found on the BARTG web site: 
http://www.bartg.org.uk/index.asp
Look under the CONTEST tab.

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More changes at BARTG.

Phil, GU0SUP has had to relinquish his post as Awards Manager due to 
personal
circumstances. Phil did a great job for BARTG and we thank him for 
his services.
He says he will try to support the contests as and when time allows.
   His place has been taken by Chris Plummer, G8APB and we welcome 
him to the
Committee. His resume and picture can be found on the BARTG web site 
under
the COMMITTEE tab.
   We would also like to welcome Graeme Castleton, G6CSY to the 
Contests/DX/Software
subgroup. Graeme will help streamline the contest procedure and will 
also be a source
of information on various software programs. Take a look at his 
resume and you will
find that in the same place.

Sponsors.
    BARTG is now mainly a Contest/DX sponsoring web based group and 
we sponsor
various DX-peditions, encouraging Data operations. Membership is 
essentially free,
and you can join at the Web site. You then become a "Friend" of 
BARTG.  However,
donations, small or large are always welcome to assist with the 
sponsoring.

   We are also looking for Sponsors for some of our major 
awards/trophies. If you wish
to Sponsor an award or trophy, write to Chris, G8APB at 
plummerc42 at hotmail.com

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73 de Roger, G3LDI, Chairman BARTG