[CQ-Contest] A puzzle

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

On average, CQWW CW comes before the US Thanksgiving holiday once every  
seven years, whenever November 1 falls on a Friday.  Due to leap years,  
sometimes the November 1 falling on Friday case gets skipped, as  happened in 
2008. So it does seem like a long time since the last such  occurrance in 2002. 
And because of leap years, there is never exactly seven  years between.
 
Then next two non-Thanksgiving CQWW CW weekends will happen in 2019 and  
2024.  May we all be around to enjoy them!
 
Of course everyone's personal situation varies, but I find a Thanksgiving  
CQWW to be a good thing. Not having to travel a great distance to visit 
family,  we can celebrate on Thursday, recover and rest up on Friday, and then 
have  a good contest on Saturday and Sunday.
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/23/2013 10:05:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
richnn3w at verizon.net writes:

Interestingly this year, owing to the calendar shifts, CQWW CW is  the 
weekend before thanksgiving - something that happens once every 8 to  10 
years.