[CQ-Contest] The question unasked ...

[Larry]

Tough target. WPX CW often coincides with Memorial Day weekend here in the 
US. What about holidays in other countries? Moving the contest just means 
that someone else will no doubt get the contest on one of their holidays.

73, Larry  W6NWS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Scott Robbins
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:28 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] The question unasked ...


>As his been pointed out, Easter moves around.  Sometimes the two occur on
>the same weekend.  It has some impact on the activity pattern, but the
>contest still does very well.

>Could the contest be moved to accommodate years with 5 weekends in March 
> >AND Easter?  Perhaps...

>There are people in the world who schedule vacation or trips in advance 
> >for the big contests.

>Randy, K5ZD

The question unasked on the recent CQ WW survey was:

(my words) "Would you object if the SSB and CW weekends swapped each year in 
an effort to avoid having the CQ WW CW contest on a major United States of 
America holiday weekend 6 out of every 7 years as is now the case?"

Because it is really, really hard to be either cannon fodder for the 
Europeans from stateside or traveling to a DX location when the social 
pressure of Thanksgiving weekend is breathing down your neck ...

Scott
W4PA





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