[RTTY] RTTY NAQP

[Dean Wood]

Hi all,

I definitely understand about 2am being late on the east coast.
However, I recommend we *not* move up the contest a few hours.
The reason is that this change would make things even more difficult
for west coast stations to be competitive in this contest.  Although
10m, 15m, and 20m are the money bands from California, we have
to pay attention to 40m and 80m because of the mult structure in NAQP.
Keep in mind that in July, sunset is at roughly 0330Z here near
San Francisco.  Ending the contest at 0400Z would significantly
impact low band activity from the west coast, and increase an
already large advantage for the midwest and east coast on 40/80m.

See you all in NAQP this weekend from W6YX!

73...
-Dean - N6DE


Don Winn wrote:

> Jim
>
> I believe you meant ending at 0400Z and not 2400Z.  Presently the contest
> ends at 0600Z.
>
> I would vote for this change.  2AM is past my bed time.
>
> Don  AF4Z
>
> At 02:20 PM 07/17/2002 -0400, Jim Johnson wrote:
> >Hey Jay,
> >
> >Hope all is well with you!
> >
> >How does one go about submitting a change to the contest.  I noted a
> >change in the rules this year on the power.
> >
> >I would like to propose a change to the starting time 1800Z to 1600Z and
> >ending at 2400Z vs 0200Z.  Just move it up a couple of hours.
> >