[RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future

[aa5au at bellsouth.net]

John, it's quite noble of BARTG to pick up the ANARTS contest for this year - thank you.  We all hate to see it go.  Thanks to Pat and everyone at ANARTS for all the work they did in supporting the contest.

I would be against moving the BARTG HF March contest to June.  June propagation in the northern hemisphere is terrible.  In March, HF conditions are much better.  June is one of those outdoor months where people tend to do more outdoor activities on the weekends.  I'm afraid the contest would suffer from lack of participation in June.

Just a thought.

73, Don AA5AU


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "John Barber GW4SKA" <ska at bartg.org.uk>
>
Pat Leeper recently informed me that she would be unable to continue managing 
the ANARTS RTTY contest due to failing health. She has made every effort to find 
> someone else in VK to take over the contest but with no success.
> 
BARTG have had close links with ANARTS over the years and we felt that we should 
help in some way. After discussions between Pat and the BARTG committee we have 
decided on a course of action which I hope will meet with the approval of the 
> RTTY contesting community.
> 
For this year only the contest will be managed by John GW4SKA, the BARTG contest 
manager, with help towards expenses from ANARTS. The rules are much the same as 
in previous years but logs must come direct to anarts at bartg.org.uk. You can find 
the rules at http://www.anarts.com.au/rules2009.htm and they will also be 
available on the BARTG website shortly. This will save any disappointment for 
> those of us who have made plans to enter the contest this year.
> 
> 2009 will be the last running of the ANARTS RTTY contest. From 2010 we will be 
> moving the BARTG HF RTTY Contest from March to the 2nd weekend in June. This 
> will give us a bit more time between our Sprint and HF contests and also avoid 
> the March clash of dates with the very popular Russian DX contest. 
> 
> My thanks go to Pat for her cooperation and hard work in running the previous 
> contests. The ANARTS test has always been one of my favourites and I know that 
> Pat did not want to let anyone down at short notice.
> 
> 73 and see you all in June,
> 
> John GW4SKA
> BARTG Contest Manager
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