[RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future

Robert Chudek - K0RC k0rc at citlink.net
Tue Mar 31 13:13:36 PDT 2009


Hello John,

I concur with others who have expressed opinions regarding moving BARTG HF 
into June. Not only is propagation better earlier in the year, but June is a 
prime time in the USA for high school and college graduations, which 
certainly overshadow any radio activities. The radiosport is pretty much an 
"indoor" sport and I believe you will have better participation when it does 
not conflict with the beginning of summer activities.

IF you and the BOD believe the contest should be moved to a different date, 
you should consider the previous suggestion to swap the Sprint and HF 
contest weekends. That would move BARTG HF even further into the 
"hibernation" dates in the northern hemisphere.

While you are on the topic of reviewing the BARTG contests, I would like to 
make another suggestion for consideration. That is the requisite that 
stations use a portable designator when operating from a different call 
district. For example, using KØRC when I am in MN and KØRC/9 if I operate in 
Wisconsin. As you know, there is no longer any correlation of callsigns to 
physical locations within the USA. A callsign designator of "6" can be 
anywhere, W6AAN in Maryland for example.

I like the idea of extra multipliers for working the different numbers, but 
the existing rules adds another issue for digital operators when using LoTW 
for confirmations. A portable designator requires an additional LoTW 
certificate request and tagging and uploading the BARTG QSOs using this 
additional certificate. That's not a major problem for most digital 
operators, but I profess it's an unnecessary process when considering the 
current FCC callsign system. My proposal is to eliminate the geographic 
designator but retain the numerical multipliers.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Barber GW4SKA" <ska at bartg.org.uk>
To: "Fabi va2up" <va2up at live.ca>; "Don Hill" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>; "rtty 
contesting rttycontesting" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future


Biggest problem is the clash with RDXC on CW and Phone. It has got to be a 
very popular contest and there were even comments on a contest reflector 
saying how stupid it was to run a RTTY contest on the same weekend, 
regardless of the fact that we have been on the same dates for 30 years 
longer than RDXC!

I do agree with the comments on propagation and there are other things to do 
in the long days of June. Any other views or suggestions?

73,
John GW4SKA
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fabi va2up
  To: Don Hill ; ska at bartg.org.uk ; rtty contesting rttycontesting
  Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:15 PM
  Subject: RE: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future


  Yes John,
  I had the same thought as Don yesterday as I read about the sad news. 
Conditions wouldl be even worse up here in june... :-(
  Best of luck to Pat hoping things improve.

  73,
  Fabi  va2up


  > From: aa5au at bellsouth.net
  > To: ska at bartg.org.uk; RTTY at contesting.com
  > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:11:10 +0000
  > CC: patleeper at optusnet.com.au
  > Subject: Re: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future
  >
  > 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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