[RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future

[Kostas SV1DPI]

i remember that i hadn't anything to do the previous weekend...
Kostas sv1dpi

----- 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 8:20 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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