[RTTY] No RTTY Contests in June - Replacement for ANARTS Contest?

[Tim Goeppinger]

As it currently stands, there will be no ANARTS contest, and therefore no RTTY contest in June.  I find this fact to be sad.  Many people think the propagation to be bad in June, but I disagree.  Near the Summer Solstace, there are good openings over the North Pole to Europe.

As a RTTY contesting community, what can we do?

1.  Operate June 12-13 weekend and pretend that an ANARTS contest is going.
    No scores have been posted, nor certificates awarded for this contest in the last
   2 years, so really nothing is different this year.

2.  Encourage someone or some group to start a new RTTY contest in June.  Maybe one
that would be based in a certain geographical area?  Pacific Rim?  South America?
California RTTY Party?   I know it is too late for contesting software support this year.

Just thinking aloud here.  What do you think?  I hate to see June go by without a RTTY contest.

73,

Tim K6GEP