[SECC] RE: [CQ-Contest] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM

Schulz Jonathan jonathan.schulz at siemens.com
Mon Feb 7 19:30:02 EST 2005


CW Sprint was moved last year because of Valentine's day, if it is such an
issue, propose to move it again

CQWW WPX RTTY is hardly a "new" contest?

73
Jon
K9JS

-----Original Message-----
From: ku8e at bellsouth.net [mailto:ku8e at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 9:03 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Cc: secc at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CW Sprint vs RTTY Contest QRM



  I couldn't help but notice there is another RTTY contest - CQ WW RTTY WPX
Contest (0000Z, Feb 12 to 2400Z, Feb 13 ) scheduled next weekend.  The NA CW
Sprint, which is a very popular contest in 
the USA is scheduled 0000-0400z on Saturday night.   How about you RTTY guys
cutting us some slack and don't call CQ low in the band on 40 meters during
the 4 hours the Sprint is going on. The NAQP CW contest back in January
conflicted with another RTTY contest and the RTTY QRM made the band almost
useless.

 I understand that recently RTTY has become a popular mode , but the NA
Sprints have been around 
for almost 30 years on this exact weekend. The sponsors of all the new RTTY
contests should take this into consideration when picking a date for their
contest.  Thanks for your consideration...


 Jeff  KU8E


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