Topband: Stew Perry TBDC changes being considered

[Jim Brown]

>Conditions traditionally are best from mid-December to the end of
>February based on my observations.

>Noise levels are generally the least during these winter months.

>Conditions good or bad are shared by all participants.

The point of the organizing committee is that they are NOT anything 
approaching equal, because Northern hemisphere winter is a lousy 
time for 160 in the southern hemisphere. Imagine a 160 contest on 
Field Day weekend -- that's what it's like in the Southern 
Hemisphere for the Stew Perry contest!  

I applaud the organizers, who have already established a really nice 
contest, for trying to improve it by taking a less parochial view of 
the world. I agree that a WORLDWIDE 160 contest much closer to 
either the spring or fall equinox is a good idea, either as a 
supplement to, or as a replacement for, the current date. And I 
agree that it makes sense to modify the times so that it falls on a 
weekend worldwide (that is, Fri/Sat on one side of the date line, 
Sat/Sun on the other. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC