[UK-CONTEST] FW: ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future

[Phil Cooper]

The following may be of interest to some of you!

73 de Phil GU0SUP


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From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
Behalf Of John Barber GW4SKA
Sent: 30 March 2009 20:01
To: RTTY at contesting.com
Cc: Patricia Leeper
Subject: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future


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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