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

[David, G3YYD]

Moving the BARTG March contest to June will have an impact. Having done 
this contest over so many years I know pretty well how the propagation 
goes in March and my tactics are well honed. But going for mid-summer 
rather than equinox conditions will force a tactical rethink especially 
to when to take time off. Oh well such is life. Must see if there are 
any other big contests in June to test out and refine my tactics for 
next year.

David G3YYD

Phil Cooper wrote:
> The following may be of interest to some of you!
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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