[VHFcontesting] Date for January VHF contest

[Marshall-K5QE]

Hi Everyone...It ought to be as close to the Quadrantids as possible.  
The Quads normally peak somewhere in Jan 3-5.  That shower is a very 
short one, so if it could fall in the contest that would be great.  
Clearly, it could not fall there every time, but when that would be 
possible, the Jan contest would be a lot better.

I know, I know, this is not the way that we have always done it, but 
kowtowing to the NFL is not working.

73 Marshall

On 5/18/2017 12:03 PM, Bill Olson wrote:
> Has to do with NFL football schedule I believe
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> The date for the January VHF contest is shown as "will generally be the third or fourth weekend in January"
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> http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf
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> I'm just curious is there a historical reason why there is not a fixed date for this contest ?  I expect I'll be asked this question at a presentation I am giving regarding contesting.   Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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> Thanks
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> Mark Spencer
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