At 07:27 PM 4/18/01 -0400, k8cc wrote:
>A golden opportunity existed when Dayton QSY'd to may for CQ to move WPX CW
>to Dayton's *old" weekend of the last weekend in April. I never heard the
>reason why WPX CW never moved - apparently the sponsors either never
>thought of it (doubtful) or else they did not want to move it for
>"tradition" reasons.
>
>It was not all that long ago that there was no WPX CW - only SSB. Putting
>WPX CW on Memorial Day weekend was a very dumb move from the
>beginning. Apparently the sponsors care less about American activity that
>whatever the poor choices were that led to choosing the date they did.
This is an excellent idea! Who knows, we might even have better conditions
both on high and low bands. Let's do it.
73, Pete N4ZR
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