That's not all:
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ARRL November Sweepstakes - CW, 2100Z Nov 16 to 0300Z Nov 18.
Frequencies: 80 - 10 meters, work stations only once. Categories:
SOAB-LP (A), HP (B), QRP (Q), SO-Unlimited (U), MS (M), School Club
(S). Exchange: Serial number, Category (precedence), Call, Check
(last two digits of first year licensed), and ARRL section. QSO
Points: 2 pts/QSO. Score: QSO points x sections (counted only once).
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So much fun, let's do it twice.
73, Bruce K1MY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf2nt@candw.ky>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 5:24 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CONFUSION ALERT
> I just got the latest Rate Sheet from ARRL, and my heart jumped when I saw
> the following announcement:
>
> "Worked All Europe DX Contest - CW - sponsored by the Deutscher ARC,
> 0000Z Nov 9 - 2400Z Nov 10."
>
> HOT STUFF! I thought the only WAE contest was in August, when propagation
> was at its worst for the year. But a new fall version...fantastic! Then
I
> became concerned when I saw there would also be the OK/OM DX Contest this
> weekend, overlapping WAE CW by 24 hours. That has the potential for major
> confusion, far worse than RAC/SP on 160 in the winter. But after writing
> down all the relevant data from the Rate Sheet, I thought I'd do a quick
> check on the DARC page and see if this was indeed the first running of a
> fall WAE.
>
> Bad news...the Pyallup Tribe of Indians are NOT going to be a new DXCC
> country...and the WAE contest this weekend is RTTY, not CW. Too bad. So
to
> anybody else out there who thought there was going to be a red hot WAE on
> this weekend...forget it. The Rate Sheet is flat wrong.
>
> Bruce, ZF2NT
>
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