> > Why should the contests be changed
> > just because it's a holiday in the US?
> >
> > 73 Darrell AB2E
>
> Maybe because the sponsors are U.S. organizations.
>
> 73,
> Nat WZ3AR
Let's not loose the focus on this one guys. This is a good topic, worthy of
good discussion.
Here's some thoughts on why it can't be changed (none of which I believe by the
way):
1 - just plain old inertia - it's hard to convince people to do CW in October
when they've always done it in November
2 - since the propigation IS slightly different, would all the old records be
thrown out? Would new records have to be recorded with an asterisk? Would
there be 2 sets of records, one for CW in Oct, and one for CW in Nov and vice
versa?
3 - again, since participation will be different, what about the records
4 - has a formal proposal actually been made to CQ to alternate the weekends -
if we don't request it, there's no way they know there is support for it
And as an aside, why are we only talking about WW/WPX CW and SSB, what about
the two RTTY modes of those contests? Neither falls on a holiday weekend but
they are major contests as well. Maybe there should be a 3 year rotation, not
just a flip/flop every other year.
73 de Al, KE1FO
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