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Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX & activity (Was: intended consequences)
From: Mike Kasrich <aj9c@indy.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:52:05 -0400
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Truth be known I don't op CQWW cw very often because of T-giving. CQ 
seems to pick holiday weekends for its cw contests.


On 7/22/2011 2:20 PM, RT Clay wrote:
> If the holiday is such a big deal for WPX CW, then why isn't Thanksgiving a 
> problem for CQWW CW? Thanksgiving is a much bigger holiday in the USA than 
> Memorial Day, and many (like me) are usually driving back home the weekend 
> after Thanksgiving.
>
> With WPXCW basically a lot of people don't like the summertime conditions.
>
> Tor
> N4OGW
>
> --- On Fri, 7/22/11, Tom Osborne<w7why@frontier.com>  wrote:
>
>> From: Tom Osborne<w7why@frontier.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] WPX&  activity (Was: intended consequences)
>> To: "CQ Contest"<cq-contest@contesting.com>
>> Date: Friday, July 22, 2011, 12:25 PM
>> Jim said:
>>
>>
>>> The current  date for WPX CW (last full weekend of
>> May) is fine with me.
>>> Memorial Day is a minor>holiday and it only applies
>> to the U.S. anyway.
>>
>> Hi Jim
>>
>> Explain to my wife and family that on Memorial Day we are
>> going to stay home
>> so I can contest :-)
>>
>> After a long winter, it is pretty major here.  73
>>
>> Tom W7WHY
>>
>>
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