IMHO, that WPX coincides with Easter from time to time makes no difference,
and is no reason for changing it those years when the two events are on the
same dates. Changing weekends in confusing and will also cause interference
with other contests.
So keep the WPX weekend as it has been for long time. Those who wants to
celebrate Easter can use the 12 hour breaks and do so.
73 de RM2D, Mats
2013/3/23 Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net>
> The WPX SSB is traditionally held the last full weekend of March. Been
> that
> way for a long time.
>
> As his been pointed out, Easter moves around. Sometimes the two occur on
> the same weekend. It has some impact on the activity pattern, but the
> contest still does very well.
>
> Could the contest be moved to accommodate years with 5 weekends in March
> AND
> Easter? Perhaps...
>
> There are people in the world who schedule vacation or trips in advance for
> the big contests. They often know the contests are on the last weekend and
> work from that knowledge. Could cause some confusion if the contest was
> moving around. Of course, we could probably solve this by publishing the
> dates for the next 10 years.
>
> Long story short. The contest administrator blindly followed tradition and
> didn't think about the collision or changing the dates far enough in
> advance. We should get a new guy to handle this stuff so it can be done
> properly.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> > Pete Smith N4ZR
> > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 11:00 AM
> > To: CQ Contest
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] A puzzle
> >
> > Just contemplating this weekend without any significant contest activity,
> > and wondering why WPX SSB is on Easter weekend. Why wasn't it moved a
> > year ago?
> >
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