Yes John,
I had the same thought as Don yesterday as I read about the sad news.
Conditions wouldl be even worse up here in june... :-(
Best of luck to Pat hoping things improve.
73,
Fabi va2up
> From: aa5au@bellsouth.net
> To: ska@bartg.org.uk; RTTY@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:11:10 +0000
> CC: patleeper@optusnet.com.au
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] ANARTS and BARTG contests .. the future
>
> John, it's quite noble of BARTG to pick up the ANARTS contest for this year -
> thank you. We all hate to see it go. Thanks to Pat and everyone at ANARTS for
> all the work they did in supporting the contest.
>
> I would be against moving the BARTG HF March contest to June. June
> propagation in the northern hemisphere is terrible. In March, HF conditions
> are much better. June is one of those outdoor months where people tend to do
> more outdoor activities on the weekends. I'm afraid the contest would suffer
> from lack of participation in June.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "John Barber GW4SKA" <ska@bartg.org.uk>
> >
> Pat Leeper recently informed me that she would be unable to continue managing
> the ANARTS RTTY contest due to failing health. She has made every effort to
> find
> > someone else in VK to take over the contest but with no success.
> >
> BARTG have had close links with ANARTS over the years and we felt that we
> should
> help in some way. After discussions between Pat and the BARTG committee we
> have
> decided on a course of action which I hope will meet with the approval of the
> > RTTY contesting community.
> >
> For this year only the contest will be managed by John GW4SKA, the BARTG
> contest
> manager, with help towards expenses from ANARTS. The rules are much the same
> as
> in previous years but logs must come direct to anarts@bartg.org.uk. You can
> find
> the rules at http://www.anarts.com.au/rules2009.htm and they will also be
> available on the BARTG website shortly. This will save any disappointment for
> > those of us who have made plans to enter the contest this year.
> >
> > 2009 will be the last running of the ANARTS RTTY contest. From 2010 we will
> > be
> > moving the BARTG HF RTTY Contest from March to the 2nd weekend in June.
> > This
> > will give us a bit more time between our Sprint and HF contests and also
> > avoid
> > the March clash of dates with the very popular Russian DX contest.
> >
> > My thanks go to Pat for her cooperation and hard work in running the
> > previous
> > contests. The ANARTS test has always been one of my favourites and I know
> > that
> > Pat did not want to let anyone down at short notice.
> >
> > 73 and see you all in June,
> >
> > John GW4SKA
> > BARTG Contest Manager
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