It seems there are a few contesters who think that the BARTG HF RTTY Contest is
moving to a June date. We discussed this last year and decided it was a bad
idea. At the time I posted :
>The general opinion seems to be that moving to a June date would be a bad
>idea, both for >propagation and because there are better things to do in June.
>The contest calendar is very >crowded and there are few options open if we
>were to consider a new date at the beginning or >end of the year. So
>.......... the BARTG HF RTTY contest will run on the 3rd weekend in >March as
>it has for several decades. The RDXC contesters will just have to work round
>us >and be tolerant if space gets tight, as we are to them.
>Our recent 2009 contest attracted around 2500 participants; it is a well liked
>and supported >test. I have no wish to change the character by messing around
>with the rules, so they will >remain the same for next year.
The rules for our contest can be found at
http://www.bartg.org.uk/contests.asp?pageid=130157
The BARTG Sprint is in January and the HF RTTY in March as usual.
73,
John GW4SKA
BARTG Contest Manager
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