Foots nicely with the movement I've been trying to promote, namely swapping
ARRL Jan VHF with the RTTY Roundup.
Winter Es have been non-existent in the few Jan VHFs I've been in, but could be
much better in early January. Meanwhile, the RTTY Round-up is 10 thru 80 M
meaning it could even share a weekend with CQ 160 CW.
I suppose this doesn't eliminate the NFL playoff discussion, but I view that as
less relevant than propagation on the band(s) of interest!
73, Dan, K1TO
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@xxxxxxxx>
To: VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, May 22, 2017 11:36 pm
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Date for January VHF contest
Hi Everyone...It ought to be as close to the Quadrantids as possible.
The Quads normally peak somewhere in Jan 3-5. That shower is a very
short one, so if it could fall in the contest that would be great.
Clearly, it could not fall there every time, but when that would be
possible, the Jan contest would be a lot better.
I know, I know, this is not the way that we have always done it, but
kowtowing to the NFL is not working.
73 Marshall
On 5/18/2017 12:03 PM, Bill Olson wrote:
> Has to do with NFL football schedule I believe
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> Spencer <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Date for January VHF contest
>
> The date for the January VHF contest is shown as "will generally be the third
> or fourth weekend in January"
>
> http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf
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> January VHF<http://www.arrl.org/january-vhf>
> www.arrl.org
> The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for
> amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and
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> I'm just curious is there a historical reason why there is not a fixed date
> for this contest ? I expect I'll be asked this question at a presentation I
> am giving regarding contesting. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
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> Mark Spencer
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