[Fists] Re: Fists Digest, Vol 58, Issue 8

[Ralph Sutton]

S tan,

You should have checked what was published in FISTS Down Under - Much 
more reliable than QST!

Vy 73 de

Ralph Sutton ZL2AOH
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>    1. CQ WW DX Contest - CW (Stan Reas)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:15:37 +0000
> From: Stan Reas <stank4uk at rev.net>
> Subject: [Fists] CQ WW DX Contest - CW
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> Riley, K4ORD called and said the folks operating in the DX Contest were giving 
> ITU Zones instead of CQ Zones.  He thought this weekend is the CQ WW DX 
> CW Contest, because what is printed in the November Issue of QST is:
>
>            Start & Finish                   Contest Title                        Exchange
> 22 Nov 0000Z - 23 Nov 2400Z  -  CW World Wide DX CW     RST and CQ Zone
>
> But both the October and November issues of CQ specify:
>
> 	Nov 29-30   CQ WW DX CW Contest
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> The "Sponsor's Web Site" <cqww.com> shows:
>
> 	2008 CQWW CW Contest: 0000 UTC, November 29 through 2359 UTC, 
> 	November 30 
>
> The ARRL web site <www.arrl.org/contests> NOW shows:
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> 	29 Nov 0000Z - 30 Nov 2400Z  for the CQ WW DX CW Contest
>
> So, ARRL has "screwed up" in the QST magazine AGAIN - Hi !
>
> The guy who writes the Contest Corral sure doesn't check his dates.
>
> We finally figured out from the November issue of CQ that this Nov 22-23 weekend is 
> is the LZ DX Contest.
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> 73, Stan - K4UK
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