[PPRAANet] ARRL Calendar
Pamela Scott
w0prs at me.com
Thu Dec 12 12:43:59 EST 2013
Found on Wikipedia - it states June 28-29.
Pam Scott, W0PRS
sent from my iPad
> On Dec 12, 2013, at 10:33 AM, NØABC -- Dennis <n0abc at msn.com> wrote:
>
> That is quite interesting. It IS the "ARRL Field Day" so it IS up to the ARRL to decide what weekend it will be.
>
> However, here is their description, copied from their website....
> "Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. Field Day 2014 is June 28-29, 2013."
>
> As you can see, they are saying that Field Day 2014 will be in 2013. And, the First of June 2014 is a Sunday, making that NOT the first full weekend.
>
> Per the ARRL's own description, Field Day 2014 should be June 28 - 29, 2014, as that is the fourth FULL weekend in June.
>
> I am copying this to HQ ARRL, so they can take whatever steps they may want to in order to correct this little anomaly!
>
> 73,
>
> Dennis
> NØABC
>
> -----Original Message----- From: DickT-W0RAA
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:15 AM
> To: PPRAA Reflector
> Subject: [PPRAANet] ARRL Calendar
>
> At the Christmas dinner/meeting last night, they gave away an ARRL calendar
> as a door prize, which they said was a misprint, as it showed the ARRL
> Field Day as happening on June 21st weekend and not the June 28th weekend.
>
> I checked my CQ calendar and found that they also indicated that FD was on
> the 21st & not the 28th. So, I can only assume the ARRL calendar is not a
> misprint or a future collectors item. Hi Hi.
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
>
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