Yep, I think it is the fourth Saturday in June.  Although, I did miss it by 
one week twenty years ago.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: My Big Finish in the WPX


> Hi Tom,
>
> You need to double check the dates of Field Day,--I think they are a
> week later than you mentioned, but I could be wrong.
>
> 73,
>
> Dave, W7OQAt 09:28 AM 5/26/2014, you wrote:
>>Hey, Steve.
>>
>>Congratulations on the CQ WPX totals!!
>>
>>As far as I know, you did the best of any of us.
>>
>>So, yes, I think we can safely say that your CW contesting skills are
>>definitely coming along nicely.
>>
>>Sorry we didn't cross paths.
>>
>>I, too, find contests like these to be a bit more tedious than many of the
>>usual contests I do.  One thing that always gets me is how the big guns 
>>send
>>their contest exchange so quickly (probably at about 50 words a minute or
>>so), that people like me need to ask them for a repeat.  As a result, in 
>>the
>>end, I'm not sure how much time that saves any of us.
>>
>>Anyway, the contest for me was a fun outing, so now, it's onto the next 
>>one.
>>For me, it will be Field Day on June 21--22.
>>
>>At least, with Field Day, I'm not quite so much out of my element.
>>
>>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>On Behalf Of Steve Forst
>>Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 9:28 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: My Big Finish in the WPX
>>
>>Mike,
>>
>>Sorry I didn't cross paths with you, or anyone else from the list.   As
>>usual, my CW phobia had me   just tinkering around for the first half of
>>the weekend, but  Saturday night, with about 65 in the log,  I figured I
>>would hit it a little harder.
>>
>>Working around my church schedule on Sunday, I managed to log 505
>>contacts, 337 mults, and a score just over 463K.    For me this was a
>>big outing.  I do think my CW contesting skills are (slowly) improving.
>>
>>Hope you had fun.  As hard as it is for me to get started in one of these,
>>once I get  into it, I really enjoy it.
>>
>>73, Steve KW3A
>>
>>On 5/25/2014 8:04 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
>> > I returned home in time to work the last hour of the contest.
>> >
>> > My final total, 232 contacts, 173 prefixes, 75,774 points.
>> >
>> > Not a bad showing for a contest lite type of operator.
>> >