[Cwo] The CW Open

Wed Jul 6 15:17:20 PDT 2011

Of course we have a log for cwopen.

It's on all our T Shirts.

Rob can provide that.
Don
N1DG

At 05:58 PM 7/6/2011, Alan Maenchen wrote:
>Ray,
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>It's definitely international in scope.  The three events are scheduled 
>for one "good" high band and one "good" low band session in each IARU region.
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>We have no specific CWO logo (yet).  But you can use the CWops logo.
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>73, Alan  AD6E
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>On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Ray Novak 
><<mailto:RayNovak at icomamerica.com>RayNovak at icomamerica.com> wrote:
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>Alan,
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>Yes, that was I and where I heard about this great contest!
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>I did check out the page.  Unfortunately, we cannot use that Logo as it is 
>property of the ARRL.  I have copied Ms Isiah Gates, our Graphic Artist, 
>on this E-Mail.  She can fix the a logo that you can use for the CW Open 
>webpage.
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>I do have a question.  As logos are what people identify with, do you have 
>a logo for this contest?  Also, is the just a US contest or is it 
>international?
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>Ray Novak, N9JA |  Division Manager – Amateur and Receiver Products
>ICOM America, Inc. |  2380 116th Ave NE  |  Bellevue, WA 98004 | Tel: 
><tel:425.454.8155>425.454.8155
><http://www.icomamerica.com>www.icomamerica.com
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>From: John Miller [mailto:webaron at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:44 PM
>To: Alan Maenchen
>Cc: Ray Novak; Robert Brownstein; <mailto:cwo at kkn.net>cwo at kkn.net
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>Subject: Re: The CW Open
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>Alan and Ray:
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>I think we're off to a good start:
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><http://cwops.org/cwopen.html>http://cwops.org/cwopen.html
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>Look forward to receiving the additional information.
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>BTW:  Ray -- wasn't that you who peeked into the NCCC meeting last month 
>while I was giving my Dayton overview presentation?
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>Next time stay awhile.  : >)
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>73,
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>John, K6MM
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>On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Alan Maenchen wrote:
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>Yes, this sounds like a good plan to me.  Is there any chance to get Icom 
>advertisements to mention CW OPEN at this late date?  I'm somewhat aware 
>of publishing deadlines.
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>Can you send us the art?  K6MM is the webmaster for this event. He is very 
>good at the inventive artsy stuff .. for which I'm sadly lacking in talent.
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>The arrl SS web page is a good starting point. John:  what do you think?
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>73, Alan  AD6E
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>On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Ray Novak 
><<mailto:RayNovak at icomamerica.com>RayNovak at icomamerica.com> wrote:
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>Alan,
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>Thank you for your E-Mail.  I was not quite sure how to respond to the 
>E-Mail I received earlier.  So, I really appreciate your taking charge here.
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>With the NAQP RTTY and the ARRL SS they place an ICOM logo on the awards 
>as well as communicate that ICOM is a corporate or co-sponsor of the 
>awards.  Additionally, the ARRL references ICOM’s sponsorship on the 
>website and rules pages.  Can we do something like this as well?  In 
>return, we will assist in publicizing the contest via our website, 
>advertisements and various other media.
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><http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes>http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes
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>Ray Novak, N9JA |  Division Manager – Amateur and Receiver Products
>ICOM America, Inc. |  2380 116th Ave NE  |  Bellevue, WA 98004 | Tel: 
><tel:425.454.8155>425.454.8155
><http://www.icomamerica.com/>www.icomamerica.com
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>From: Alan Maenchen [mailto:ad6e at arrl.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 12:46 PM
>To: Jim Talens
>Cc: Ray Novak; <mailto:cwo at kkn.net>cwo at kkn.net; Craig Thompson
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>Subject: Re: FW: The CW Open
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>Ray,
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>Thanks for this great offer!  As contest manager for CWO, I'm happy to 
>accept your offer for this year.
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>We have not fully thought through the awards yet so if you have 
>suggestions, we are happy to listen.  Our concept at this point is to have 
>a nice award for top score in each of the three time periods. Maybe even a 
>real trophy cup?  Cost might be in the $70 range for each.  Then, for top 
>score in each of the three power levels a basic 9x12 inch wall plaque. 
>That would be six wall plaques total since the one power level (probably 
>high power) will get the trophy cup. I think such a plaque is about $45 
>each so we're talking about $500 roughly plus shipping.  Of course, the 
>winner of the combined score could be someone who did now win an award in 
>any of the individual events. If so, then there could be two additional 
>plaques and one additional trophy for $650 total plus shipping.  I'm 
>rounding since I don't really have a solid quote to go on yet.  I also 
>don't know about shipping cost so I can't estimate that yet.
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>Certificates will be self-generating, self-printing so the cost is zero.
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>If you have ideas based on your experiences, please share.
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>Time wise, we don't yet know when these awards will be determined and 
>ordered. I am hoping for sometime late in October or November but it could 
>be later if we're overwhelmed with logs to check. For the initial year of 
>this event it's really difficult to estimate that.
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>Please contact me directly with thoughts, ideas.  I can forward and share 
>with the group.
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>Thanks again,
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>Alan  AD6E
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>On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Jim Talens 
><<mailto:jtalens at verizon.net>jtalens at verizon.net> wrote:
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>Hi, Ray!
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>Thank you so much for your interest in sponsoring awards for our upcoming 
>CWops CW Open event.   Our Board has approved the concept of accepting 
>your kind offer.   I suspect there may be specific terms or aspects of the 
>sponsorship we need to know about.  As club Secretary I will facilitate 
>the discussion that we have about this.
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>So please fill me in on any further details.   We may also want to review 
>the specific trophy, plaque and certificate outline you suggest, though in 
>our internal discussions so far there has been no alternative suggested.
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>Thanks, Ray!
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>73,
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>Jim Talens, N3JT
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>CWops Secretary
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Ray Novak <<mailto:RayNovak at icomamerica.com>RayNovak at icomamerica.com>
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>Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 7:25 PM
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>Subject: The CW Open
>To: "<mailto:k9ct at arrl.net>k9ct at arrl.net" 
><<mailto:k9ct at arrl.net>k9ct at arrl.net>
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>Craig,
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>While you may not the right person to contact, I recognized the name and 
>callsign, and knew I could trust you to direct me in the right direction.
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>I saw a presentation for the CW Open, and would like an opportunity to 
>assist in the promotion and marketing of the contest as a 
>Sponsor.  Currently we sponsor the ARRL Sweepstakes as well as the NAQP 
>RTTY plaques, would this be of interest to the CW Operators’ club?
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>Awards:
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>Trophy for 1st place in each time period.
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>Plaque for 1st place in each power level in each time period
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>Trophy for over all combined score of all three time periods.
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>Plaque for 1st place for each power level in the combined score group.
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>Note: if the same entrant wins multiple awards, they may be combined.
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>Certificates for achieving more than 100 QSOs in any or all time periods.
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>Ray Novak, N9JA |  Division Manager – Amateur and Receiver Products
>ICOM America, Inc. |  2380 116th Ave NE  |  Bellevue, WA 98004 | Tel: 
><tel:425.454.8155>425.454.8155
><http://www.icomamerica.com/>www.icomamerica.com
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