[Cwo] CWO 2012

[Jim Talens]

This could constitute a justification for the ham in the family to insist on
not going anywhere Labor Day weekend!!!  So in that sense it's potentially
beneficial.  Not sure what holidays may exist elsewhere.

Is this something worth a one-day delay to send out as a question on the
reflector?  While the committee has the power, this is a date issue that has
broader implications.

 Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: k6rb at baymoon.com [mailto:k6rb at baymoon.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 10:34 AM
To: Jim Talens; cwo at kkn.net
Cc: 'Rob'; 'Peter Chamalian'; kz5d at aol.com; 'Alan Maenchen';
n3jt at verizon.net; 'Bud Trench'; 'Andy Faber'; 'Keeler, Ken (N6RO)'; 'Bruce
Horn'
Subject: RE: CWO 2012

Based on the first round of comments, it sounds like the consensus is to
go with first weekend in September. What should be the next step? I don't
want to drag our feet on this one. The sooner we lock down a date; the
sooner we can start a full-court-press promotional plan and campaign.

Rob K6RB


> Sounds fine to me, though it could be problematic for guys who have Labor
> Day issues,  It is a major national holiday that draws folks away from
> home,
> surely one reason the slot is currently relatively vacant.
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> Jim, N3JT
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> From: Rob [mailto:k6rb at baymoon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:13 PM
> To: Peter Chamalian; KZ5D at aol.com; Alan Maenchen; n3jt at verizon.net; Bud
> Trench; Andy Faber; 'Keeler, Ken (N6RO)'
> Cc: Bruce Horn
> Subject: CWO 2012
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> Gents:
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> I examined the WA7BNM perpetual calendar cross referenced to his CW
> contest
> calendar and found Sept. 1, 2012 as a very reasonable date for CWO 2012.
> The
> only conflicts showing are All Asian Phone DX contest, a QRP sprint, and
> DARC 10 m digital contest. That first Sept. weekend also looks good for
> 2013. Perhaps we should claim it for CWO and get placed on the perpetual
> calendar before some other major CW contest nabs it :-).
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> Wadda ya think?
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> If so, we should begin publicizing it right away. This year we don't have
> the hurdles of simultaneously getting contest log support (although I
> recommend that someone try to get WIN-TEST to support it, too).
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> The adjudication software is fine (I did a full check, last night, and my
> independent manual results matched AD6E's computed results.
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> I also recommend that we stick with the same time slots and durations
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> 1200-1600Z; 2000-2400Z; 0400-0800Z). Looking at the preliminary results,
> several participants did better than 100K points.
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> 73,
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> Rob K6RB
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