[Cwo] Fwd: CWO needs some help

[Ward Silver]

That's a good plan, Rob.

I'll mention that the contest was moved this year - other than that is there something new about it or the awards or...???

73, Ward N0AX
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: k6rb at baymoon.com 
  To: Alan Maenchen ; hwardsil at gmail.com 
  Cc: cwo at kkn.net 
  Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [Cwo] Fwd: CWO needs some help


  Ward,

  Over 2000 emails went out to well-known contesters in JA, EU, US, CA, SA inviting them to participate in CW Open, with a reminder sent to each this week. A JA friend told me he saw a lot of buzz about the event on bulletin boards and reflectors. So, by moving the date and doing a lot of advanced publicity, we're expecting to have quite a turnout this year.

  Rob K6RB



  Ward is trying to help and I understand his situation.  I'm not the brightest lamp when it comes to "sizzle"  ;-)
  Any thoughts?

  Please respond to me and/or the group, not Ward directly if possible.

  Tks,  Alan  AD6E





   

  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  From: Ward Silver hwardsil at gmail.com>
  Date: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:33 PM
  Subject: Re: CWO needs some help
  To: Alan Maenchen ad6e at arrl.net>



  Well...OK.  I can note that the CWO has moved.  But give me a little more sizzle :-)
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Alan Maenchen
    To: Ward Silver
    Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:27 PM
    Subject: Re: CWO needs some help

     
    I understand ..  how about "new weekend"?  or "new dates"?
    That by itself is probably sufficient to warrant a second look.

    Thanks !!
    73, Alan  AD6E




    On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Ward Silver hwardsil at gmail.com> wrote:

      Alan, about the most I ever do for contest promotion is run it as a headline or if there is some kind of "news" about it - such as a new category or plaque program or something other than "hey, it's running this weekend".  I would be happy to put CWO on the "leaderboard" by the way.  I avoid doing single-contest promotions (with the hopefully understandable exception of the newsletter sponsor's contests and I keep those down to a dull roar, too) because there are hundreds of contests that would then want THEIR contest promoted and so forth.

      Come up with something neat about CWO - new certificates, website update, real-time scoreboard somewhere - and I'll put a short item in the news section to keep the wheels turning.  How's that?

      73, Ward N0AX
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: Alan Maenchen
        To: Ward Silver
        Cc: Brownstein Robert
        Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:30 PM
        Subject: CWO needs some help

         
        Ward,

        I'm hoping you can help get more activity for the upcoming CW OPEN Sept 1-2.
        You have it listed in the Contest Corral, and I appreciate it.  I'm really nervous about this event since last year was bombed by two other heavy hitter CW events going on at the same time in AS and in EU. That's why we moved it to Sept 1-2 for this year.  

        CWO is NOT the biweekly CWT events that have been going on for a long time now. It's the "real deal" where all that practice is now on the line for an actual trophy and glory. Last years' result writeup can be found here:
        http://www.cwops.org/cwo2011-final.html

        Folks need to be reminded that the exchange is Serial NR and Name
        The CWT has a different, although similar exchange which is Name and CWops membership NR.  No membership (or number) is needed in CWO. 

        My little writeup (PDF) on that results page shows what the sun is doing in each of the three four hour events.
        This is a different competition than the usual:  Three separate events of four hours each separated by 4 hours. The propagation changes significantly between each session.  Let me know if you want those little JPGs.

        Last year saw mostly NA activity with very little elsewhere. I REALLY want to make this a world wide event. K6RB has been sending out email reminders which I hope work out. Your next issue of Contest Update (Aug 29?) would be perfectly timed to help CW OPEN.

        Thanks & 73,  Alan  AD6E

        http://www.cwops.org/cwopen.html




     


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