[Cwo] JA ... or lack thereof

[k6rb at baymoon.com]

Here's an idea that has been brewing in my head for a while. I would
like to have Atsu, JE1TRV; a member in western EU (EA8AY?),  a member
in eastern EU (?), and a member in Brazil to be CW Open ambassadors.
I would write an invitation to participate and ask each ambassador to
translate it into Japanese, Spanish, Portugese, and Russian(?). These
would be sent to lists for those countries where each language is the
first language. All others would receive an English invitation.

But, before doing all this, I'd like to work with Atsu to solicit some
comments from the JAs. Here's what I'm thinking of having him translate so
I can send it to the JA list (just a draft; not final copy)

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To our JA colleagues:
We want to thank those of you who
participated in the recent CW Open sessions. Last year, CW Open coincided
with the Keyman event and the RU event, so we had a small turnout of JA
and EU CW operators. This year, we chose a weekend where we would not
coincide with any other CW event. And, the turnout of EU operators
increased a lot. However, we were saddened that not many JA CW men
participated, again, this year. We were hoping for a lot of JA
participation.
We wondered if many JA operators
believed that they could only work NA operators in order to score points
or multipliers. That is not the case. A JA operator who operated
on one band and worked only other JAs would have gotten points
and multipliers for each exchange. For example, if JE1TRV worked 100
different JA operators during session 1 on 40 meters, he would have gotten
100 points x 100 multipliers, or 10,000 points.
The CW Open is meant to be both
regional AND international. It is purposely scored so that someone
operating QRP or 100 watts with a single-band antenna would be able to
achieve a respectable score in at least one session. We were hoping to see
many logs from many JA stations who worked many other JA stations as well
as stations in other regions.
Each of you was invited to
participate in CW Open. In order for us to make the contest as interesting
for JA operators as we can, we ask you to please email Atsu, JE1TRV, at
__________ to tell him why you decided not to participate. If there is
something we can do, next year, that would make CW Open more interesting
for you, please let us know.
73,
Alan, AD6E; Rob, K6RB; Atsu, JE1TRV;
Luis, EA8AY; ...;...
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PS: I would really like everything we do, going forward, to have a real
global feel. The managers of CWT, for example, could be a person from each
region acting as ambassadors. With Atsu in JA and Raoul in S.Africa
considering starting Level 1 CWA programs in their countries, we have a
chance to make CWA an international effort, too.

I think when we have 25 or more people from a particular country
on our roster, we should consider having an ambassador from that country
and an invitation in its native language to CW Open and CWT.

 

 

 

Yes, but I wanted to float ideas before
the event gets stale in our heads.



Here are all the JA calls found in all the logs received:



JA0VTK    6    X

JA1ETX    1    

JA1GZV    1    

JA1NUT    2    

JA3JM    13    X

JA3XGE    1    

JA7BXS    2    

JE1TRV    32    

JE2RMH    1    

JF1KWG    1    

JG1RSO    1    

JG1WKM    2    X

JG3WDN    3    

JH1DBM    1    

JH1QDF    1    

JH2CMH    2    

JH2DBQ    1    

JI1RXQ    79    X

JJ1RZG    7    

JJ2EOB    1    

JO1KSD    1    



The number represents the number of times that call was worked in all 3
sessions.  X means I have the log(s).



73, Alan  AD6E









 
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 8:58 PM, k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:



 


I think before we jump to conclusions, we need to find out more. I
have the list of all those I emailed and can compare it to the list of
those who participated from JA. I could compile a small list of those who
were emailed and did not participate, and then we can find out if there
was some common denominator.
Rob K6RB
 
Apologies to Atsu for the typographical error when I typed his
name.
 

Pete, W1RM

 


From: Peter
Chamalian [mailto:w1rm at arrl.net] 

Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 3:26 PM

To: 'Alan Maenchen'; cwo at kkn.net

Subject: Re: [Cwo] JA ... or lack thereof


 
Perhaps Atus can suggest wording for the rules to clarify that for
the JA’s?
 
Pete, W1RM
 

From: Alan Maenchen
[mailto:ad6e at arrl.net] 

Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 11:20 PM

To: cwo at kkn.net

Subject: [Cwo] JA ... or lack thereof

 
I got a note from Atsu,
JE1TRV with an interesting thought.

It may be that the JA contesters think that they only get points if they
work NA .. so why bother?

Not sure how that could be misconstrued, but it's one possible explanation
for the lack of activity.

He didn't point to anything specific .. 



73, Alan AD6E







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