[Cwo] JA ... or lack thereof

Mon Sep 17 16:26:23 PDT 2012

Was it Atsu who translated the original invitation?

Yes, I like the concept.  If those guys are willing, we should take full
advantage of their skills.

73, Alan  AD6E

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:59 PM, <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:

> 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)
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *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; ...;...*
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
>
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>
> 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
>
>
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>
> 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
>>
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>>
>> *From:* Alan Maenchen [mailto:ad6e at arrl.net <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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