[Cwo] 2014 CW Open

[Charles Sanders]

Also the Kansas QSO Party is on the same weekend as Ohio and has become
quite popular in the last few years.

73/Chuck/NO5W


On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:53 PM, D Faklis <dfaklis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My 2 cents... The end of August timeframe is good and seems important; The
> CW Open helps define the beginning of the contest season.  A partial
> conflict with YO DX will have an impact, and here are the results from this
> year's event:
>
> http://www.3830scores.com/editionscores.php?arg=W2vmdzLfasve
>
> The impact is measurable, but I think it's lighter than a partial conflict
> with the NA CW Sprint (7 SEP 14) or WAE SSB/NA Sprint SSB (13 SEP 14).
>  Those two events are actually fun, despite the microphone....
>
> Or we could work with the Ohio QSO Party folks.  We move to 23 AUG, they
> move to 30 AUG.  Colorado QSO Party is in there sometime too.  Just a
> thought.
>
> Given what we know now, 30 AUG 14 might work OK.
>
> 73, Dean, NW2K
>
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 9/6/13, k6rb at baymoon.com <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: RE: [Cwo] 2014 CW Open
>  To: "Jim Talens" <jtalens at verizon.net>
>  Cc: "'D Faklis'" <dfaklis at yahoo.com>, "K6rb" <k6rb at baymoon.com>, "'Peter
> Chamalian'" <w1rm at comcast.net>
>  Date: Friday, September 6, 2013, 4:14 PM
>
>  I think given the choices, we're
>  better off with August 30. I know we
>  will lose a lot of players to the Sprint on Sep. 6, not
>  because they
>  conflict, but because it would mean an uninterrupted 8 hours
>  of operation
>  if they do the last session.
>  I'm not sure that a 4-hour collision with YO DX would
>  do us as much
>  harm.
>  Some comments from others? If we lock in a date, soon, we
>  can plan a
>  low-cost ad in QST along with other international
>  promotions. The only
>  split weekend in 2014 is in February, I think. That's
>  too long to
>  wait.
>  Rob K6RB
>
>
>  > Wait just a bit, please, Dean.
>
>  >
>
>  > I don't have the earlier messages about this but I
>  remember that the
>
>
>  > August
>
>  > 30 weekend collides with the YO-contest whereas the
>  next weekend has
>
>
>  > several
>
>  > collisions. I don't recall which was worse. I note
>  that the YO
>  contest
>
>  > is
>
>  > a pretty sizeable deal and is 12z-12z August 30-31,
>  2014. If our CWO
>  is
>
>  > August 29 00-04z, August 30 12-16z, August 30 20-24z.
>  then it looks
>  like 4
>
>  > hours of overlap., during peak EU-East Coast skip
>  hours. The next
>
>  > weekend
>
>  > is a Sprint but what else?
>
>  >
>
>  > JIm
>
>  >
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>
>  >
>
>  From: cwo-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:cwo-bounces at kkn.net] On
>  Behalf Of D
>
>  > Faklis
>
>  > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 3:17 PM
>
>  > To: cwo at kkn.net
>
>  > Subject: [Cwo] 2014 CW Open
>
>  >
>
>  > All, Rob suggested 30 AUG 2014 for the next CW Open.
>  Should I reserve
>
>
>  > that
>
>  > date? Same session times? Thanks, Dean
>
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