[Cwo] 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest

[Jim Talens]

I've suggested before that as between August 23 and September 6 the former
on its face appears slightly preferable.   Weigh the likelihood of North
America guys who will not participate because of the Sept. 6 back-to-back
feature of the popular NA Sprint against some very minor state QSO parties
on August 23 that pose little risk of CWO dilution.  The balance would seem
to favor August 23.   But despite that I am willing to go with September 6,
only because I think locating it on the calendar after Labor Day in this
country will help stimulate North America interest, perhaps enough to
overcome the loss of operators from NA Sprint distraction.  Folks are still
in a vacation mode in August but after Labor Day the contest season looms
and that may translate into more participation in CWO.  The NA Sprint
sponsors won't be thrilled, but neither would the Ohio and Hawaii QSO party
sponsors.

 

Jim, N3JT

 

From: k6rb at baymoon.com [mailto:k6rb at baymoon.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 8:59 AM
To: 'Rob K6RB'; 'Jim Talens'; nw2k at arrl.net
Cc: cwo at kkn.net
Subject: RE: 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest

 

Chip's point makes total sense. They have been doing it on the last full
weekend of August; we have the last two years been doing it on the first
full or partial weekend of September.

Can we agree to do it on Sep 6? That would be totally consistent with our
past practice...and not put us in conflict with anything significant. The NA
Sprint which follows our session 3 does not conflict. It follows only one
session of the event.

In years passed, NA Sprint also conflicted with an FOC event. FOCers would
break out of their event - do the Sprint - then resume the FOC event. In our
case, it's not even an issue.

Let's give it a try. This is a better solution than conflicting with YO DX
and the state QSO parties. Can we get a consensus?

Rob K6RB

 

> Rob, 
> 
> The reason YO DX HF Contest was on Aug 24/25 this year was that the last 
> weekend was not full in August. Sat was 31, while Sun was Sep 1. 
> Next year the last weekend of August is 30/31. The general rules of this 
> contest say "last full weekend of August" and contest dates were always 
> consistent with this provision. I will forward your message to the contest

> manager, YO2DFA, but I personally think that this switch would rather 
> produce confusion. 
> 
> 73s de Chip N2YO 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> 
From: Rob K6RB [mailto:k6rb at baymoon.com] 
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 8:24 PM 
> To: ciprian at sufitchi.com 
> Cc: 'Jim Talens'; nw2k at arrl.net 
> Subject: Re: 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest 
> 
> Chip, 
> 
> I see that YO DX 2013 was held on Aug 24/25 2013 whereas CW Open was held 
> on 
> 
> Aug 31 2013. I would like to suggest that while it is still early, the YO 
> DX 
> 
> contest be moved to Aug 23 2014 and CW Open be held on Aug 30 2014. First 
> of 
> 
> all, this is more consistent with the dates both contests were held in 
> 2013. 
> 
> Secondly, it would avoid an unnecessary conflict. On Aug 23, the YO DX 
> contest has only some US state QSO parties with no other international 
> contests. If we held the CW Open on August 30 - which is consistent with 
> this last running - CW Open and YO DX would have some hours of conflict. 
> 
> Would you be willing to talk to the YO DX manager to see if they would be 
> willing to switch from Aug 30 to Aug 23? It would make things easier for 
> both contests and participants. 
> 
> Please let me know as soon as you can because we would like to settle on a

> date this month, Chip. Many thanks. 
> 
> Rob K6RB 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> 
From: Ciprian Sufitchi 
> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 1:07 PM 
> To: k6rb at baymoon.com 
> Cc: 'Jim Talens' 
> Subject: 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest 
> 
> Hi Rob, 
> 
> I am Chip N2YO, member of CW Ops and also enthusiastic about YO DX HF 
> Contest (I guess my call sign's suffix says enough - hi). Jim N3JT has 
> told 
> me about a potential conflict between 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest. 
> YO DX HF Contest has become a very popular contest as the FRR (the 
> Romanian 
> equivalent of ARRL) contest committee has made sustained efforts during 
> past 
> 10 years to improve the rules and advertise the contest. I usually make 
> 1200+ QSOs during the 24 hours of contest in YO DX HF. In 2014 YO DX HF 
> Contest will be on Aug 30/31 and I believe if CW Ops Open will take place 
> during the same weekend it will be really a mess. In addition some CQ Ops 
> members (including myself) may decide to select YO DX HF Contest instead 
> of 
> CW Open. 
> I guess Aug 23 is a better alternative. 
> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 73s de Chip N2YO 
> 
> 
> 
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