[Cwo] 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest

[Peter Chamalian W1RM]

They haven't yet but I'll bet they will and they will piss and moan about
CWops.  To nip this in the bud, I think KZ5D and KR3E should be consulted
before we land on the 13th.  Note that the FOC event is not a contest in the
same sense that the other events are although those who get into it treat it
as such much like the ardent FD groups treat FD as a contest.

 

We got into a lot of hot water with FOC when the first CWops gathering was
scheduled in Plymouth on the very weekend that FOC had its annual gathering
in the UK.  I caught a lot of heat and hate mail as a result.

 

 

Pete, W1RM

 

From: cwo-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:cwo-bounces at kkn.net] On Behalf Of John
Miller
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 10:51 AM
To: Hank Garretson
Cc: cwo at kkn.net; Dean Faklis
Subject: Re: [Cwo] 2014 CW Open and YO DX HF Contest

 

I'm a little late to this discussion, and perhaps I've missed something, but
what's wrong with the weekend of September 12-13, 2014?

 

The only contests I see scheduled for that weekend are:

 

WAE DX SSB

SKCC (Straight Key Century Club) Weekend Sprintathon

ARRL VHF Contest

NA Sprint, SSB

Swiss HTC QRP 

 

Most are non-CW contests, and none would appear to be a major conflict with
CWO.  No state QSO parties.  No YO DX contest.

 

And FOC hasn't scheduled anything for September 2014 yet:

 

http://www.g4foc.org/calendar?EventViewMode=1
<http://www.g4foc.org/calendar?EventViewMode=1&EventListViewMode=2&SelectedD
ate=9/10/2014&CalendarViewType=0>
&EventListViewMode=2&SelectedDate=9/10/2014&CalendarViewType=0

 

My suggestion:

 


Session

Date

Time


1

September 13, 2014

0000 - 0359z


2

September 13, 2014

1200 - 1559z


3

September 13, 2014

2000 - 2359z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,

John K6MM

 

On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Hank Garretson wrote:





Good Morning All,

I am about to violate my personal rule about "criticizing" and not offering
a good alternative. But ...

I don't have a good feeling about Session 3 followed immediately (or even on
the same weekend) as NA CW Sprint. 

CW Sprint is an intense contest that demands full concentration. At least
for me, switching gears from CWO Session 3 to Sprint would not work. One or
the other or more likely both would suffer.

CW Sprinters are guys we would like to have in CWops, CWTs, and CWOs. Let's
make it easy for them instead of conflicting. 

73,

Hank, W6SX

 

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 5:59 AM, <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:

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

 

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