[Cwo] CW Open 2014

[Charles Sanders]

Sept 27 2014 will be the CQWW RTTY and the Texas QSO Party.


On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:36 PM, <k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:

>  BWQP is FOC's twice yearly open event. It goes 24 hours, from 0Z to
> 2400Z, and is international. So, we would face a CW only event whose 24
> hours overlaps our 12 hours. So, it's not good.
>
> We ruled out the August weekends because of a YO-DX conflict and some
> others. We thought we were okay with Sep 13 because we could find no listed
> conflicts, but now learned that FOC had chosen that date back in April, and
> duly notified Bruce Horn.
>
> So, we have Sep 20 and Sep 27 as viable alternatives.
>
>
> Rob K6RB
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> I've been QRT for the past several days.... week.  Been on a boat with
> many $$$ for service so I simply shut down.  Not sure what I've missed.
> catching up on *many* emails.  What is BWQP?
>
>
> Generally speaking, any state QP should not be a serious problem conflict
> wise due to their general lack of activity. The exceptions: CQP, PQP, 7QP.
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> 73, Alan  AD6E/KP4
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> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Rob K6RB k6rb at baymoon.com> wrote:
>
>>   Well... I had a QSO with KZ5D today and he sent me an email sent to
>> Bruce Horn and Ward in April selecting Sep 13 2014 for BWQP. We could have
>> avoided the current conflict if Bruce had posted it on his calendar.
>> But...in any case, Sep 13 will present a conflict during the hours when we
>> coincide – so for 12 out of 24 hours.
>>
>> Can we push it to Sep 20. I don’t believe there were serious issues with
>> that date either. It’s early enough to where making the change, now, should
>> not be disruptive. I sure wish the FOC website’s on-air and calendar
>> sections were up to date. We could have avoided this situation had they
>> been so. Clearly, the WA7BNM calendar is also not up to date so there’s a
>> real possibility of other conflicts arising. Not good.
>>
>> Rob K6RB
>>
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