[Cwo] CW Open 2014

[Jim Talens]

BWQP is not mainly ragchewing!  It is virtually identical to CWO in the
sense that it is a point contest. Overlap would be very harmful for two
reasons. First, it would cause a number of CWops/FOC-dual members to choose,
diluting both events.  Second, and more important, it would cause interclub
disarray.  W1RM can tell you what heartache that will cause.   It cannot be
on Sept. 13.

 

August 23 I suppose remains an option as do September 20 and 26.

 

Jim, N3JT

 

From: cwo-bounces at kkn.net [mailto:cwo-bounces at kkn.net] On Behalf Of Alan
Maenchen
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 9:16 PM
To: Charles Sanders
Cc: cwo at kkn.net
Subject: Re: [Cwo] CW Open 2014

 

Thanks!

TQP wouldn't represent much competition, but CQWW RTTY is huge.

There is no perfect answer. We'll need to chose the 'best', there being no
'ideal'.

Question: BWQP is mainly rag chewing .. I think (never done that).  Would
some overlap really hurt?  I understand that a lot of CWO participants are
also FOC.  The exchange may be somewhat compatible, although the intent
(purpose of QSOs) is vastly different. If we can't get a date where we're
dominant, then find a competing event where we might be compatible (QSOs
work for both events). 

That's difficult, but a thought...

73, Alan  AD6E/KP4

 

I'm back home tomorrow night. You can send me the logs (what you have) on
Tuesday and I'll start playing with them between washing cloths and cleaning
the house. XYL supervises.   :-)








 

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Charles Sanders <no5w.chuck at gmail.com>
wrote:

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

 

 

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.
 


 

73, Alan  AD6E/KP4



 

 

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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