[Cwo] 2014 Summary Before Voting

[Charles Sanders]

I checked with W0BH and he is planning to keep KS QP on the same weekend as
OH and HI.


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:34 AM, D Faklis <dfaklis at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have tried to capture the meat of the concensus building process.  I'm
> sure I missed some of the discussions.  Please check me carefully.  This
> email was sent to CWO at KKN.net and I assume that everyone involved
> receives reflector emails.
>
> Starting at the beginning:
>
> What is the "new date?" Is it last zulu Friday in August? Or zulu Friday
> of first (partial) weekend in September? Or ... ?
> 73, Hank, W6SX
>
> Good question Hank.  I think we decided on the first (partial) weekend in
> Sept. Be it Sat Aug 31 (zulu) like this year or first Sept Saturday
> (zulu).  Need to look at the 2014 contest calendar and see if that's a
> problem or not.  I haven't done that. Might be we were just lucky this year
> with the split weekend.
> 73, Alan, AD6E
>
> If we make it last weekend of August, it would be Aug 30 2014. If we keep
> it first full or partial weekend in September, it will be Sep 6 2014.
> Rob K6RB
>
> Then, for these dates, YODX and NA Sprint are identified as concerns by
> the group.  A search for a new date begins.  Conflicts are identified by
> the group.
>
> Primary conflicts:  Tokyo Ham Fair (23 AUG 14), YODX (30 AUG 14), NA
> Sprint (7 SEP 14), FOC (13 SEP 14), SAC CW (20 SEP 14), CQWW RTTY (27 SEP
> 14)
>
> Secondary conflicts: HIQP and OHQP (23 AUG 14), WAQP (20 SEP 14), TXQP (27
> SEP 14)
>
> Unknown potential conflicts: KSQP (23 AUG 14)
>
> YODX, FOC and CQWW RTTY achieve "keep out" status by the group:  30 AUG,
> 13 SEP, 27 SEP are essentially deemed no good by the group.
>
> This leaves 23 AUG, 6 SEP, and 20 SEP as possibilities around this
> timeframe.
>
> Review 23 AUG:  Tokyo Ham Fair, HIQP and OHQP are conflicts.  KSQP may be
> a conflict.
> Review 6 SEP:  NA Sprint conflict.  No overlap in time; Sprint begins when
> CW Open would end.
> Review 20 SEP:  SAC CW and WAQP are conflicts
>
> Analysis 23 AUG:  In 2013, there was no conflict with Tokyo Ham Fair and 6
> JA logs have been received out of a total of 246 for Session 1.  >90 logs
> from EU/W.Asia.  Remainder NA.  I have not processed Session 2 or 3.  HI
> and OH QPs take in about 200 logs each.  Most of the group feels that
> concurrent state QPs will not impact the CWO greatly.
> Analysis 6 SEP:   45% overlap in operators Sprint/CWO.  W6SX, NW2K, N3JT
> weigh this data against a 6 SEP CWO.  K6RB and AD6E are leaning OK with 6
> SEP.  I can't find evidence on where W1RM, K6MM, NO5W stand on this date.
> Analysis 20 SEP:  SAC CW seems to be a late addition to the discussion.
> Here is a link to some stats:  http://www.sactest.net/blog/statistics/
> 1200 logs received in 2012.  92 logs from NA.  874 logs from EU.  146 logs
> from Asia.  RST and serial number.
>
> Proposed Cull:  20 SEP (SAC CW) seems more occupied than 30 AUG (YODX)
>
> Please comment on this email and its assumptions and please decide if 20
> SEP should be removed from consideration.  After the comment period, I'd
> like to convene a vote.
>
> Thanks!
> 73, Dean, NW2K
>
>
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