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The CW Open - Sponsored by THE CW OPERATORS' CLUB
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CWops - CW OPEN COMPETITION
Scheduled for August 31, 2013
Background: The CWops club has sponsored fun, monthly one hour competitions at times thought to be optimum for members in ITU Regions 1, 2, and 3. For more information, see http://www.cwops.org/onair.html. The CW OPEN event (CWO) is aimed at the same idea, but expanded to be a more serious, annual competitive event.
Object: Work as many CW stations as possible within the limited time frame(s). Each station may be worked once per band. There are three separate competitions at three separate times -- each is called a "Session". Entry can be made to any or all of these competitions. Each competition is scored separately. Entry into multiple Sessions will be added together for a combined score in a separate, additional aspect to this competition.Dates: September, 2013
Sessions and Times:
Exchange: Sequential Serial Number and Name.
QSO Points: One point for every valid two way QSO with correct exchange of information. May contact for points only once per band, per time segment. Note: do not remove dupes from your log.
Multipliers: Each different call sign is a multiplier the first time it is worked on any band. Note that a busted call sign is not a multiplier.
Score is simply the total QSO points times the total number of multipliers in a given time period. Note: If more than one time period is entered, a combined score totaling all time period scores will be reported separately in the results.
Mode: CW only
Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 meters
Class Entry: Single Operator only. Indicate power level of QRP, Low, or High;
QRP is 5W or less; Low is 100W or less; High is any legal power above 100WPacket, Skimmer, and Reverse Beacon systems are allowed.
Team Competition:
1. Teams with up to ten members can be organized and compete against each other. Team registration is at the bottom of this page.
2. There is no geographical restriction for a team.
3. A Team consists of TWO or more operators.
4. Team score is the sum of all team members' scores in all Sessions that they choose to enter.Example 1: Team A enters Session 1 + 2 + 3. Total Score is sum of all 3 Sessions.
Example 2: Team B enters Sessions 1 and 3 only. Total Score is sum of just those two Sessions.Note: Since there is only ONE overall Team Competition winner for the entire contest, those who enter ALL 3 Sessions obviously have a much better chance of winning.
Log Submission:
1. All logs must be in Cabrillo format. See FAQ below for details.
2. All logs must be submitted no later than 0059Z PDT on Thursday, September 20, 2012.
3. You must submit a CWO Cabrillo log for each Session. Don't forget to start
4. Name your logs for each Session by using 1, 2, or 3 after your callsign.
Sample Log Names for K3XYZ:
Session 1. K3XYZ1.log
Session 2. K3XYZ2.log
Session 3. K3XYZ3.log
5. Logs must be submitted in electronic format. A customized log submission form for CWO is available here:Click on "Log Submission" and you will be taken to a Log Submission page, which you can use in either of two ways.
Method A. Click "Browse": Let's you find and upload your Cabrillo file directly.
Method B. Paste Area: You can copy the information from your CWO Cabrillo file, and paste it directly into the text area shown.After using either Method A or Method B mentioned above, simply click "Submit Log".
6. Please submit separate logs for each Session -- do not try to combine them into one for submitting purposes.
7. After the contest period ends, you can verify that your log has been received by returning to this page and clicking here: "Logs Received"
8. If you have any problems or questions, please contact us at: cwo@cwops.org
Logging Software: Several common contest loggers have been tested and approved for CW Open.
CQPWIN http://www.cqp.org/Software-AE6Y.html CQ/X http://www.no5w.com/ DXLog http://www.dxlog.net/sw/ GenLog http://www.qsl.net/w3km/gen_log.htm N1MM http://www.n1mm.com SD http://www.ei5di.com/ Skookum http://web.me.com/wlmyers/K1GQ/SkookumLogger.html TR4W http://www.tr4w.com/ TR4W How To Set Up TR4W For CWO (by Marv, N5AW) Writelog
requires 3rd party contest modulehttp://writelog.com/downloads/third-party YFKtest http://fkurz.net/ham/yfktest.html
Refer to the Software Page for more information.Awards: (Sponsored by ICOM America)
Trophy for 1st place in each time period.
Plaque for 1st place in each power level in each time period
Trophy for over all combined score of all three time periods.
Plaque for 1st place for each power level in the combined score group.
Note: if the same entrant wins multiple awards, they may be combined.
FAQ:
- Log format should be Cabrillo v3.
- QSO template is similar to NA Sprint, but without the QTH columns:
------info sent----------- -------info rcvd----------- - QSO: freq mo date time call nr ex1 call nr
- QSO: ***** ** yyyy-mm-dd nnnn ********** nnnn aaaaaaaaaa ********** nnnn aaaaaaaaaa
- QSO: 14042 CW 2011-09-20 0000 N5TJ 1 JEFF N6TR 1 TREE
- There are no time off periods.
- Serial numbers should start with 001 at the beginning of each time period and not accumulate over multiple time periods.
- At present, there are no multi-operator categories.
- While Packet (and similar 'help' such as skimmer and/or reverse beacon networks) are allowed, please indicate use of such 'help' on a voluntary basis in the log. Entering as "S/O Assisted", or any multi-operator category will be taken to mean S/O with packet. Results may indicate this status.
- All entries are single operator only. No assistance by another operator is allowed, locally or remotely, except for the use of Packet which must be a cluster arrangement providing spots to others besides yourself. Packet data may be obtained by any means (telnet, VHF, etc)
- Duplicate contacts on the same band in the same time period count for zero points. Do not remove such contacts from your log. There is no penalty for duplicate contacts.
- Only one transmit signal allowed at any time.
- Multiplier: The first time you work a particular call sign, that is a multiplier. If you then work the same call sign on a different band, it adds to your points but is not a new multiplier. Thus, the total number of multipliers in your log is the number of different calls signs logged. If any call is determined to be busted (wrong copy) during log checking, that multiplier is removed.
Please register your team: