The CW Operators's Club
CWops - CW OPEN COMPETITION
Scheduled for September 1 and 2, 2012
Welcome !
Welcome to CWops! Our goal is to bring together Amateur Radio operators who enjoy communicating by Morse Code (CW). CWops encourages the use of CW in Amateur communications, and it supports CW activity through planned events. CWops promotes goodwill among Amateurs throughout the world, and it fosters the education of young people and others in matters related to Amateur Radio.
CWops is International in scope, membership and management. Its focus is the use of CW, whether for contesting, DXing or ragchewing. Moreover, it supports every form of sending -- if it's CW, CWops supports it!
The procedure for becoming a member is explained on the Membership page. See the Bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation for the details of how the Club is administered, its goals, and membership process.
To find CWops friends on the bands, look "on the 8's": CWops Primary Frequencies (MHz): 1.818, 3.528, 7.028, 10.118, 14.028, 18.078, 21.028, 24.908, and 28.028
CU on the bands soon!
CWops is International in scope, membership and management. Its focus is the use of CW, whether for contesting, DXing or ragchewing. Moreover, it supports every form of sending -- if it's CW, CWops supports it!
The procedure for becoming a member is explained on the Membership page. See the Bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation for the details of how the Club is administered, its goals, and membership process.
To find CWops friends on the bands, look "on the 8's": CWops Primary Frequencies (MHz): 1.818, 3.528, 7.028, 10.118, 14.028, 18.078, 21.028, 24.908, and 28.028
CU on the bands soon!
CWops Awards
There are several awards available for contacting a certain number of different club members. Qualifying CW contacts can be made on any ham band at any time. Contacts during any contest will qualify as well as any QSOs made in non-contest time periods. These awards will be available on our web site and are individually administered using the honor system. Stations will be invited to post their cumulative totals to the appropriate listing on our web site.CWops ACA – This award is the Annual Competition Award. Only one contact per member per calendar year can be counted for this award. Contacts can be made on any amateur band. The award will be offered at five levels in 2010: ACA-100, ACA-250, ACA-400, ACA-600, and ACA-750.
- Free programs are now available for download to make tracking for these awards easy.
- You can print out your own award in PDF format, suitable for framing.
- For more information see "Awards" in the Members Only section Here
CWops CMA – This award is the Cumulative Membership Award. This award recognizes the total of the number of members contacted on each amateur band, beginning January 3, 2010 and continuing in perpetuity. Initially, we will recognize accomplishments at these levels: CMA-250, CMA-500, CMA-750, CMA-1000, CMA-1250, and CMA-1500.
CWops WAS AWARD – This is the club Worked All States award for working the U.S. states. Every contact must be made with an active member of the club. Feel free to use all amateur bands. This is a once in a lifetime award; however, you can also add single band endorsements to your CWops WAS Award.
CWops WORKED ALL EUROPE AWARD – This is the club award for contacts with the European countries. Each contact must be with an active club member. One contact per country is counted for this award, and every ham country in Europe counts. This award is available for ALL BANDS, or for any single band. There will be 2 levels of accomplishments recognized: QSOS with 40 European Countries and with ALL European countries (presently the WAE List is 72 countries). We will publish an annual standing of stations with their number of European Countries worked on our web site. Members will be directed when and where to submit information.
CWops DX AWARD – This award is for working CWops members in all of the DXCC countries. One contact per country is counted for this award. The award will be awarded for ALL BANDS, or for any single band. This award will be available at levels of 50 and 100 countries worked, with endorsements at 25 increments thereafter. We will publish an annual standing of stations with their number of DXCC Countries worked on our web site. Members will be directed when and where to submit information.
The 2012 CW Open - Sponsored by THE CW OPERATORS' CLUB
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CWops is grateful to Icom America for sponsoring the CW OPEN awards
CWops - CW OPEN COMPETITION
Scheduled for September 1 and 2, 2012
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, seehttp://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 1/2, 2012Sessions 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 onlyBands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 metersClass 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.
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 2400Z on 5 October 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 on "Logs Received".8. If you have any problems or questions, please contact us at: cwo@cwops.orgLogging 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.
Certificates for achieving more than 100 QSOs in any or all time periods.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.
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