January 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the CW Operators’ Club (CWops). In the ten years of promoting the use of CW in amateur radio communications, the club has grown to more than 2000 members worldwide. To honour the members’ devotion to CW and the efforts of many volunteers toward promoting its use and educating new devotees, CWops members are celebrating with a month-long on-air event in January 2020.
The following rules have been adopted for the event:
• All radio amateurs are welcome to participate
• Timeframe: 0000z, 1 January 2020 to 2359z, 31 January 2020
• Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
• Exchange: Signal report. Participants are encouraged to send additional information at their discretion such as member number, name, state or province, etc. NOTE: CWT QSOs are valid for scoring purposes and are exempt from these rules.
• Scoring: 1 point per unique member or Special Club Callsign worked per band
• All QSOs with Special Club Callsigns or members must be via CW
• Special Club Calls will be activated as well as a number of unique Special Anniversary Celebratory Calls – e.g. K3CWO, GB10CWO or N5A. A complete list of special callsigns is available at https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/
• Special Club Callsign stations and members should call CQ CALL/CWO or CQ CALL CWO*
• Members calling another member or Special Club Callsign station should send CALL/CWO or CALL CWO*
• Reporting: See https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/ for reporting information
• Awards: See https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/ for awards information.
The following rules have been adopted for the event:
• All radio amateurs are welcome to participate
• Timeframe: 0000z, 1 January 2020 to 2359z, 31 January 2020
• Bands: 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m
• Exchange: Signal report. Participants are encouraged to send additional information at their discretion such as member number, name, state or province, etc. NOTE: CWT QSOs are valid for scoring purposes and are exempt from these rules.
• Scoring: 1 point per unique member or Special Club Callsign worked per band
• All QSOs with Special Club Callsigns or members must be via CW
• Special Club Calls will be activated as well as a number of unique Special Anniversary Celebratory Calls – e.g. K3CWO, GB10CWO or N5A. A complete list of special callsigns is available at https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/
• Special Club Callsign stations and members should call CQ CALL/CWO or CQ CALL CWO*
• Members calling another member or Special Club Callsign station should send CALL/CWO or CALL CWO*
• Reporting: See https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/ for reporting information
• Awards: See https://cwops.org/cwops-10th-anniversary-celebration/ for awards information.