Contesters,
Anyone who has ever operated CQWW from the Coral Cliff area of Curacao is invited to join the PJ2T team this November for CQWW CW.
Operations began from that area of Curacao in November 1967 with CQWW CW. That team won the world M/M trophy. In the intervening half century there has been arguably more CQWW activity from there than anywhere on Earth.
Al Rousseau, W1FJ is the only surviving member of that famous 1967 team, and Al will be with us in Curacao this November as the honored VIP guest for "The Curacao Half-Century CQWW Celebration." We will also be honored to have Bob, W5OV, a Co-Director of CQWW on the team, with W4PA, another Co-Director likely visiting the site before the contest. Curacao Bureau Telecommunicatie officials and local Curacao media will also be on hand. Our purpose is to honor and remember the SK members of that team (W1BIH, W1TX, W3GRF, W4GF, and W4KFC) and to celebrate the CQ Worldwide Contest. PJ2T will QSL the contest 100% with commemorative cards sponsored by PVRC.
(See the Microsoft Word press release about this event at
http://www.pj2t.org/ccc/curacao.half....release.3.doc
.)
If you're an alum of any Coral Cliff operations (Chester Brandon houses, the Coral Cliff or Sunset Waters hotels, Radioteam Finland, and PJ2T among others), you're invited. We already have a core team of operators, including N5OT, K2PLF, KB7Q, W0CG, W5OV, N4RV, N7IR, and possibly more PJ2T members, but we would like to augment the team with alumni. We realize that this may result in a large team. This may mean that visiting alumni may do a lot of observing and visiting and not much multi/multi contest operating, but this is an opportunity for you to see what things look like at the modern-day Coral Cliff, to meet a CQWW Director and other prominent contesters, and to get your callsign on the operator list for this historic half-century anniversary.
As with any trip your costs would include airfare, your hotel lodging, a rental car, and some meals. We'd also ask for a contribution of $75/operator, the same PJ2T station support contribution that is made by each of our members for every contest.
You would guests of the PJ2T/CCC club group so there would be no other station costs. Curacao has lots of hotel rooms, good rental car availability, and you could book all of this yourself on-line.
PLEASE ONLY IF YOU HAVE SERIOUS INTEREST IN THIS CONTACT ME AT GHOWARD@KENT.EDU AND I CAN HELP WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
Thanks, 73,
- Geoff, W0CG/7, PJ2DX, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Anyone who has ever operated CQWW from the Coral Cliff area of Curacao is invited to join the PJ2T team this November for CQWW CW.
Operations began from that area of Curacao in November 1967 with CQWW CW. That team won the world M/M trophy. In the intervening half century there has been arguably more CQWW activity from there than anywhere on Earth.
Al Rousseau, W1FJ is the only surviving member of that famous 1967 team, and Al will be with us in Curacao this November as the honored VIP guest for "The Curacao Half-Century CQWW Celebration." We will also be honored to have Bob, W5OV, a Co-Director of CQWW on the team, with W4PA, another Co-Director likely visiting the site before the contest. Curacao Bureau Telecommunicatie officials and local Curacao media will also be on hand. Our purpose is to honor and remember the SK members of that team (W1BIH, W1TX, W3GRF, W4GF, and W4KFC) and to celebrate the CQ Worldwide Contest. PJ2T will QSL the contest 100% with commemorative cards sponsored by PVRC.
(See the Microsoft Word press release about this event at
http://www.pj2t.org/ccc/curacao.half....release.3.doc
.)
If you're an alum of any Coral Cliff operations (Chester Brandon houses, the Coral Cliff or Sunset Waters hotels, Radioteam Finland, and PJ2T among others), you're invited. We already have a core team of operators, including N5OT, K2PLF, KB7Q, W0CG, W5OV, N4RV, N7IR, and possibly more PJ2T members, but we would like to augment the team with alumni. We realize that this may result in a large team. This may mean that visiting alumni may do a lot of observing and visiting and not much multi/multi contest operating, but this is an opportunity for you to see what things look like at the modern-day Coral Cliff, to meet a CQWW Director and other prominent contesters, and to get your callsign on the operator list for this historic half-century anniversary.
As with any trip your costs would include airfare, your hotel lodging, a rental car, and some meals. We'd also ask for a contribution of $75/operator, the same PJ2T station support contribution that is made by each of our members for every contest.
You would guests of the PJ2T/CCC club group so there would be no other station costs. Curacao has lots of hotel rooms, good rental car availability, and you could book all of this yourself on-line.
PLEASE ONLY IF YOU HAVE SERIOUS INTEREST IN THIS CONTACT ME AT GHOWARD@KENT.EDU AND I CAN HELP WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
Thanks, 73,
- Geoff, W0CG/7, PJ2DX, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho