[CQ-Contest] CW Contests

[Maarten van R]

It is a fantastic program! I learned the code in just 2 months last year
September/October and participated in the CQWW in November! We definitely
need more "advisors" because this program is highly successful and I
believe there is a waiting list for people who want to join.

73, Maarten PD2R

Op 10 nov. 2017 22:36 schreef <w1rm at comcast.net>:

> There has been some comments about declining CW contest participation.
> There's one sure way to reverse that and it's to grow more CW contesters!
> Doing that can happen in two steps:
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> 1.      We need more CW operators.  The best way to do that is to become a
> CW Academy mentor and help the long list of hams who are awaiting
> instruction!  CW Academy has a traffic track record of training new CW ops
> -
> more than 800 graduates so far and the list is growing but the number who
> have signed up is exceeding the number of available mentors.  You can get
> more information on this here: http://www.cwops.org/cwacademy.html
>
> There is no charge for the students - the CW Academy is free and open to
> anyone who wants to learn or improve their CW operating.
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> 2.      Work with your contest club to attract new graduates from CWA.  Get
> them interested in contesting, hold local contest universities, have hope
> house at your multi-ops.  Focus on hams participating in the CW rookie
> roundup, etc.
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> Pete, W1RM
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> W1RM at Comcast.net
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