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We're busy working on the 2011 CQ-WE results
as you read this!
All logs should now be in the possession of the National Coordinator, who
with the assistance of Tom Kenny, NJ2DX, is developing the software to
analyze and cross-check all the entries. The preliminary results —
basically the submitted scores — are now available for your perusal
here.
By my count, we had a total of 74 entrants in the contest this year.
Please take a peek at the scores page to verify
that your logs have been received and correctly recorded. And, check back
with us from time to time. We hope to have the official results ready to
certify by early February.
Also, if you used it, let us know what you liked and didn't like about
our new contest logger.
And, thanks to all who helped make the 2011 CQ-WE another great
contest.
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We Welcome our 2011 Host Location:
As previously announced, our host location for the 2011 CQ-WE contest
will be Murray Hill (MH). Shel Darack/WA2UBK and Mary McGuinness/K2KYF
have agreed to jointly be our host coordinators. Both of these radio
amateurs are seasoned CQ-WE contesters and we welcome them to our team.
The role of Contest Host is an important facet of the contest, and
we appreciate the time and effort the various locations put into designing
and distributing their host certificates.
The 2011 contest is spoken for, but if you'd like to host a future
contest, please contact the National Coordinator.
It does take a modicum of work, but it really is a tremendous feeling to
represent your location in the contest, and your handiwork will be preserved
for posterity not only on this website, but also in the shacks of your
fellow Bell System colleagues.
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Help us Compile a Historical Record of our Bell System Locations and Ham Clubs:
A big part of the CQ-WE contest is communicating with as many different
Location Codes
as possible. The locations these codes represent made up the once great
Bell System.
Today, many — actually, most — of these locations, along
with their location-sanctioned ham clubs, are either defunct or a shadow of
their former selves.
The CQ-WE committee is undertaking a project to resurrect
and preserve a history of the various Bell System locations before this
information and heritage is permanently lost. But, its success depends
on you! Please check our
Location Histories
page, and if you can provide some information on a missing location —
or additional information on one that has already been published —
consider authoring a short article describing your location. If it supported
a corporate ham club, please include your remembrances of that, too. Use
the existing write-ups as guides for style and format. Please send your
material to the CQ-WE webmaster,
cqwe-2012@cqwe.cboh.org,
and we'll put it up on the web site to highlight your location for posterity,
and even give you credit in the byline.
By taking a few minutes to document what you know from your personal
experience with AT&T and its subsidiaries, we hope to preserve some
of the rich history of the many facets of the once proud and great
Bell System.
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Have a specific question about CQ-WE? Email the
National Coordinator.
Interested in discussing the contest or just want to keep in touch?
Feel free to join
Ma-Bell-Hams,
a Yahoo E-mail Group where such discussions are welcome:
Just enter your email address in the space below and click "Join Now!".
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