[KCDXC] Fw: [CQ-Contest] CW Sprint Activity - what can you do?

[Steve Lufcy]

Email from K5TR should be of interest to KCDXClub (Alex, Bill) and the Ozark
Contest Club (Stan, Kevin, Chuck).
Also, the NAQP's are coming up in August - next weekend for CW.
Anyone wanting to form a team for any of these, let me know. I will help.
KØOU Steve in Raytown, MO

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Fremin III" <geoiii at kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CW Sprint Activity - what can you do?


> Sprinters,
>
> The CW Sprint is coming up on September 12, 2004.
>
> Even though I have never done very well in the CW sprint, I think is is
> a great contest worthy of promotion.
>
> Activity in this contest has been growing over the years and in the
> last 3 or 4 years we have seen some great activity increases in the
> sprint. But I think we can all work to increase the activity in
> the CW sprints.
>
> Log submissions have been a bit above 200 for the last two CW sprints
> and this is great but if you look at the results you will see there is
> room for improvement.
>
> Here are the log submission numbers by call area for the
> last two sprints:
>
> Feb 2004  Sep 2003
> W1 15 14
> W2  8 10
> W3 15 6
> W4 42 34
> W5 32 36
> W6 39 39
> W7 20 15
> W8 13 13
> W9 13 15
> W0 14 12
> VE 11 11
>
> (A good goal would be a minimum of 20 entries from each call area.)
>
> Bill Fisher - W4AN had great success getting a lot of W4 stations on
> in the sprint, he did this by getting folks to sign up to be on a
> sprint team. Many other people also do this for each sprint but since
> it happens behind the scenes it is not always obvious who those people
> are. (I would like to thank everyone that organizes a team - but I am
> not sure who you are.)
>
> In looking at the above numbers you will notice some call areas are
> under represented - based on activity in other contests and also when
> compared to number the of contest clubs and contesters in some of
> those call areas.
>
> When you look at the results for your call area or state think of ways
> that you and/or your contest club can get more people on for the next
> sprint and then make it happen - get folks on the radio.  I think that
> getting them on a sprint team is the best way to get them to get on
> the radio.  Also I think it is clear that people on teams will put in
> more time in the contest than if they are not on a team.
>
> In the table above you will notice that in the September running of
> the contest there were only six logs from W3 land.  The third call
> area has been putting in small numbers of logs for the sprint in the
> last few years despite the fact that there are at least two large
> contest clubs in the 3rd call area.
>
> You will notice that log submissions doubled in the third call area
> for the February 2004 contest - this was due to people forming several
> teams in that call area.
>
> In the last several sprints I have had good success forming a few
> teams from the 5th call area. I found team members by looking through
> the NAQP and SS results for people that sent in logs and I sent them
> emails inviting them to be on a sprint. I also looked at the bottom of
> the sprint results for the lower scoring stations and asked them to
> join teams as well.  I looked at my CW SS logs and sent emails to
> everyone I worked in the 5th (and this year the 3rd) call areas.  As a
> result I got several sprint novices each time that I think will keep
> coming back.
>
> It is my hope the above will give you some ideas on how to find and
> get new sprinters on the air - go after the long time contesters and
> also get people that have never done a sprint.
>
> I think it should be easy to get at least 20 entries from every
> call area - in many call areas that would only mean getting 5 or 6 more
> stations on for the next sprint.
>
> If you operate the sprint - work on getting one of
> your friends on for the next one.
>
> I have an invitation email I send out - it has quite links to sprint
> resources on it since I often send email to people that have never
> heard of the sprint.
>
> Here are those links:
>
> If you have never tried the sprint you can find more
> information about it at these URLs:
>
> CW Sprinting - Beginners Guide - by W4AN
> http://www.contesting.com/articles/198
>
> The Sprint Survival Web Page
> "The Sprint - the most fun you can have in 4 hours with your clothes
on." - N6TR
> http://n6tr.jzap.com/sprint.html
>
> If you would like to have some sprint QSOs to use for CW practice:
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/audio/sprint_practice/
>
> The rules are here:
> http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintrules.php
>
> Past scores are here:
> http://www.ncjweb.com/sprintresults.php
>
>
> Please go look at the sprint results and think about
> ways you can get long time contesters and newbies on
> in the next sprint.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> George Fremin III - K5TR
> geoiii at kkn.net
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
>
>
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