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face=Arial><BR><BR>"The CW Ops group sponsors the "CW Open" annually, it is this
coming <BR>Saturday [UTC] and everyone is welcome, you do not have to be a
member <BR>of CW Ops. The contest runs in three sections of four hours each to
<BR>accommodate all three ITU Regions.<BR><BR>0000Z - 0359Z [1700 - 2059 PDT Fri
5 Sep]<BR>1200Z - 1559Z [0500 - 0859 PDT Sat 6 Sep]<BR>2000Z - 2359Z [1300 -
1659 PDT Sat 6 Sep]<BR>They are treated as separate sessions, enter whatever you
can.<BR><BR>Bands are 160 - 10 excluding 60, 30, 17, and 12 meters. The exchange
is <BR>a serial number and a name. Name does not have to be the name Mom and
<BR>Dad gave you, if you've always wanted to be a boy named "Sue" or a girl
<BR>named "Norman," go for it. Short is good however. <BR><BR>Most of the common
loggers [e.g. Writelog or N1MM] support the contest. <BR>N1MM is free. Rules at
cwops.org/cwopen.html<BR><BR>The CW Ops group encourages those new to CW and
those working on <BR>improving their skills ... send at the speed you are
comfortable at and <BR>any of the 1,000+ international members will match
you."</DIV>
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