CQ World Wide DX Contest Breaks 10,000 Log Barrier:
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CQ World Wide DX Contest Breaks 10,000 Log Barrier:
(Hicksville, NY April 15, 2009) – For the first time, more than 10,000 logs have been submitted for the CQ World Wide DX Contest, according to Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST. In addition, Cox reports that the number of CW logs have exceeded the number of phone logs for the first time in more than 20 years.
According to Cox, there were a total of 5013 SSB logs and 5272 CW logs submitted for the 2008 running of the event, for a total of 10,285 logs. This is the first time that the CQWW – already the world’s most popular amateur radio contest – has broken the 10,000 log mark. Of these, nearly 98% were submitted electronically.
It is also the first time since 1986 that more CW logs have been submitted than SSB logs. “This is a clear indication,” says Cox, “not only of the health of contesting and of CW, but of ham radio as a whole.” In addition, the logs contained the callsigns of more than 50,000 different amateur stations making at least one contest contact, indicating that many more stations participate in the CQWW Contest than submit logs.
SSB results of the 2008 CQWW Contest will be published in the August 2009 issue of CQ magazine; CW results will appear in the September issue.
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by KI9A on April 15, 2009
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Pretty cool, considering there were no sunspots. I imagine once ol' sol gets going, it will grow again.
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Go CW!!!
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by N2WN on April 16, 2009
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To quote Mark Twain, "The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated" Nice to see CW still looking particularly healthy.
Congrats CQ!
73,
Julius
n2wn
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by AA3B on April 16, 2009
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Darn contesters - always clogging up the bands.
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by VE6TL on April 16, 2009
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Imagine if all the entrants submitted $1 each or an optional donation, there could be some fabulous prizes. It might encourage even more activity. Of course, most of us are just in it for the bragging rights.
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RE: CQ World Wide DX Contest Breaks 10,000 Log Bar
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by KT8K on April 16, 2009
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While contests may be a temporary bother from time to time, they are a powerful motivator for people to improve their stations, yielding greatly improved capabilities that add up to more and better QSOs for everyone during non-contest operations. From that standpoint we all benefit from contests whether we are interested in contesting or not. I know my station wouldn't be half as good as it is if I wasn't driven to add/improve/raise antennas to help improve my contest results.
Personally, I like the thrill of competition and the self-satisfaction of doing better than I did the last time around. It's a weird sport, but it's fun, and lets me rack up lots of countries I would probably never have heard otherwise, except that someone put them on the air for the contest. I particularly like it that those contest stations are generally first class ops with top notch stations, and listen really hard, too.
Best rx & 73 de kt8k - Tim
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