Hard work and excellent page as a result.
Thank you, Randy!
73's Andrei NP3D
2010/1/21 Randy Thompson K5ZD <k5zd@charter.net>
> Back in August, I posted a message on the cq-contest reflector looking for
> volunteers who would be willing to type in line scores for WPX contests. I
> as very happy to hear from about a dozen volunteers.
> As always, it is amazing the passion and willingness to help that can be
> found in the contesting world.
>
> Each volunteer received a set of image files with magazine page scans (some
> better than others) and instructions. I would estimate it took each
> volunteer about 12-18 hours of hard work to accomplish their task. It
> would
> then take me another 3-6 hours to add the necessary country info and
> convert
> the files into the online database.
>
> The result is that we now have an online database with ALL lines scores for
> WPX SSB from 1985 to 2008 and for WPX CW from 1991 to 2008. You can access
> various views at http://www.cqwpx.com/score_db.htm
>
> Since there was so much hand work and very small print, I would like to ask
> everyone to check their scores and report any errors. As we got back into
> some of the Russian calls of the 1980's it wasn't always clear what country
> a particular call might have been in. So look for errors there as well. If
> you know of additional scores or corrections that may have appeared in
> errata in a CQ magazine, please let me know about them.
>
> Thanks to the following for their data entry efforts to help build this
> historical record.
>
> WPX SSB
> Call Year Entries
> N7AZ 1992 1618
> K5ZD 1991 1616
> WP3C 1990 1578
> SV1RP 1989 1727
> K5ZD 1988 1750
> AB7E 1987 1554
> KA3DRR 1986 1544
> N1NK 1985 1459
>
> WPX CW
> Call Year Entries
> K4ZW 1992 1160
> NN3W 1991 1196
>
> More to come. If you would like to volunteer, please let me know!
>
>
> Randy Thompson, K5ZD
>
> Director - CQ WPX Contest
>
> email: k5zd@cqwpx.com
> web: www.cqwpx.com
>
>
> PS - Interesting to see how contest activity / log submissions is changing
> over time. See
> http://www.cqwpx.com/stats.htm
>
>
> PPS - Only 64 days until WPX SSB.
>
>
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