Today would be a great day to submit your WPX SSB log!! The deadline for submission of WPX Logs is May 1. We are still missing over 250 logs that made more than 1000 QSOs. A complete list of all rece
Procrastination alert! The deadline for log submissions for the WPX SSB Contest is May 1. Logs received after that date may not be eligible for awards. Send your Cabrillo format log to ssb@cqwpx.com.
Is there anyone out there who would have an interest in taking over production and maintenance of the Super Check Partial (master.dta) files? The job is not difficult or time consuming, but does requ
This is an excellent presentation and worth some study. The examples showing how signal coverage change as you move from low to high to stacked Yagis is quite interesting. When comparing stacks to si
Not to early to start planning for WPX CW on May 30-31. With 5 weekends in the May this year, we have the unusual situation where the WPX CW Contest will not be on the USA Memorial Day or UK Bank hol
Lots of people who enter the WPX contest would love to receive a certificate for their efforts. Unfortunately, it is too expensive to mail one to everyone, so we have had to limit providing certifica
The search by call feature includes the certificate links now. Missed that page when I was updating the site last night. Doh! Fastest way to find your certs is to 1. Go to http://www.cqwpx.com/score_
I am reminded why we do these things on the radio! Randy, K5ZD _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
The complete listing of high claimed scores for the CQ WPX Contest SSB 2009 are now available at http://www.cqwpx.com/claimed_2009_wpx_ssb_scores.htm. Scores shown are those claimed by the participan
Let's look at the rules. :) VI. Exchange: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact serial number starting with 001 for the first contact. Multi-operator entrants must start with serial number 001 on e
S&P results differ depending on the contest and the situation. For the CQWW CW the last two years, I have started the contest by doing S&P on 40m. In 2007, my first hour was an 87. Most on 40 meters,
Only 24 hours after the end of the WPX CW Contest, the robot has already received 1153 logs! There is no reason to procrastinate. Use your logging software to create your Cabrillo file and email it a
During my ethics presentation at CTU in Dayton, I specifically made the opposite point. Contest sponsors have deliberately chosen to keep rules relatively simple. Perhaps to follow historical precede
I am looking for pictures from your operations in either the CQ WPX SSB or CW contest. The pictures may be used in the magazine writeup or posted on the www.cqwpx.com web site. The best pictures show
Someone has to "win" or else it wouldn't be a contest. :) But, I would love to hear more ideas about how contesting could be made more fun, more challenging, and generate more participation among the
Operating time is definitely a factor in achieving a score! For the WPX Contest, the online results list the hours of operation for every entrant as well as their band breakdowns. This provides a way
What makes a writeup good? Or, what makes a writeup bad? Who reads the writeups? Should they be written for the participants of the contest? Or for the general ham radio audience as a way of bringing
Some suggestions and ideas as a result of my question about how to improve contest activity. Some were received privately. help. The place for these would be in QST or on eHam, not NCJ, and they shou
Today would be a great day to submit your WPX CW log!! The deadline for submission of WPX CW logs is July 1. We are still missing over 100 logs that made more than 1000 QSOs. A complete list of all r
I see no problem with promoting operations prior to the contest. The key word here is prior. They didn't specify any meeting points or how to find them on the bands. In some circles this is called ma