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NEWS RELEASE
For more information, contact:
Richard Moseson (W2VU)
Editor, CQ Amateur Radio
(516) 681-2922 / w2vu@cq-amateur-radio.com
Randy Thompson (K5ZD)
k5zd@cqwpx.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2012
Randy Thompson, K5ZD, Named Director of CQ World Wide DX Contest
(Hicksville, NY) October 1, 2012 -- CQ Contest Hall of Fame member and WPX
Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD, has been named Director of the CQ
World Wide DX Contest, effective immediately. Randy succeeds Bob Cox, K3EST,
who retired in September after 35 years at the helm of the world's most
popular amateur radio contest.
Thompson, 53, has been a ham since age 13. He is an accomplished
contester, having multiple wins in the CQ World Wide DX Contest and the CQ WPX
Contest, among others. He has also competed in four World Radiosport Team
Championships. In addition, Randy is a past editor of the "National Contest
Journal" (a post he has held three separate times) and a co-founder of the
eHam.net website. He is a longtime member of the Yankee Clipper Contest Club
and
an instructor at K3LR's Contest University. He has been Director of the CQ
WPX Contest since 2008, coincidentally the same year in which he was
inducted into the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
"The CQ WW is the biggest event on the contest calendar," commented
Thompson. "I am honored to be involved and follow in the giant footsteps of
K3EST. With the great conditions we are seeing on the bands, this year should
be
the biggest CQ WW ever! The first order of business is to have the team
ready for the new 5-day log deadline and faster results reporting."
CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, said Thompson's appointment marks the start
of a new chapter in the history of CQ World Wide DX Contest, adding "The
CQ management team looks forward to working with Randy as CQWW Director. His
four years as WPX Contest Director have already demonstrated his ability
to successfully and creatively guide a major contest, and we are totally
confident that he will take the CQWW to even greater heights."
Thompson's appointment to the directorship of the CQWW creates a vacancy
for director of the CQ WPX Contests. Anyone interested in taking on the
challenge of leading a major contest should contact Randy at <k5zd@cqwpx.com>.
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