[CQ-Contest] CQWW is a Great Contest - YES IT IS!

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

I'll agree with Doug that CQWW is a great contest.  Let's remember that not
everyone is "in it to win it".  Instead, the majority get on to see the
thrill of packed bands, the sound of hearing your first DX station on 40
meters when there is still four hours of daylight left, the sound of the
first peep of 10 meters as the sun rises over the horizon, and the thrill
of busting the pileup to that XU9 that fired up her radio for the first
time in hour 38 of the contest.

Guys (and gals) like Mike K9NW and Champ E21EIC go to places like C9 and
A5, respectively, knowing their odds of winning are long.  They go (I
believe) to be a part of the greatest event in amateur radio. Even those
who go to KH6 or V4 or J6 go because for 48 hours they get to drive a fast
horse in a huge stampede.

Contest on....

Dit

73 Rich NN3W

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 7:59 PM Douglas Zwiebel <dougzzz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, JB says he is bored on the west coast.
> That it is only GREAT if you happen to be close to the Atlantic basin.
>
> All you have to do is look at the annual stats for the number of entrants
> to know that CQWW is a GREAT contest and exactly because it is a worldwide
> contest.
>
> See https://www.cqww.com/stats.htm
>
> Timed for "best conditions" of the year.
> Over 8,000 logs received each on cw and ssb.
> DXCC assured every contest, even for QRPers
> Over 3,000,000 QSOs per contest weekend
> WAZ in a weekend often possible
>
> From a world perspective, it IS a great contest.
>
> Maybe from your geocentric perspective it isn't.
> That's OK. There is room for everybody.
>
> And if you are motivated, take a look at the USA winners from a few decades
> ago.
> JA used to be a huge population center for contesting.
> East coast USA guys used to worry.
> The West Coast has endless JAs to work and they only need to work 1 QSO per
> EUR country.
> The JA's are so well behaved, you can have huge runs.  The West coast is
> like heaven.
>
> Times have changed.  No reason for CQWW to change.  Times will change
> again.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
> 1983 AI6V SO HP ALL 3,576,528  2,947  139  296
> 1982 W1ZM SO HP ALL 3,182,460  1,790  150  470
> 1981 K1AR SO HP ALL 3,554,880  2,194  140  420
> 1980 K7RI SO HP ALL 2,972,846  2,674  127  256
> 1979 N7DD SO HP ALL 3,113,788  2,206  147  346
> 1978 W4DR SO HP ALL 2,727,108  1,842  127  386
> 1977 W3WJD SO HP ALL 2,377,560  1,713  128  357
> 1976 W1ZM SO HP ALL 1,885,050  1,470  106  344
> 1975 W7RM SO HP ALL 2,208,980  2,095  115  250
> 1974 W6RR SO HP ALL 1,346,880  1,304  108  260
> 1973 K6AHV SO HP ALL 1,635,039  1,537  125  244
> 1972 W6RR SO HP ALL 2,350,964  1,820  134  315
> 1971 W2PV SO HP ALL 1,355,360  116  116  314
> 1970 W6RR SO HP ALL 1,837,620  1,561  130  285
> 1969 K1KTH SO HP ALL 1,523,820  1,122  138  328
> 1968 W2PV SO HP ALL 1,314,403  1,107  114  305
> 1967 W4AXE SO HP ALL 1,301,776  1,094  127  286
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