You know, if you "can't win it all," you can still have fun competing in your own area. https://www.cqww.com/plaques/ There are sponsored plaques for USA zone 3 on both SSB and CW. Somebody has been winning them (hint: ask KI6RRN). EG: see https://www.cqww.com/results/2019_cq_ww_dx_ssb_results.pdf de Doug KR2Q