[Mldxcc] CQWW CW Contest - Amazing Performance By Dan, N6MJ

[John Miller]

We all know that Dan Craig, N6MJ, is one of the best CW operators on the planet.  Just how good is he?

Last weekend, Dan operated in the CQWW CW contest — his first-ever contest from the DX-side.  

Operating SO2R, SO-HP, as ZF2MJ from the ZF1A station — using two ICOM 7800’s — Dan racked up 10,223 QSOs for a total claimed score of 17,655,910.

That’s 10,223 QSOs over 48 hours = average of 213 QSOs per hour over the entire contest period !!

The current CQWW CW SO-HP record for North America was set in 2014 by Andy (N2NT) who operated as V47T.  His total score:  13,548,784.   

Dan’s claimed score of 17,655,910 is 30% higher than the NA record — Amazing.

And for reference…the current CQWW CW SO-HP World Record is held by N5TJ, operating as EA8BH in the year 2000.  Score:  18,010,765.
Dan’s claimed score this year is within 2% of the all-time world record for his category.  More Amazing.

How did Dan prepare for this great achievement?   Among other things:

"In order to prepare for this, I practiced with 2 laptops running MorseRunner on each side over the last few months. I was actually quite surprised how life like MorseRunner was as compared to actual operating. I was able to control the pile up just like as if I was using the program. Having this training was an enormous help.”

http://3830scores.com/showrumor.php?arg=7BarzNfymmyv7

Great advice from a humble champion.  

N6MJ as ZF2MJ:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no8nGGa99cE

Can’t wait to see what Dan does in his next offshore contest.

73,
John, K6MM