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

[Chris Tate - N6WM]

Every sport has one..  Michael Jordan, Leo Messi, etc.  So does Radio Sport, and right now it's Dan "the Mutant" Craig.  Amazing.

Thanks
~C.

> On Dec 3, 2015, at 11:10 AM, John Miller <webaron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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