[SECC] Fw: [CQ-Contest] CQ News: Randy Thompson, K5ZD, Named CQ WW DX Contest Director

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ News: Randy Thompson, K5ZD,Named CQ WW DX Contest 
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> For more information,  contact:
> Richard Moseson (W2VU)
> Editor, CQ Amateur Radio
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> Randy Thompson  (K5ZD)
> k5zd at 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 at cqwpx.com>.
>
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