CQ WW Blog

Every year there is a discussion about what categories are growing in popularity, when assisted will outnumber unassisted, and so on.  We have added a new page to cqww.com that can provide some data for those discussions.

https://cqww.com/stats-by-cat.htm

This page shows the number of entries by category and year based on the selected geography (world, continent, country).

As you may be aware, it has been the policy of CQ magazine for over two years to eliminate awards eligibility for Russian and Belarus entries in all CQ sponsored events. This requirement was never incorporated into the rules for any of the WW contests; it was limited to a simple policy statement. 

What is most notable at this time, is that the WW contests are one of the few competitions still maintaining this position (or similar). As a result, and after consultation with our WW Contest Directors and WWROF leadership, we will be changing the current policy, effective immediately, and returning all of our contests to normal operation.

This change will take effect with the WW RTTY contest this weekend (Sept 28-29, 2024) and all other WW contests going forward.

73, John, K1AR
Director, CQ WW Contest

Copied from https://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2022/08/updated-cq-contest-policy-relating-to.html

This updates and supersedes the policy discussion in the editorial of the September 2022 issue of CQ.