K5ZD Announcements, SSB

Paper logs from CQ WW SSB 2014

We continue to accept paper logs for the CQ WW DX Contest. A group of committee members and volunteers help type these logs into the computer so we can fully process them along with the other logs.

For CQ WW SSB 2014, our volunteer typists included:

DL6RAI      4 logs      438 QSOs

G0MTN       3 logs      226 QSOs

HA1AG       2 logs      72 QSOs

LU5DX       7 logs      688 QSOs

S50A        6 logs      965 QSOs

US0LW       2 logs      473 QSOs

VE3EJ       3 logs      103 QSOs

W4AU        2 logs      159 QSOs

YO3JR       4 logs      745 QSOs

YU1EW       6 logs      1329 QSOs

ZS4TX       5 logs      347 QSOs

 

Total logs – 44

Total QSOs – 5,545

 

We urge everyone to submit their logs in electronic format.  We will continue to do our best to support submission of logs in any format — including paper.

Thanks to our typists for helping get all of the logs into the system.

K5ZD Announcements, CW, SSB

CQ WW Raw Scores 2014 – Updated

The Raw Scores for CQ WW DX Contest 2014 have been updated for both modes to include late arriving logs.

Raw scores are calculated before any log checking is performed.  All scores have been recalculated against a common country file. Final scores can be expected to change by 2-10% (or more).

View SSB scores – http://www.cqww.com/raw.htm?mode=ph

View CW scores – http://www.cqww.com/raw.htm?mode=cw

As of 2100 UTC 13 December the current totals are 8,277 logs received on SSB and 7,524 on CW.  More logs are always welcome and will be included in the results.

K5ZD Announcements, CW

CQ WW DX Contest CW 2014 Raw Scores

The Raw Scores for the CQ WW DX Contest CW 2014 are now available at http://www.cqww.com/raw.htm?mode=cw

The raw scores are for logs received as of 2100 UTC on December 7, 2014. We had 7,250 logs received at that time.  Additional updates will be made each week as more logs are received. Checklogs are not listed in the raw scores.

The raw scores are calculated by the CQWW log checking software before log checking with duplicate contacts removed. The score generated by your logging program and ours may have slight differences due to country files and some contacts not being accepted. If you see a large difference, please report this to questions@cww.com.

If you do not see your log in the raw scores, first confirm that the log has been received by visiting http://www.cqww.com/logs_received_cw.htm

Thanks to everyone who participated or submitted a log for the contest. We enjoyed some of the best conditions ever in the history of the CQWW CW Contest!

 

K5ZD Commentary

A few tips for CQ WW CW

A few pieces of advice for those operating in CQ WW CW this weekend.

Make sure you know who you are working. With the short exchange, it is easy for two running stations near the same frequency to get in synch. Both reply to a caller. The caller is only working one of them. Someone gets a Not-In-Log (NIL) with the +2x penalty. If something doesn’t sound right, ask for a repeat.

This is especially true if you are chasing spots. With stations close together, you may click on a spot and actually be working a station that is near the spot frequency, but not the station you think it is. We also see many cases where a spotted station leaves a frequency and is replaced by someone new. People click on the spot and log the station that was there before.

Pay attention to callsigns with lots of dots. KH6ND often becomes K5BND! S50A becomes SH0A. (Watch out for calls like BI4SSB.) With the busted call penalty, these can be expensive errors.

Please enter the correct category in your log. If you use the Cluster, CW Skimmer or RBN, you are in the Assisted category.

If you want to enter single band and also work stations on other bands, put all QSOs into one log and then mark the CATEGORY-BAND in the header. DO NOT SEND MULTIPLE ENTRIES FOR THE SAME CALLSIGN! Each log will overwrite the previous one.

Use the web page to upload your log. http://www.cqww.com/logcheck/ This page will give immediate feedback on the format of your log. Once you go through the checking, your log is NOT submitted until you enter your email address and press submit. When you receive the email confirmation OR see your log on the logs received page (http://www.cqww.com/logs_received_cw.htm) then you know your log has been received.

If you notice someone breaking the rules or that has a bad signal, make a note of the call, time, and frequency, contact us at : https://cqww.com/contact after the contest.

Be considerate and enjoy the magic of radio. Most of all – have fun!