K5ZD Announcements, SSB

2016 CQ WW DX Contest Phone Raw Scores

Just 8.5 days after the end of the 2016 CQ WW DX Contest Phone, we are happy to report that the raw scores for all entries received by 8Nov2016 1200z are available on the web site.

http://www.cqww.com/raw.htm?mode=ph

The raw scores are the calculated score before any log checking or other adjustments are made. These scores may not match what you submitted exactly as our country file may be different than yours and you may have some QSOs where the call/country could not be determined.

These are NOT the final results.  Scores may change by 5-10% (or more) depending on the log checking.  Final results will appear in the March 2017 issue of CQ Magazine.

Please send any questions about the raw scores at: https://cqww.com/contact.

 

K5ZD Announcements

New REST API for CQWW Score Records

A new REST API has been created to provide access to the CQ WW Score Records.  This programming interface can be used by other web sites and logging software to integrate score records into their applications. They were created at the request of Dmiry R4WW, the programmer behind the cq-contest.net online scoreboard.

The APIs are easy to use and fully documented at http://www.cqww.com/api_reference.htm .

 

K5ZD Commentary

Operating Time for Single Operator Entries

There is often a lot of discussion about the top scores in the CQ WW Contest.  You know, the ones that operate 40+ hours. But, how many of those are there? The tables below include all entrants in the SOAB categories (Assisted, Unassisted, HP, LP, QRP), for 2015.

On SSB, ~90% operate less than 30 hours.
On CW, ~90% operate less than 35 hours.

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K5ZD Announcements

Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q, Named Director of CQ World Wide DX Contest

Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q, Named Director of CQ World Wide DX Contest

(Hicksville, NY) July 1, 2016 – Longtime CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee member Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q, has been named Director of the CQ World Wide DX Contest, CQ magazine Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, announced today. Doug succeeds Randy Thompson, K5ZD, who has been CQWW Director for the past four years. The CQWW DX Contest is amateur radio’s most popular contest and may be the world’s largest competitive sporting event in terms of numbers of participants.

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