CQ World Wide DX Contest
The final rules for the 2016 CQ WW DX Contest SSB/CW are now available. The only changes were due to CQ magazine’s change in policy regarding paper certificates.
View this file to see all changes. cqww_rules_2016_changes
The translation of the CQ WW rules into 15 languages has been completed. Thanks to the following contesters for their help with the translations: Continue reading “Rules Announced for CQ WW DX Contest 2016”
CQ WW Contest Rule XII.A Unsportsmanlike Conduct includes
We often get questions about what we mean by excessive bandwidth. Jukka Klemola, OH6LI, has written an article that helps to illustrate the type of analysis that is possible using the SDR recordings and shows some examples of good and poor signals.
Read the article Signal Quality for CQ WW SSB
Doug KR2Q created the following data from the 2015 CQ WW CW Logs for top Multi-Single stations. The table shows how many QSOs were made by the multiplier station during each hour of the contest. In the CQ WW Multi-Single category, the multiplier station is only permitted to work new multipliers. It is quite busy in the first day, but becomes much more difficult on the second day.
TABLE OF MULTIPLIER STATION QSOS PER HOUR OF THE CONTEST
| hour | CN2AA | P33W | EF8R | ED8X | UP2L | ES9C | TM6M | PJ4Q | OM7M | E7DX |
| 1 | 57 | 73 | 50 | 50 | 91 | 71 | 56 | 50 | 45 | 67 |
| 2 | 56 | 48 | 55 | 29 | 45 | 33 | 52 | 23 | 37 | 26 |
| 3 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 45 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 29 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | 65 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 56 | 28 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | 44 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 50 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 35 | 14 |
| 6 | 23 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 21 |
| 7 | 20 | 51 | 19 | 48 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 35 |
| 8 | 28 | 30 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 45 | 60 |
| 9 | 52 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 21 | 66 | 6 | 55 | 34 |
| 10 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 53 | 27 |
| 11 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 16 | 41 | 25 |
| 12 | 17 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 35 | 26 | 26 |
| 13 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 |
| 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| 15 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 |
| 17 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 8 |
| 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 22 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| 32 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 33 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 41 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 43 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 597 | 562 | 553 | 555 | 531 | 548 | 567 | 444 | 612 | 595 |
| Day 1 | 535 | 500 | 490 | 473 | 465 | 489 | 510 | 347 | 538 | 529 |
| Day 2 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 82 | 66 | 59 | 57 | 97 | 74 | 66 |
| last 12 hours | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 51 | 23 | 21 |
We regret to announce the following disciplinary actions issued for CQ WW CW 2015.
| Entry | Violation | Operators |
|---|---|---|
| 3Z9DX | Self-spotting,Power, Remote | SP5MXZ |
| 4X2M | Unclaimed Assistance | 4X2M |
| B7Q | Self-spotting | BA1DU BA7QT BA7QQ BD7RS BG7SRM BG7TJA BG7RN BG7QAG |
| DR4A | Multiple signals | DC8SG DH2WQ DJ9KM DK5PD DK9VZ DL6WT |
| DR5N | Multiple signals, time shifting | DF1MM DJ1MM DJ9DZ DK5OS DL4JU DL9YAJ |
| E79D | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| ER1OO | Unclaimed Assistance, Self spotting, Signal quality | |
| EW7DK | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| HA3MQ | Self-spotting | |
| HG3M | Unclaimed Assistance, Self-spotting, Power | HA3MY |
| II4K | Self-spotting | IZ4AMS |
| LZ2TU | Self-spotting | |
| N0FW | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| NP2P | Self-spotting | N2TTA |
| OL3Z | Multiple signals | OK1CRM OK1DQT OK1FCJ OK1FPS OK1HMP LZ3SF |
| OL4A | Multiple signals, Time shifting, Out of band | OK1DO OK1FFU OK1JKT OK1RI OK8WW OM6NM |
| OZ1HX | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| R7AW | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| R7CA | Self-spotting | |
| R7CD | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| R7NW | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| RA0FF | Self-spotting | |
| RA3Q | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| RA3UAG | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| RV9CM | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| RW3XZ | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| S52NR | Self-spotting | |
| SP1MGM | Self-spotting, Unclaimed Assistance | |
| SP3FHV | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| SP6EIY | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| SP9M | Unclaimed Assistance | SP9MZH |
| SV2JAO | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| UT1UL | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| UT7E | Multiple signals | UT4EO UT5EL UR3EZ UT5ECZ UT4EU UR7EQ US3EO UR5EFJ UV5ERY US6EU UR5ECW UV5EVW UT5EDU |
| W2YC | Self-spotting | AA2WN W0MHK KA2NDX WK2G K2SE W2YC |
| YT65A | Unclaimed Assistance | YU5RA |
| YV5KG | Unclaimed Assistance | |
| ZP9MCE | Self-spotting |