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SSB | CW | Combined

SSB

Single Operator, All Bands

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	High Power	DX Store
WORLD	Low Power	Slovenian Contest Club
WORLD	QRP	Jeff Steinman, N5TJ
USA	High Power	Potomac Valley Radio Club – KC8C Memorial
USA	Low Power	North Coast Contesters
USA	QRP	Pat Collins, N8VW
USA Zone 3	High Power	Northern California Contest Club
USA Zone 4	High Power	Kansas City DX Club
EUROPE	High Power	Potomac Valley Radio Club – W4BVV Memorial
EUROPE	Low Power	Tim Duffy, K3LR
EUROPE	QRP	Steve “Sid” Caesar, NH7C
AFRICA		Yankee Clipper Contest Club – N1XS Memorial
ASIA		Nodir Tursun-Zade, EY8MM
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*	High Power	John Rodgers, WE3C
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*	Low Power	Albert Crespo, NH7A
OCEANIA		Barbara Yasson, AC7UH
SOUTH AMERICA		Yankee Clipper Contest Club
CANADA		Contest Club Ontario – VE3WT Memorial
JAPAN	High Power	Rush Drake, W7RM Memorial
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)	Any Power	Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC - Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS0ZAR Memorial

Single Operator Assisted, All Bands

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	High Power	Chick Allen, NW3Y
WORLD	Low Power	Gail Sheehan, K2RED
USA	High Power	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	Low Power	LA8W/LN8W & LA Contest Club
USA Zone 4	High Power	Drew Vonada-Smith, K3PA
EUROPE	High Power	Martin Huml, OL5Y
EUROPE	Low Power	HB9NE Contest Group

Single Operator, Single Band

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	28 MHz	Joel Chalmers, KG6DX
WORLD	21 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
WORLD	14 MHz	North Jersey DX Association – K2HLB Memorial
WORLD	7 MHz	Ken Claerbout, K4ZW - Fred Laun, K3ZO Memorial
WORLD	3.7 MHz	Family of Fred Capossela, K6SSS
WORLD	1.8 MHz	OL7M contest group, HamParts.shop
USA	28 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	21 MHz	11PM Dayton Pizza Gang
USA	14 MHz	Yankee Clipper Contest Club – KC1F Memorial
USA	7 MHz	Chuck Dietz, W5PR
USA	3.7 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	1.8 MHz	South Texas DX & Contest Club (STXDXCC)
EUROPE	28 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
EUROPE	21 MHz	Erik Wheeler, N1CFO/F4WET
EUROPE	14 MHz	Charles Wooten, NF4A
EUROPE	7 MHz	Central Texas DX and Contest Club - NT5C Memorial
EUROPE	3.7 MHz	Klaus Woehler, DF9XV - DJ4PT Memorial
EUROPE	1.8 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
JAPAN	21 MHz	Aki Nagi, KH7A
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*		Nate Moreschi, N4YDU
ASIA		DFW Contest Group – Chris Terkla, N1XS Memorial
OCEANIA		Bruce D. Lee, KD6WW

Overlay Categories

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Classic	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	Classic	Fred Dennin, WW4LL
EUROPE	Classic	Steve Cole - GW4BLE Memorial
WORLD	Rookie	Tim Duffy, K3LR - N8SM Memorial
USA	Rookie	Tim Duffy, K3LR - K3TUP Memorial
USA	Rookie - Combined SSB/CW	Frankford Radio Club – Alex Aimette, W2OX Memorial
EUROPE	Rookie	EA Contest Club
WORLD	Youth	YOTA Camp
NORTH AMERICA	Youth	Neil Rapp, WB9VPG
EUROPE	Youth	Philipp Springer, DK6SP
SOUTH AMERICA	Youth	IARU Region 2 for YOTA
AFRICA	Youth	Philipp Springer, DK6SP
ASIA	Youth	YOTA Japan
OCEANIA		John Rodgers, WE3C
WORLD	Explorer / Single-op	WWROF
WORLD	Explorer / Multi-op	WWROF

Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		DX Store
WORLD	Low Power	Tennessee Contest Group
USA		Carolina DX Association - Ted Goldthorpe, W4VHF and Ken Boyd, K4DXA Memorial
USA	Low Power	Frankford Radio Club – K3PP Memorial
AFRICA		WRTC-2022
ASIA		John Rodgers, WE3C
EUROPE		Gail Sheehan, K2RED
EUROPE	Low Power	EA Contest Club
OCEANIA		Junichi Tanaka, JH4RHF
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*		Bob Raymond, WA1Z
SOUTH AMERICA		Victor Burns, KI6IM – The Cuba Libra Contest Club
JAPAN		Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)		Bruce Frahm, K0BJ

Multi-Operator Two-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		Array Solutions
USA		Kimo Chun, KH7U & Mike Gibson, KH6ND - Dan Robbins, KL7Y Memorial
EUROPE		D4C - Monteverde Contest Team
SOUTH AMERICA		South East Contest Club
ASIA		Mohammed Alwadhahi, A41DL
JAPAN		Yokohama DX Club (YDXC)
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)		Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC - SIAM DX GROUP

Multi-Operator Multi-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		Dave Leeson, W6NL & Barb Leeson, K6BL
USA		Jim Lawson, W2PV Memorial
EUROPE		SRAL (The Finnish Amateur Radio League) – OH5NQ Memorial
ASIA		Mohammed Alwadhahi, A41DL

Contest Expedition

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Single Operator	National Capitol DX Association – Fred Laun, K3ZO Memorial
WORLD	Multi-Operator	Gail Sheehan, K2RED

CW

Single Operator, All Bands

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	High Power	Vibroplex
WORLD	Low Power	Slovenia Contest Club
WORLD	QRP	Bob Evans, K5WA
USA	High Power	Frankford Radio Club
USA	Low Power	North Coast Contesters
USA	QRP	Andy Blank, N2NT - W3ZZ Memorial
USA Zone 3		Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
USA Zone 4		Central Texas DX and Contest Club - K6RV Memorial
USA Zone 5		Carolina DX Association – N4ZC Memorial
EUROPE	High Power	Florida Contest Group - W3AU Memorial
EUROPE	Low Power	Tim Duffy, K3LR
EUROPE	QRP	Grupo Uraniano de CW - Alberto "Uranito" Silva Memorial
AFRICA		Ralph "Gator" Bowen, N5RZ - K5KA Memorial
ASIA		DFW Contest Group – Chris Terkla, N1XS Memorial
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*	High Power	DFW Contest Group – Bill Bradford, K5GA Memorial
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*	Low Power	Albert Crespo, NH7A
OCEANIA		Ken Hoppe, KH7R
SOUTH AMERICA		Dave Farnsworth, WJ2O
SOUTHERN CONE (CE CX LU)		Dale Long, N3BNA
SCANDANAVIA		Chas Weir, Jr., W6UM - W3FYS Memorial
BALTIC (ES YL LY)		Lithuanian Radio Sports Federation - LY2OO Memorial
CANADA	High Power	John Sluymer, VE3EJ & Jim Roberts, VE7ZO
CANADA	Low Power	Maritime Contest Club - VE1AL Memorial
JAPAN	High Power	Phil Yasson, AB7RW
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)	Any Power	Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC - Fred Laun, K3ZO/HS0ZAR Memorial

Single Operator Assisted, All Bands

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	High Power	Robert McGwier, N4HY
WORLD	Low Power	Frankford Radio Club – K3PP Memorial
WORLD	QRP	Steve “Sid” Caesar, NH7C
USA	High Power	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	Low Power	LA8W/LN8W & LA Contest Club
USA Zone 4	High Power	Drew Vonada-Smith, K3PA
EUROPE	High Power	IR4X Monte Capra Contest Team - I4IND Memorial
EUROPE	Low Power	John Rodgers, WE3C
JAPAN		Aki Nagi, JA5DQH

Single Operator, Single Band

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	28 MHz	Joel Chalmers, KG6DX
WORLD	21 MHz	CWOps
WORLD	14 MHz	North Jersey DX Association - W2JT Memorial
WORLD	7 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
WORLD	3.5 MHz	Family of Fred Capossela, K6SSS
WORLD	1.8 MHz	Kenneth Byers, Jr., K4TEA
USA	28 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
USA	21 MHz	Adrian Ciuperca, KO8SCA
USA	14 MHz	Northern Illinois DX Association
USA	7 MHz	Gene Shablygin, W3UA
USA	3.5 MHz	Bill Feidt, NG3K
USA	1.8 MHz	Central Texas DX and Contest Club – K5NA Memorial
EUROPE	28 MHz	Jay Pryor, K4OGG
EUROPE	21 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
EUROPE	14 MHz	John Rodgers, WE3C
EUROPE	7 MHz	Ivo Pezer, 9A3A
EUROPE	3.5 MHz	Frankford Radio Club - K3VW Memorial
EUROPE	1.8 MHz	Pat Barkey, N9RV & Terry Zivney, N4TZ
ASIA	14 MHz	Ralph "Gator" Bowen, N5RZ - W5FO Memorial
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*		David Hodge, N6AN
CANADA		John Sluymer, VE3EJ – VE3TA Memorial
CANADA	1.8 MHz	Jeff Briggs, K1ZM
JAPAN	21 MHz	Bob Wilson, N6TV
JAPAN	14 MHz	Charlie Morrison, N1RR - N1XS Memorial

Overlay Categories

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Classic	CWops
USA	Classic	CWops
EUROPE	Classic	Robert Kasca, S53R
WORLD	Rookie	CWops
USA	Rookie	CWops
EUROPE	Rookie	EA Contest Club
WORLD	Youth	Zoli Pitman, HA1AG
NORTH AMERICA	Youth	IARU Region 2 for YOTA
EUROPE	Youth	Philipp Springer, DK6SP
SOUTH AMERICA	Youth	IARU Region 2 for YOTA
AFRICA	Youth	Philipp Springer, DK6SP
ASIA	Youth	YOTA Japan
OCEANIA	Youth	John Rodgers, WE3C
WORLD	Explorer / Single-op	WWROF
WORLD	Explorer / Multi-op	WWROF

Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		Friends of Rich - KL7RA Memorial
WORLD	Low Power	EA Contest Club
USA		Douglas Zwiebel, KR2Q
USA	Low Power	CWops
EUROPE		Gail Sheehan, K2RED
EUROPE	Low Power	Marco Holleyn, DJ4MH
AFRICA		John Rodgers, WE3C
ASIA		Friends of Contesting
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*		CWOps
OCEANIA		Junichi Tanaka, JH4RHF
SOUTH AMERICA		Araucaria DX Group
JAPAN		Madison Jones, W5MJ
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)		Bruce Frahm, K0BJ

Multi-Operator Two-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		Array Solutions
USA		Frankford Radio Club – K3PP Memorial
EUROPE		D4C - Monteverde Contest Team
CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA*		South East Contest Club
SOUTH AMERICA		PJ4A Team (Jeff Clarke, KU8E and John Laney, K4BAI)
Association of SE Asian Nations - ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V85 YB DU)		Champ C. Muangamphun, E21EIC - SIAM DX GROUP

Multi-Operator Multi-Transmitter

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD		THE K2GL OPERATORS - K2GL Memorial
USA		Ham Radio Outlet - W6RJ & N6RJ Memorial
EUROPE		SRAL (The Finnish Amateur Radio League) – OH2SB Memorial
AFRICA		EA9EO Memorial
ASIA		Nodir Tursun-Zade, EY8MM

Contest Expedition

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Single Operator	Friends of Phil - N6ZZ Memorial
WORLD	Multi-Operator	CWOps

Combined

Single Operator

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Combined SSB/CW Score	Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD
USA	Combined SSB/CW Non-Assisted Score	Bob Shohet, KQ2M
EUROPE	Combined SSB/CW Score	Marko Myllymaki, N5ZO
EUROPE	Combined SSB/CW Score - Low Power	EU1AA Memorial
WORLD Triathlon	Combined RTTY/SSB/CW Score	DX-Lodge Roatan (HQ9X)
EUROPE Triathlon	Combined RTTY/SSB/CW Score	Bavarian Contest Club – DL6RAI Memorial
WORLD 160M	Combined SSB/CW 160M Score	Team IB9T/IR9Y - IT9ZGY Memorial

Multi-Operator

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD	Combined SSB/CW Score Multi-Multi	Friends and Family of Gene - N2AA Memorial

Club (SSB + CW)

Region	Category	Sponsor
USA		Northern California Contest Club
Outside USA		John Rodgers, WE3C

Club (SSB + CW + RTTY)

Region	Category	Sponsor
WORLD Triathlon	Combined RTTY/SSB/CW Score	DX-Lodge Roatan (HQ9X)

* CARIBBEAN/CENTRAL AMERICA plaques apply only to NA stations outside the USA and Canada.

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