Results of the 2018 CQWW DX CW Contest
There have been 70 CQWW CW contest events, yet the contest community does not tire when the CQWW DX contest comes around. The event is noted in bold print on thousands of hams’ calendars around the world. This year, 8,125 logs were received that contained a total of 4.6 million QSOs, 92% of which could be cross-checked against other logs. I’m proud to say that our on-going campaign stressing accuracy is paying off as 97% of those QSOs were found to be correct and valid — encouraging to a group of hard-working committee volunteers who tirelessly focus on getting the results right for all of you.
Even though we continue to languish from the effects of a solar minimum, the magic of the CQWW contest results in some amazing accomplishments. The nearly 17-million point SOAB effort by Jose, CT1BOH/D41CV, came in only a million points short of breaking the nearly 20-year-old record of Jeff, N5TJ, from EA8BH. And, who can deny the amazing result by Kevin, N5DX, who amassed over 9 million points as a SOAB entry from N2QV’s superstation?
Of course there were many other significant scores in all of the operating categories this year such as the 9-million+ effort by Bud, AA3B (@V26K), who would have been sev enth in the world when compared to the high power entries — all from a 2-point location. Imagine making over 1,700 QSOs as a QRP(A) entry as achieved by Pit, DK3WE, while operating from DM2M.
A further read of the winner’s tables will give you pause as you discover the close battle between K3LR and W3LPL in the USA multi-multi category with Tim’s team from West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, pulling off the win by only 300,000 points. On the worldwide multi-op scene, there was an epic performance by the
