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Finally I worked my first USA and that was Bob N7UA at around 04z. In the first 5 hours I had over 350 QSOs in the log from 13 zones and 56 countries! With a short vertical, 700W TX and no RX antennas! I was fevering! I couldnt wait till the next round.

There is an excited discussion now in CQ-Contest reflector, sometimes turning into opposition, concerning "open logs".

The methods of HF contest refereeing have been discussed widely during the last few years. Discussions are waged both by contest committees and contestants in various contest reflectors and web-forums.

A competitor contacted by the CQ WW Contest Commmittee prior to the contest must agree to a scheduled visitation by a representative of the CQ WW CC during the contest.

The CQ WW Contest Committee (CQWWCC) wishes to announce the beginning of informational updates. We hope these periodic updates will serve to inform you of actions taken by the CQWWCC, behind the scenes committee work, history of the CQ WW and other topics.

6Y1V Team are again offering a free trip to a young ham, who must be 21 or younger.

NO2R will be active from Cambodia minimum one year as XU7ACY.

We would like to take this opportunity to inform you of a change to rule XII of the CQ WW DX contest.

In his PVRC interview CQ WW DX contest Director Bob Cox K3EST confirmed that the CQ WW 2008 contest results are being revised and, probably, some corrections in the contest results will be made and some action on the rule violators will be taken.

Computer technologies now let us make more QSOs in the contests, every year we see new equipment and computer software offered to help us achieve higher results in the contest activities.

Ranko, 4O3A will be active from Sao Vicente Island, Cabo Verde in CQ WW DX CW Contest 28 - 29 November 2009 as D4C.

The CQ WW DX CW 2009 contest is over, and the main plot was the leading contenders station inspection. G3SXW was inspecting the EF8M contest position, S50XX was inspecting CR3E, and W3ZZ was inspecting 8P5A.

A Rascal-Monkey Donkey Billy Goat And klunky Bear Set out to play a string Quartet.

I think the assisted category should not been introduced in first place. I think that it is good idea to merge the assisted and not-assisted back into one category.

Hello contesters! I red many emails about this subject and I recognize that many contesters somehow missed a point. Let's be focused on basic issues, not going deeply in details.

To me SO1R and SO2R are essentially the same - both are true single op - SO2R is just a single op station that is more complicated and sophisticated and harder to BUILD.

When I recently heard that the CQ Contest Committee would not consider Single Operator One Radio (SO1R) as a separate category, I was very disappointed and asked myself why do I have to compete in the same category where a vast majority of contesters are using two radio's.

The idea of the Observer program arose long time ago in 2007 and it was not the CQ WW CC who proposed it. The idea author is a well known contester from the USA.

The challenge of catching cheaters barehanded and their punishment has always been the most important element of HF and VHF sports communications. As far as our sports are basically extramural even in case of on- and off-site competition, a temptation to break the rules, cheat and not being caught in the same time is extremely great.

I’m doing contesting long enough. My first ham radio Teacher and contesting Mentor is Gennady Shkumat, UA9AB (ex UA9AAP).

Currently, it is more and more obvious that the CQ WW Contest Committee wishes to disestablish SOAB Unassisted Category. In spite of numerous contesters requests for leaving the SOAB SO1R Category that was cancelled without regard to contest society opinion, nothing is changed.

Well then, the time of CQ WW CW Contest 2010 is approached, it is to be happen the coming weekend. Sure, as usual, great attention will be attracted to SOAB HP category. K3EST made the last year observers’ visits into slapstick comedy.

V47NT posted his result finally. I’m surprised with Andy’s poor score (IMHO).

What really made me write this is the fact that many participants had been changing their entry in between the end of the contest and the dead line for log submission. Most of the changes had been done in one direction: from “UNASSISTED” to “ASSISTED” in both - SB (Single Band) or AB (All Band).

There has been a Dark Side to the Force that has worked to diminish fun for some as ham radio operators. Previously it had landed solidly in DXing, with some operators of reasonable skill, claiming to on certain islands, or in certain countries, yet thousands of miles distant.

Recently CQ WW DX Commitee has explained their ruling with regards to yellow and red cards in CQ WW Contest of 2010. An explanation appeared on CQ WW web site

CQ Contest Hall of Fame member and WPX Contest Director Randy Thompson, K5ZD, has been named Director of the CQ World Wide DX Contest, effective immediately.

Radiosport competition is built on a simple foundation – the expectation that all contacts are made over the air and correctly logged. Since operations are performed from the privacy of our stations and without supervision, we all trust that everyone is playing by the same rules.

Unofficial CQ WW DX 2015 SSB and CW High Claimed Scores.

The final scores of CQ WW DX CW Contest 2015 are now available.

CQ WW DX SSB Contest 2016 High Claimed Scores

CQWW Director K1AR brings us up to date on the biggest annual global radiosport events on the calendar.