Thursday, April 10, 2025

BLASTS from the Past: JIDX Cw - Part 2

It has been 6 years since a "Blast from the Past" BLOG was written about the JIDX CW contest.
([CLICK HERE] to read Part 1.)  During those years, 5-GiGs produced a number of interesting contest-related anomalies produced unexpected Multi-OP wins from the WA6TQT station in Anza. 
The FIVE (5) Cw GiGs share a varying history:

  • [X] (2o20) - WQ6X fakes another (JIDX x 2) + 5 Contest weekend
  • [X] (2o21) - WQ6X Wangles another Weird Multi-contest Weekend
  • [X] (2o22) - WQ6X Works a 7.5 Contest Weekend
  • [X] (2o23) - A WQ6X as W6J Retrospective
  • [X] (2o23) - WQ6X Reprises W6J and assists NX6T to 1st-Place
  • [X] (2o24) - WQ6X Turns JIDX CW into a Calamatous 5-Contest Weekend
  1. (2o20) - WQ6X fakes another (JIDX x 2) + 5 Contest weekend
    For this GiG we did something that was unusual at the time - NX6T ran as a Multi-2 operation.  As it turns out, there is now a Multi-2 category in the contest.  However, in 2020, our log was probably classified as a Checklog.  Amidst all this were 3 QSO Parties and the Yuri Gagarin DX Contest.


  2. (2o21) - WQ6X Wangles another Weird Multi-contest Weekend
    As it turns out, there is now a Multi-2 category in the JIDX contest - last year's NX6T
    Multi-2 submission may have had something to do with newly added addition. 
    The real question, of course, is whether we will score a resounding 1st-place
    in this new category.  Or, will team N6RO continue to give us a run for it?!
    The ending result was running as K3EST, N6RO group took a STRONG
    1st-Place, while NX6T made a not-insignificant 2nd-place finish.
    Sunday morning, just before my 2am shift w/NX6T, 40-meters
    was open, well-enough to make 5 QSOs to submit an SOSB/40 Log.


  3. (2o22) - WQ6X Works a 7.5 Contest Weekend
    This was another of those multi-contest weekends which include a Dual-OP of the JIDX contest.  On the gamble that N6RO would run Multi-2, NX6T put together a Multi-single operation, GooD enough for a 1st place.  Again, just to be WEIRD, WQ6X submitted another SOSB-40 log, doubling the QSO count from 5 to a WHOPPING 11 QSOs in the LoG.  wOw!


  4. (2o23) - A WQ6X as W6J Retrospective
    Just for something completely different, I wrote a retrospective of all the uses I have made using the W6J callsign during Japanese-style radiosport events.  This of course led to using the W6J callsign in the 2o23 JIDX Cw contest.


  5. (2o23) - WQ6X Reprises W6J and assists NX6T to 1st-Place
    To mark the 10th anniversary since using W6J, for something completely different, I reprised the W6J callsign for the JIDX Cw contest.  Because most of my OP time was spent running from NX6T, when it was over, a SOSB/20 log was submitted using the W6J callsign.


  6. (2o24) - WQ6X Turns JIDX CW into a Calamatous 5-Contest Weekend
    For this JIDX contest, the decision was made to put in LoTs of time OP'ing NX6T with some QSO Party hunting during the afternoon hours when other OPs are keeping NX6T going on
    10 & 15 meters.  For some reason, N6RO chose to run as SOSB/80 this year and forego
    multi-op activity altogether.  Bottom line - NX6T took a resounding 1st-pace for Multi-single - STILL ToP MoP!
This is what I have been doing during JIDX Cw weekends.

What about YOU?

Do YOU ever chase JA prefectures in the JIDX Contest?

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