Saturday, June 6, 2020

BLASTS from the Past: The CQ W.W. Cw Contest

In reviewing previous "Blast from the Past" Blog Entries, it was noticed that the CQ W.W. DX contest has not been given a retrospective.  This Blog entry is a step towards remedying that oversight.  LooKing back, my serious participation this event goes all the way back to 2011, altho the CQ W.W. Cw event wasn't documented until 2013.  I recently wrote up the CQ W.W. Ssb contest. 
[CLICK HERE] to read that.  For the Cw GiGs, according to the WQ6X Contest Blog, these are
the events WQ6X has participated in:
  • [-] - 2011 -WQ6X SOABLP - 7th-place W6
  • [-] - 2012 - NX6T SOABLP(A) - 7th-place W6
  • [x] - 2013 - NX6T - Multi-2 - 1st-Place W6
  • [x] - 2014 - N6GEO Multi-Single - 2nd-place W6
  • [x] - 2015 - WQ6X SOABLP - Didn't place very high
  • [x] - 2016 - WQ6X SOSB(A)/40 LP - 1st-place W6, #3 USA, #5 NA, #10 WW
  • [x] - 2017 - WQ6X SO(A)/40 HP - 1st-place W6, #3 USA, #5 NA, #59 WW
  • [x] - 2018 - WQ6X SOABLP - Didn't place very high
  • [x] - 2019 - WQ6X Works another Wiley Wonderful World-wide Contest
    Multi-2 - 1st-Place W6


While there are only 5 BiG wins in the CQ W. W. Cw GiG, they are all memorable;
especially when you consider the obstacles up against in each of the events.
The events span a period of 9 years and therefore several different periods in Solar Sunspot Cycle.

Operations were made from 2 portable locations in Alameda, NX6T and a remote operation from the Clarion Hotel in the SF East Bay.  Although each of these operations were quite different, individually they represented leveraging often marginal equipment setups, all good experience for emergency preparedness.

Do YOU work the CQ W.W. Cw contests?

Is WQ6X, N6GEO and NX6T in YOUR Logs?

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