Results of the 2016CQ World Wide DX CW Contest

“Improved conditions and more activity”

BY DOUG ZWIEBEL,* KR2Q

After the “worst bands to date” headline for the 2016SSB contest article, it was with great anticipation thatwe headed into the CW weekend. Would things be

even worse? According to the numbers, CW saw improvedconditions and more activity. Whew!

We are taking a departure from the usual contest story thistime. If you are looking for the scores, please see the rest ofthe article (line scores, top scores, table of winners, etc.).

CQWW has always drawn the most activity among inter-national contests. If you look back a decade or so, CQWWincluded the nickname “The Contest.” Yes, CQWW is still“The” contest because every year it is The place to be forcontesters. And CQWW CW in 2016 proved to be yet anoth-er fun contest for global participants.

Join the Fun…Even if You’re New toContesting!If you’ve never joined in the fun of contesting, you really oweit to yourself to give it a try, even if you only can spend onehour out of the 48 hours available in both October andNovember. Are you new to CW? No problem. There are lotsof guys using code readers/CW decoders to help out. Giveit a try…you won’t be disappointed. Remember, all you needto copy are the callsign (listen before calling to make sureyou’ve got it), the signal report (virtually always 599, usual-ly abbreviated as 5NN), and the CQ zone number (again,listen and copy it before calling). If you’re like most of us,you’ll get drawn in and end up putting in more time than youmay have planned for.

Here’s a hint for those who just want to stick their toe inthe water for the first time: Consider skipping the first 24hours. Things are generally less intense on day two. Or youcan try sticking to the higher parts of the usual CW bands(that is, closer to or even above 14.100, 21.100 MHz, etc.).

Concerned about how many hours you might be able tooperate? Don’t be! Table 1 shows a breakdown of the num-ber of operators who entered in the Single-Operator, All-Band categories (High and Low power, Assisted andUnassisted). Most entrants put in under 15 hours total. Youcan figure that might be broken up into three hours in themorning on day one and four hours over the rest of day one(afternoon and/or evening). That leaves two four-hour blockson day two. Or break it up any way you like. There are lotsof guys and gals just waiting to make a QSO and put you intheir log.

Please see Tables 2A and 2B for a comparison of activityduring the CW weekends in 2015 and 2016. The “QSOs” are

the total number of QSOs claimed by all received logs. It isclear that the high bands (10 and 15 meters) took a big hit,primarily from reduced sunspot numbers.

Another option for looking at activity trends is to focus onMulti-Multi stations, since they are, in theory, on all bands,all the time. Tables 3A and 3B show the TOP THREE Multi-Multi Scores Combined in both 2015 and 2016. Fortunatelyfor the comparison, the top three stations for North Americaand for Europe were the same in both years.

Declining Sunspot Numbers = Declining LogNumbers (Almost)As the sunspots continue to decline, the number of logsreceived has also been in decline. Looking at Phone, from2013 to 2016, we received 8,482; 8,283; 8,251; and 7,576logs, respectively. CW has been slightly shifted, going upfrom 7,442 in 2013 to 7,656 in 2014, then down to 7,535 in2015.

New for CW in 2016 was a concerted effort, spearheadedby CQWW Contest Committee member Martin, LU5DX, withstrong encouragement from the rest of the committee andespecially from José, CT1BOH, to go after “missing” logs.For many years, the committee has tried to contact partici-pants who did not send in their logs, asking them to submitone, but until now, it has been a modest effort.

For 2016 CW, Martin created a database of email address-es (using various sources, including past entries) andrequested that those who we knew were active in the con-test, but didn’t submit a log, please do so now. Even if youmade just 10 QSOs, you were contacted! It was an amaz-* c/o CQ magazine

EI5DI operates station SO4O during the 2016 CQWW DXCW Contest.

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2016 WWDX CW TROPHY WINNERS AND DONORS

SINGLE OPERATOR

World ZF2MJ (Opr.: Dan Craig, N6MJ)

Donor: Vibroplex

World – Low PowerV26K (Opr.: Bud Trench, AA3B)

Donor: Slovenia Contest Club

World – QRPDoug Zweibel, KR2Q

Donor: Bob Evans, K5WA

World AssistedP4$$C (Opr.: Alex Tkatch, KU1CW)

Donor: Robert McGwier, N4HY

World – Assisted Low PowerP4ØW (Opr.: John Crovelli, W2GD) Donor: Lyubomir “Leo” Slavov, OR2F

World – Assisted QRPKarel Karmasin, OK2FD

Donor: Steve “Sid” Caesar, NH7C

U.S.A.Greg Cronin, W1KM

Donor: Frankford Radio Club

U.S.A. – Low PowerK3CR (Opr.: Alex Avramov, LZ4AX)

Donor: North Coast Contesters

U.S.A. – QRPFrank Letton, W6JTI*

Donor: W3ZZ Memorial (Andy Blank, N2NT)

U.S.A. – AssistedRandy Thompson, K5ZD/1

Donor: John Rodgers, WE3C

U.S.A. – Assisted Low PowerKen Low, KE3X

Donor: LA9Z/LN9Z Leia Contest Club

U.S.A. Zone 3Bob Wolbert, K6XX

Donor: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club

U.S.A. Zone 4Mike Wetzel, W9RE

Donor: Society of Midwest Contesters

EuropeCR6K (Opr.: Filipe Lopes, CT1ILT)

Donor: W3AU Memorial (Florida Contest Group)

Europe – Low Power4O3A (Opr.: Ivo Pezer, 9A3A)

Donor: Tim Duffy, K3LR

Europe – QRPGoran Krajcar, S52P*

Donor: I4FAF Memorial (Sergio Cartoceti, IK4AUY)

Europe – AssistedSN7Q (Opr.: Krzysztof Sobon, SP7GIQ)

Donor: I4IND Memorial (IR4X Monte Capra Contest Team)

Europe – Assisted Low PowerMD4K (Opr.: Martin Platt, G4XUM)

Donor: Alex Goncharov, R3ZZ

AfricaCR3OO (Opr.: Jose Nunes, CT1BOH)

Donor: K5KA Memorial (Ralph “Gator” Bowen, N5RZ)

AsiaUPØL (Opr.: Vladimir Vinichenko, UN9LW)

Donor: W5PG Memorial (DFW Contesting Group)

Caribbean/Central AmericaTI5W (Opr.: Chris Hurlbut, KL9A)

Donor: W5PG Memorial (DFW Contesting Group)

Caribbean/Central America – Low PowerZF9CW (Opr.: Stan Stockton, K5GO)*

Donor: Albert Crespo, NH7A

OceaniaZM1A (Opr.: Jacky Calvo, ZL3CW)

Donor: KH2D Memorial (Ken Hoppe, KH7R and ManiAlbrecht, KH2FI)

South AmericaYW4D (Opr.: Paolo Stradiotto, YV1DIG)

Donor: Dave Farnsworth, WJ2O

South America – Southern Cone (CE, CX, LU) – High Power

CX4AT (Opr.: Daniel Pardias, CX9AU)Donor: Dale Long, N3BNA

South America – Southern Cone (CE, CX, LU) – Low Power

Roberto Spadavecchia, LW1EUDDonor: LU Contest Group

ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V8 YB DU) – Low Power

Arwi Hamdi, YC1DPMDonor: Bob Kupps, N6BK

Scandinavia (LA, OH, OZ, SM)OHØZ (Opr.: Tomi Ylinen, OH6EI)

Donor: W3FYS Memorial (Chas Weir, Jr., W6UM)

Baltic (ES, LY, YL)Albertas Pipiras, LY5R

Donor: LY2OO Memorial (Lithuanian Radio SportsFederation)

CanadaVladimir Milutinovic, VE3JM

Donor: John Sluymer, VE3EJ & Jim Roberts, VE7ZO

Russia Anatoliy Polevik, RC9O

Donor: Roman Thomas, RZ3AA

JapanMasaki Masa Okano, JH4UYBDonor: Phil Yasson, AB7RW

Japan – Low PowerNobuhiro Iwasa, JH8SLS

Donor: Western Washington DX Club

SINGLE OPERATOR, SINGLE BAND

World – 28 MHz CW4MAX (Opr.: Marcelo Egues, CX2DK)

Donor: Joel Chalmers, KG6DX

World – 21 MHzAkito Nagi, JA5DQH

Donor: World Wide Radio Operators Foundation

World – 14 MHzFY5KE (Opr.: Laurent Haas, F6FVY)

Donor: W2JT Memorial (North Jersey DX Assn.)

World – 7 MHzA45XR (Opr.: Krzysztof Dabrowski, SP5EXA)

Donor: John Rodgers, WE3C

World – 3.5 MHz IH9R (Opr.: Emilio Borea, IZ1GAR)

Donor: Fred Capossela, K6SSS

World – 1.8 MHzAlgirdas Uzdonas, LY7M

Donor: Kenneth Byers, Jr., K4TEA

U.S.A. – 28 MHzZeljko Repic, K2SSSDonor: dxcoffee.com

U.S.A. – 21 MHzPeter Bizlewicz, KU2M

Donor: Bob Naumann, W5OV

U.S.A. – 14 MHzRic Morton, WO4O

Donor: Northern Illinois DX Association

U.S.A. – 7 MHzDan Handa, W7WA

Donor: Gene Shablygin, W3UA

U.S.A. – 3.5 MHzSteve Sussman, W3BGNDonor: Bill Feidt, NG3K

U.S.A. – 1.8 MHzRonald McClain, W2VODonor: Jeff Briggs, K1ZM

Asia – 14 MHzUP2L (Opr.: Sergey Podmarkov, RU9I)

Donor: W5FO Memorial (Ralph “Gator” Bowen, N5RZ)

Asia – 7 MHzToshimichi Terao, JA6SHL*

Donor: Coconut Wireless Contest Club

Carib./C.A. – 7 MHzGil Jaochim, FM5FJ

Donor: David Hodge, N6AN

Canada – 14 MHzVE7SZ (Opr.: Gary Caldwell, VA7RR)

Donor: John Sluymer, VE3EJ

Japan – 21 MHzHaruo Nishiyama, JR2IOB*Donor: Bob Wilson, N6TV

Japan – 14 MHzYukihisa Yamashita, JA6LCJ

Donor: Chris Terkla, N1XS

China – 21 MHzYong Wang, BD7DX

Donor: LZ9W Contest Team

Europe – 28 MHzAlexandr Khodyakov, RG3R

Donor: Jay Pryor, K4OGG

Europe – 21 MHzTodor Todorov, LZ1ND

Donor: Bob Naumann, W5OV

Europe – 14 MHzOH8X (Opr.: Pasi Luoma-Aho, OH6UM)Donor: G3FXB Memorial (Maud Slater)

Europe – 7 MHzYT7A (Opr.: Ivanko Mandic, YU7GM)

Donor: Ivo Pezer, 9A3A

Europe – 3.5 MHzCS2C (Opr.: Jiri Pesta, OK1RF)

Donor: K3VW Memorial (Frankford Radio Club)

Europe – 1.8 MHzMZ5B (Opr.: Ian Pritchard, G3WVG)*

Donor: Pat Barkey, N9RV & Terry Zivney, N4TZ

OVERLAY CATEGORIESWorld – Classic

P49Y (Opr.: Andrew Faber, AE6Y)Donor: CWops

U.S.A. – ClassicBob Shohet, KQ2M/1

Donor: CWops

World – RookieCR5U (Opr.: Helder Mendes, CS7AJL)

Donor: CWops

U.S.A. – RookieMarvin Vinluan, K2MV

Donor: CWops

MULTI-OPERATOR, SINGLE TRANSMITTER

WorldCN2AA (Oprs.: RW4PL, RX4W, UA4Z, UA3ASZ, RW3FO,

R3GM, RA3CO, R3FA, RV1AW, UA3AB, RN5M)Donor: KL7RA Memorial (Friends of Rich)

World Low PowerVP5M (Oprs.: K4QPL, AA4NC)

Donor: EA Contest Club

U.S.A.W3UA/1 (Oprs.: NU3C, W3UA)Donor: Douglas Zwiebel, KR2Q

U.S.A. – Low PowerW1FM (Oprs.: W1FM, N1SOH)

Donor: CWOps

AfricaEF8R (Oprs.: RQ7M, UA3AKO, UA4WW, UA2FZ,EA8CMX, EA8AH, RA5A, RM5M, RA6LBS, RO4F,

UA9PM, UA3RF, RC5A, UA3RC, UA5C, RM9I, EA8RM,EA8KW)*

Donor: Harry Booklan, RA3AUU

AsiaP33W (Oprs.: HA1AG, LY4AA, YO3JR, R4FO, UA4FER,

RW4WR, RA3AUU)Donor: Steve Merchant, K6AW

Caribbean/Central AmericaKP2M (Oprs.: KT3Y, K9VV)Donor: Kansas City DX Club

EuropeOM7M (Oprs.: OK2BFN, OM2KI, OM2IB, OM3PA, OM3PC,

OM5RM, OM5RW, OM5ZW)Donor: Gail Sheehan, K2RED

OceaniaAH2R (Oprs.: JI3ERV/NH2C, JR7OMD/WI3O)

Donor: Junichi Tanaka, JH4RHF

South AmericaLT1F (Oprs.: LU1AEE, LU1FAM, LU1FKR, LU1FT,

LU2FE, LU3FL, LU5FF, LW6DG)Donor: Araucaria DX Group

CanadaVE3EJ (Oprs.: VE3EJ, VE3EK, VE3MM, VE7ZO)Donor: VE3TA Memorial (John Sluymer, VE3EJ)

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ing experience, with over 1,000 addi-tional logs being submitted comparedto what was received by the usual CWdeadline. This greatly enhanced thecommittee’s ability to do more cross-checks. In the end, for 2016, we endedup with 8,341 received CW logs, a newrecord. Without this effort, the “declinein logs received based on the SSN”would have continued. And despite the

large number of “extra” CW logs, thetotal number of QSOs are still waydown. You still can’t fight ol’ Sol.

Keeping ‘em HonestWe would also like to acknowledgethose members of the contest commu-nity who wrote to us to identify suspectoperations. These included “multiplieris too high” and “he was out of the

Contest station A44A was manned by the following: Standing left to right were:Mohib, A41JZ; Hamed, A41KT; Paul, A45VB (G7SLP); Prasad, A45VA(VU2PTT); and Pai, A45VI (VU2PAI). Names for the rest of the crew were not

available as of press time.

Japan JR5YCE (Oprs.: JM1UWB, JH5RXS, JJ5GMJ)

Donor: Madison Jones, W5MJ

ASEAN (XZ HS XW XU 3W 9M 9V V8 YB DU)HSØZIA (Oprs.: HS1NIV, HSØOAG, HSØZIA, HSØZKX,

HSØZLN)Donor: Bob Kupps, N6BK

MULTI-OPERATOR, TWO TRANSMITTERS

WorldCR3W (Oprs.: DJØIF, DJØZY, DJ2YA, DK7YY, DL1CW,

DL5AXX, DL5CW, DL7UGN, DL8JJ, LZ2JE)Donor: Array Solutions

U.S.A.KC1XX (Oprs.: DL8DYL, K1CC, K1TR, KC1XX, W1FV,

KM3T)Donor: Robert Kasca, S53R

EuropeTK$$C (Oprs.: S5$$P, S53WW, S53RM, S53CC, S53F,

S53BB, S53ZO, S57C, S57L, S55OO)Donor: Aki Nagi, JA5DQH

JapanJA7ZFN (Oprs.: JG7PSJ, JH7XMO, JI7GBI, JP7DKQ,

JR7TEQ, JR7UOL)Donor: Coconut Wireless Contest Group

MULTI-OPERATOR, MULTI TRANSMITTER

WorldHK1NA (Oprs.: HK1R, HK1T, HK1X, HK1MW, OHØXX,

OZ7AM, OZ1IKY, LU8EOT)Donor: K2GL Memorial (The K2GL Operators)

U.S.A.W3LPL (Oprs.: W3LPL, K1DQV, NI1N, K2YWE, K3AJ,

K3IT, K3MM, N3OC, K3RA, W3UR, WR3Z, KD4D, N4QQ,K4ZA AC6WI)

Donor: W6RJ and N6RJ Memorial (Ham Radio Outlet)

Europe9A1A (Oprs.: 9A5W, 9A9A, 9A6A, 9A7R, 9A5E, 9A8A,

9A2EU, 9A2AW, 9A6M)Donor: Finnish Amateur Radio League

AsiaRM9A (Oprs.: RG9A, RZ8A, RA9AA, R9CM, RO9A,

RL9A, RN9A)Donor: Nodir Tursun-Zade, EY8MM

OceaniaKH6J (Oprs.: N2NL, KH6SH, KH6U, KH7U, KH6FP,

WH7W, WH6R, K5KG, K1XX, K1QX)Donor: JA9SSY Memorial (Tack Kumagai, JE1CKA &

Masa Sakurada, JR2GMC

CONTEST EXPEDITIONS

World Single OperatorV47T (Opr.: Andy Blank N2NT)

Donor: Friends of Phil Goetz, N6ZZ

World Multi-OperatorJ7ØBH (Oprs,.: OH2B, K1TO, K1LI)

Donor: AI6V Memorial (Sue Cook, AI6YL)

SPECIAL AWARDS

World SSB/CW Combined8P5A (Opr.: Tom Georgens, W2SC)

25,734,324Donor: Hrane Milosevic, YT1AD

World RTTY/SSB/CW CombinedIQ2CJ/D4C/IO2X (Opr.: Luca Aliprandi, IK2NCJ)

14,497,538Donor: Rudy Bakalov, N2WQ

Combined SSB/CW Score 160 Meters Algirdas Uzdonas, LY7M

250,636Donor: Team IB9T/IR9Y - IT9ZGY Memorial

CLUB

USA SSB/CWFrankford Radio Club

244,651,001Donor: Northern California Contest Club

DX SSB/CWBAVARIAN CONTEST CLUB

212,674,217Donor: John Rodgers, WE3C

*Second place

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Operating Hours number of logs % of all cumulative %0 - 5 932 19.4% 19.4%

5.1 - 10 1077 22.4% 41.8% 10.1 - 15 801 16.7% 58.5% 15.1 - 20 635 13.2% 71.8% 20.1 - 25 529 11.0% 82.8% 25.1 - 30 311 6.5% 89.3% 30.1 - 35 209 4.4% 93.6% 35.1 - 40 141 2.9% 96.5%

41 24 0.5% 97.0% 42 19 0.4% 97.4% 43 29 0.6% 98.0% 44 23 0.5% 98.5% 45 18 0.4% 98.9% 46 16 0.3% 99.2% 47 9 0.2% 99.4% 48 28 0.6% 100.0%

Sum 4801 100.0%

Table 1. Time on-air for all single-op, all-band entrants in the 2016 CQ WW DX Contest

WORLDSINGLE OPERATOR

HIGH POWERAll Band

ZF2MJ (N6MJ)......14,214,690TI5W (KL9A).........13,492,934CR3OO(CT1BOH)..13,339,1598P5A (W2SC) .......11,559,778V47T (N2NT).........11,440,3019Y4/VE3EY..............9,291,134EF8U (OZ1AA).........9,227,431NP4DX (VE3DZ)......8,983,296CR6K (CT1ILT) .......8,278,452YW4D (YV1DIG) .....8,237,310

28 MHzCW4MAX (CX2DK) ....316,050LU7HN .......................120,814K2SSS .........................23,530

21 MHzJA5DQH .....................353,338KU2M.........................338,240LZ1ND .......................226,588

14 MHzFY5KE (F6FVY) .......2,428,2489M6NA (JE1JKL) .......941,864OH8X (OH6UM) .........854,668

7 MHzA45XR (SP5EXA).......877,400YT7A (YU7GM) ..........792,456VK2DX .......................761,608

3.5 MHzIH9R (IZ1GAR) ..........734,712UN4L .........................670,196CS2C (OK1RF) ...........634,185

1.8 MHzLY7M .........................168,950MZ5B (G3WVG).........150,689MWØUNN ..................133,344

LOW POWER All Band

V26K (AA3B)...........9,996,3363V8SS (KF5EYY).....5,738,520ZF9CW (K5GO) .......5,393,0804XØW (W1UE)........4,971,0964O3A (9A3A/E73A) .3,777,960R8CT.......................3,457,300HR2J (AJ9C)...........3,371,732S5ØA ......................3,333,9155H3EE.....................2,791,587UA9BA ....................2,553,300

28 MHzPP5FB..........................40,612PY1YU .........................18,582HP1RIS..........................5,588

21 MHz5X1XA (G3XAQ).........403,293UN9GD.......................245,088UN6LN .......................222,804

14 MHzVP9I(KQ8Z/GMØIIO)..565,912CO2JD .......................517,769YV5IUA ......................299,739

7 MHzSU9JG (EA7TN) .........430,128CT3KN .......................396,984YV4YC .......................255,036

3.5 MHzOP7EH (ON7EH) ........176,907EA6SX........................167,055LY2BMX.....................113,739

1.8 MHzSM6CNN......................44,770DL6KWN......................32,949EW8RR ........................32,382

QRPAll Band

KR2Q .........................633,420UX2MF.......................623,904S52P..........................567,345F5VBT ........................478,886JH1OGC .....................463,200JR4DAH .....................348,572HA5BA .......................271,065DL8TG .......................268,026W6JTI ........................259,316K8CN/1 ......................244,736

28 MHzKH6KG ...........................5,066

21 MHzLZ2RS..........................45,505HG3C (HA3HX) ............34,398R9RA ...........................33,930

14 MHzGJ2A (MJØASP) ........207,616EA8EW (OH1MA).......172,935US5VX .........................59,730

7 MHz4M5EN (YV5EN) ..........82,808G4CWH........................64,410E77T ............................59,976

3.5 MHzGM3YEH ......................31,222HG5O (HA5OB) ............24,304DL2TM.........................20,349

1.8 MHzS53AR .........................14,256UA3DJG .........................9,400HA1TI.............................9,024

ASSISTEDHIGH POWER

All BandP4ØC (KU1CW).......8,635,842LP1H (LU5DX)........8,173,3966Y9X (K1XM)..........7,285,552HI3CC (NP4Z) .........6,567,424K5ZD/1....................6,104,340SN7Q (SP7GIQ) ......6,000,995K1ZZ .......................5,466,065CU4DX (IZ8JAI) ......5,437,648KØDQ/1 (@K8PO) ...5,402,736UB7K ......................5,269,968

28 MHzN6SS/7 ........................24,150N4MM..........................13,035JA7OWD ........................9,724

21 MHzPP5NY ....................1,159,014JY9FC (E78A) .........1,012,908CX2BR .......................714,648

14 MHzVK2IA......................1,246,710OE2S (OE2VEL) .........785,583S57DX .......................779,929

7 MHzED9U (EA5HPX)......1,218,320HA8KW ...................1,168,704S52AW....................1,079,200

3.5 MHzOK6W (OK1MU) ........598,752R8TT..........................576,216OMØM (OM8AW) ......575,040

1.8 MHzRY9C (UA8DX) ..........227,957RD8D (RX9CAZ) ........225,318UD4F..........................202,530

ASSISTEDLOW POWER

All BandP4ØW (W2GD) .......8,080,330MD4K (G4XUM)......3,688,783VP5CW (W5CW).....3,582,846UZ3A (UX1AA)........3,419,618LZ8E (LZ2BE) .........3,400,000DF9ZP (DK8ZB) ......3,078,734UA4W .....................2,745,975KE3X (@N3HBX).....2,721,004W1NT......................2,531,528OR2F (ON8LDS) .....2,333,829

28 MHzPX1M (PY1MK) ...........29,300JR3RWB ........................6,380LW6DW .........................4,233

21 MHzTO1A (F5HRY) ...........922,532YBØECT .....................450,593TM2B (F4EGZ) ...........201,840

14 MHzCN8KD .......................820,228CE3AA (XQ4CW)........645,894RA9AP .......................534,080

7 MHzA61EK........................625,5429A5Y (9A3LG)............552,606EA7OT........................415,470

3.5 MHzFY5FY ........................386,2324M1K (YV1KK) ..........283,161SP4DZT .....................166,375

1.8 MHzHGØR (HAØNAR).........89,1848SØDX (SMØDSG) ......80,896OK2W (OK2WM)..........61,285

ASSISTEDQRP

All BandOK2FD ....................1,288,066DM2M (DK3WE) .....1,094,688ON6NL .......................845,910RT4W.........................757,059HI3Y...........................522,060IZ8JFL/1.....................505,809RZ3QS .......................357,408R3WR ........................295,095RD9D .........................218,622K8ZT ..........................215,166

28 MHzLT7H (LU7HZ) .............29,026NØUR.............................1,550

21 MHzHG3IPA (HA3JB)..........34,594R4FD............................24,726YB2ERL .......................23,785

14 MHzYR8E (YO8RHM) .........99,214UX9Q ...........................53,350UT3EK..........................52,320

7 MHzS51DX .......................117,810YUØW........................101,118DL1EFW.......................91,560

3.5 MHzOL4W (OK1IF) .............96,180DJ7WW .......................69,979UT3L (UR5LO).............61,541

1.8 MHzHA3MY ........................33,930S51V............................24,960HA5NB .........................18,232

MULTI-OPSINGLE TRANSMITTER

High PowerCN2AA ..................28,390,504EF8R .....................26,719,508ED8X.....................25,470,336P33W....................23,961,540KP2M....................14,563,500OM7M...................11,702,700IR4M.....................11,554,224OM8A....................10,736,960TM6M ...................10,530,1859A1P.....................10,273,445

Low PowerVP5M......................5,257,608CT9/R7KW ..............5,254,841PT4T .......................4,754,376EF3T........................4,280,214UW5Y .....................3,048,948IQ3RK .....................2,881,440E77CFG...................2,449,766IR6T........................2,277,925VC7X.......................2,037,156UW3E......................1,930,082

MULTI-OPTWO TRANSMITTER

CR3W ...................27,457,230CN2R ....................26,913,952PJ4A .....................22,078,309PJ4Q.....................20,822,230PZ5V.....................18,584,316TKØC ....................16,800,224J7ØBH ..................15,089,000AHØK ....................14,781,242EA2EA...................12,961,194A44A.....................12,844,100

MULTI-OPMULTI-TRANSMITTER

HK1NA ..................29,752,976

PJ2T .....................28,344,7649A1A.....................18,308,318RM9A....................17,857,131KH6J.....................14,455,932W3LPL..................14,235,216LZ9W ....................13,976,736M6T ......................13,299,162K3LR.....................13,061,930WE3C....................12,760,200

ROOKIEHigh Power

MØVSE ......................102,564IU4CHE ........................55,944DK5KK .........................26,376

Low PowerCR5U (CS7AJL) ......1,119,509A61EK........................625,542BH6KOK.....................187,680IU4FJI ..........................95,931LZ7M (LZ2ESM) ..........87,300K2MV...........................84,111SP5JP..........................58,320UT3UFH .......................54,2349A6TT ..........................52,026BG6SZD .......................37,760

CLASSICHigh Power

P49Y (AE6Y)...........4,706,670C4W (5B4WN) ........3,322,888VP2ESM (OH1VR) ..2,975,533S53A.......................2,885,832KQ2M/1 ..................2,861,742HG3R (HA3NU).......2,482,3773B9HA (GØCKV) .....2,285,188N2MF ......................2,203,369TM6X (F5VHY)........2,109,057GW5R (GW3YDX)...2,070,392

Low PowerUA9BA ....................2,553,300EA8CN ....................1,432,572IO4T (IK4VET).........1,227,400N8II............................966,240N9NB/4 ......................901,680V73NS .......................721,510N1IX...........................636,398USØHZ.......................631,440CT3KN .......................623,712R9AX .........................606,515

UNITED STATESSINGLE OPERATOR

HIGH POWERAll Band

W1KM.....................5,575,966N5DX/2 (@N2QV) ...5,247,528K1DG ......................5,128,619AA1K/3....................3,746,625N1UR ......................3,426,980

28 MHzK2SSS .........................23,530K7BG .............................1,775

21 MHzKU2M.........................338,240W6YA.........................207,441K8GU/3 ......................195,321

14 MHzWO4O ........................498,753K1RU .........................404,192K9BGL .......................335,592

7 MHzW7WA .......................417,850K8MFO.......................250,999N7WA ........................185,328

3.5 MHzW3BGN......................104,520K5KC (W5TM)..............73,787W3EP/1........................57,998

1.8 MHzW2VO ..........................12,096AG4W ............................7,900NØTT .............................2,720

LOW POWERAll Band

K3CR (LZ4AX) ........2,534,554AD4Z.......................1,979,334K5WA......................1,895,016N5AW .....................1,822,851W6YX (N7MH)........1,319,094

28 MHzKN4Y .............................5,148K4XL..............................2,730

21 MHzWB4TDH....................130,801N5OE ...........................60,489K5KJ ............................58,479

14 MHzW2TZ .........................180,653N2GM ........................124,875W2MMD (WK2G).......101,280

7 MHzWA1FCN/4 ...................63,856K4SXT..........................39,809N3GD/4........................30,260

3.5 MHzW8JGU ........................10,962AA5AM...........................4,465

1.8 MHzWD8DSB/9.....................1,656

QRPAll Band

KR2Q .........................633,420W6JTI ........................259,316K8CN/1 ......................244,736W6QU (W8QZA) ........138,400K2YGM ......................118,300

21 MHzKØFLY..........................20,376WA6FGV ......................11,826

14 MHzW9YA/5 .........................1,408

7 MHzNA2AA .........................52,155WO9S ............................4,095N2JNZ............................1,820

7 MHzK5RX .............................1,700

ASSISTEDHIGH POWER

All BandK5ZD/1....................6,104,340K1ZZ .......................5,466,065KØDQ/1 (@K8PO) ...5,402,736K3WW ....................4,865,553N3RS ......................4,762,989

28 MHzN6SS/7 ........................24,150N4MM..........................13,035W3IP/4...........................5,754

21 MHzN4BP .........................300,614W6SZN/7 .....................50,940K5QR ...........................35,964

14 MHzW1WMU ....................514,332KVØQ .........................448,748N7DD .........................352,128

7 MHzK9OM/4 .....................220,647W2TA/4......................121,064WA3C/8 .....................109,900

3.5 MHzW3NO ..........................82,716K2AV/4.........................56,050K2RR/1 ........................50,295

1.8 MHzN4RJ............................25,434W6XI/7...........................4,218W2HUV/1.......................3,552

ASSISTEDLOW POWER

All BandKE3X (@N3HBX).....2,721,004W1NT......................2,531,528KS1J .......................1,751,724K2PO/7 ...................1,227,708W3KB......................1,152,364

21 MHzW2GB ............................9,212

W4/CX1EK .....................4,750WBØRUR/5....................3,042

14 MHzW9XT.........................209,890N4IJ/5........................170,667WB2AA ......................127,625

7 MHzW9PA...........................91,750N8ET............................21,655W6AWW ......................14,430

3.5 MHzWB8BZK/9 .....................2,992N9TF ..............................1,188

1.8 MHzW7RH ............................2,916NT2DR/5........................1,610

ASSISTEDQRP

28 MHzK8ZT ..........................215,166N9SE..........................213,268N2CQ ...........................99,532KU1N ...........................70,574NK5G ...........................30,870

28 MHzNØUR.............................1,550

21 MHzNE6M.............................5,181

14 MHzKA7T............................21,148K2AL..............................9,234K2GMY/6 .......................5,712

3.5 MHzK3TW/4..........................5,382K1SX..............................3,392

MULTI-OPSINGLE TRANSMITTER

High PowerW3UA/1 ..................5,431,932K5TR.......................5,274,912NR5M .....................5,227,508NY4A ......................5,149,123K8AZ.......................4,942,637

Low PowerW1FM ........................249,378WQ2N ........................129,042KB5ENP/Ø....................32,640WB8FVB/5 .....................6,480

MULTI-OPTWO TRANSMITTER

KC1XX ..................11,856,845W2FU......................8,427,310N1LN/4 ...................7,107,040K2LE/1 ....................5,990,985K9CT.......................5,875,688

MULTI-OPMULTI-TRANSMITTER

W3LPL..................14,235,216K3LR.....................13,061,930WE3C....................12,760,200NR4M .....................8,425,950N4WW ....................7,574,974

ROOKIELow Power

K2MV...........................84,111KM4FRM........................8,806KN1FE/4.........................8,540KG5HVO.........................2,295

CLASSICHigh Power

KQ2M/1 ..................2,861,742N2MF ......................2,203,369AA1K/3....................1,820,730K2NV ......................1,263,090K1GU/4 ...................1,157,819

Low PowerN8II............................966,240N9NB/4 ......................901,680N1IX...........................636,398K5KU .........................588,192N4TZ/9.......................570,227

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band,” among others. All such requestsfor more scrutiny are appreciated andinvestigated. On the whole, thereappeared to be smoke, and while wefound no fire, we did find a couple ofembers.

With respect to “out of the band” com-plaints, and this was especially true on40-meter phone and 160-meter CW(above 7200 or below 1810 for Region1), we are happy to report that in the vastmajority of cases, guys who appeared tobe “out of the band” were confirmed,using the committee’s SDR (softwaredefined radio) files, to be operating split.The DX was transmitting “out of theRegion 1” band, but the stations usual-

ly were listening inside the Region 1band. There were a very few cases inwhich the stations were genuinely oper-ating out of their allowed band and thesewere addressed. The committee great-ly appreciates the feedback from thoseconcerned about contest ethics andadherence to the rules.

On the topic of ethics and adherenceto the rules, you may note that the num-ber of disqualifications has been

UA9CDC operates station 8Q7DV for the 2016 CQWW DX CW Contest.

The impressive antenna farm at KØEJ was operated by K4TCG.

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2015 CWBand QSOs % of all160 190,221 3.8% 80 680,562 13.5% 40 1,275,566 25.4% 20 1,196,626 23.8% 15 1,263.205 25.1% 10 421,321 8.4% GT 5,027,492 100%

Table 2a. Breakdown of QSOs by band in the 2015 CQ WW CW Contest.

2016 CWBand QSOs % of all160 257,045 6.2% 80 746,956 17.9% 40 1,175,001 28.1% 20 1,246,635 29.9% 15 672,100 16.1% 10 77,622 1.9% GT 4,175,359 100.0%

Table 2b. Breakdown of QSOs by bandin the 2016 CQ WW CW Contest. Notethe reduced numbers on 15 and 10

meters.

WORLD SINGLE OPERATOR ALL BAND

Station 160 80 40 20 15 10

ZF2MJ 332/16/38 1266/27/86 2573/34/108 2835/34/114 2332/30/100 417/17/26TI5W 283/14/45 1231/23/89 2572/32/113 2289/30/104 2022/26/95 951/17/35CR3OO 360/12/52 1361/21/74 1475/27/85 2498/33/111 2448/28/93 42/8/198P5A 311/14/52 542/18/71 1935/31/103 2550/34/107 1731/29/105 821/18/32V47T 346/11/56 837/24/82 2237/33/110 2152/32/101 2178/24/101 172/10/15

WORLD SINGLE OPERATOR ASSISTED ALL BAND

P4C 40/9/17 359/19/73 1941/29/109 1771/31/96 1314/26/71 355/14/19LP1H 3/2/3 11/6/8 1046/35/113 1593/34/115 1969/33/123 718/18/49*P4W 144/12/42 404/20/84 960/30/112 1285/35/113 1230/28/104 430/18/366Y9X 219/11/25 456/17/70 1720/33/115 1662/30/107 1301/29/98 153/13/18HI3CC 85/8/18 571/19/79 1317/26/92 1560/31/108 2019/25/91 27/7/8

WORLD MULTI-OPERATOR SINGLE TRANSMITTER

CN2AA 626/24/94 1816/36/125 3344/40/156 2773/39/153 2148/37/144 72/21/47EF8R 345/22/87 1527/37/123 2796/39/147 2364/39/146 2756/38/153 142/27/74ED8X 356/22/86 1243/34/116 2648/39/155 2756/40/155 2685/39/153 54/20/53P33W 647/23/82 1569/36/124 3075/39/150 2703/40/153 1864/36/146 32/19/31KP2M 322/12/63 671/27/99 2038/38/132 2581/36/131 1984/32/134 351/17/29

WORLD MULTI-OPERATOR TWO TRANSMITTER

CR3W 502/15/70 1620/33/119 3481/38/147 3190/40/147 2664/37/140 45/15/29CN2R 758/18/72 1335/29/110 3367/38/144 3462/40/147 2791/36/140 45/14/18PJ4A 353/18/61 1119/27/102 2750/31/125 3097/37/127 2558/32/122 565/18/37PJ4Q 333/17/59 687/25/94 2688/34/121 3044/35/122 2561/31/127 725/16/34PZ5V 107/12/49 829/25/97 2504/37/137 2522/37/126 2465/31/124 383/19/44

WORLD MULTI-OPERATOR MULTI-TRANSMITTER

HK1NA 923/22/86 1500/28/102 3348/33/120 3737/37/143 2625/31/116 1224/20/43PJ2T 944/22/84 1394/28/100 3024/35/127 3351/37/138 2680/32/128 1008/21/449A1A 1492/26/97 2435/36/125 3167/39/157 2513/38/140 1490/37/145 342/18/61RM9A 959/21/81 1873/30/116 2460/39/143 2255/36/142 1485/29/115 21/8/11KH6J 405/20/24 1195/33/74 1998/37/118 1894/38/101 2361/36/92 229/23/32

USA TOP SINGLE OPERATOR ALL BAND

Station 160 80 40 20 15 10

W1KM 146/15/60 708/23/89 668/32/97 1484/32/108 390/21/67 44/11/23N5DX/2 77/12/46 388/22/81 1027/33/108 1213/27/101 584/25/89 26/8/20K1DG 137/17/54 493/21/78 655/27/92 1155/32/111 666/24/92 53/11/28AA1K/3 57/11/27 235/15/70 793/30/95 1375/31/111 242/20/76 31/12/17N1UR 50/8/23 321/17/74 617/28/95 849/31/102 505/25/90 45/12/25

USA SINGLE OPERATOR ASSISTED ALL BAND

K5ZD/1 62/13/37 490/22/92 618/35/117 1466/35/124 602/26/115 53/15/29K1ZZ 59/10/34 263/21/89 798/38/133 1256/35/126 469/28/109 52/12/32KDQ/1 68/14/45 459/22/90 744/27/100 1410/33/120 495/26/105 28/10/20K3WW 86/15/50 251/18/85 633/30/116 1191/34/123 527/26/104 65/16/32N3RS 75/14/48 254/22/94 534/36/120 980/36/131 559/28/111 69/17/36

USA MULTI-OPERATOR SINGLE TRANSMITTER

W3UA/1 65/13/42 352/21/93 740/32/117 1475/35/123 514/26/97 56/11/28K5TR 38/15/35 190/28/99 1321/38/140 725/37/138 607/32/110 60/19/45NR5M 40/16/31 179/26/84 1183/40/132 1059/38/135 436/31/106 78/18/46NY4A 50/12/40 424/23/98 611/33/114 1091/34/128 570/30/107 59/18/36K8AZ 48/15/42 247/23/92 724/37/124 1107/36/137 408/29/113 74/18/41

USA MULTI-OPERATOR TWO TRANSMITTER

KC1XX 97/17/61 903/29/113 1416/40/146 1851/36/141 1061/29/132 93/18/43W2FU 99/14/48 572/26/105 798/39/136 1818/37/143 844/29/122 100/16/40N1LN/4 55/14/36 453/23/93 921/35/123 1556/35/129 899/29/113 102/18/40K2LE/1 94/12/43 517/27/101 850/36/129 1134/35/127 540/28/109 73/13/33K9CT 95/18/43 302/28/96 966/40/139 1313/36/129 471/29/110 102/17/43

USA MULTI-OPERATOR MULTI-TRANSMITTER

W3LPL 260/20/74 1129/31/114 1475/40/148 2272/38/151 1250/32/135 267/18/51K3LR 209/20/69 934/32/113 1385/40/153 2319/39/158 1034/32/129 201/19/50WE3C 300/19/72 795/29/106 1485/39/149 2134/39/152 1247/31/130 220/19/49NR4M 243/16/50 662/29/109 1294/37/130 1427/36/132 775/31/116 156/19/49N4WW 118/19/57 377/26/103 1000/38/132 1604/36/147 823/30/120 150/17/41

2016 CQWW DX CW BAND-BY-BAND BREAKDOWN—TOP ALL BAND SCORESNumber groups indicate: QSOs/Zones/Countries on each band

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Zone 3K6XX ........................2,808,372WJ9B/7.....................1,438,585*W6YX......................1,319,094K6NA ........................1,281,987*WA7NB ......................937,685

Zone 4VE3JM......................5,231,061XL3A.........................5,010,964W9RE .......................3,146,352WXØB/5 ...................2,937,550N9RV/7.....................2,893,968

Zone 5W1KM.......................5,575,966N5DX/2.....................5,247,528K1DG........................5,128,619VY2TT ......................4,203,982AA1K/3 .....................3,746,625

Zone 14CR6K........................8,278,452DJ5MW.....................5,733,068EF2A ........................2,494,498TM6X........................2,138,305GW5R.......................2,070,392

Zone 15E7DX ........................5,731,319*4O3A.......................3,777,960*S5ØA ......................3,333,915YT8A ........................2,993,067S53A.........................2,885,832

Zone 16UW2M ......................6,176,058RW4W ......................1,065,984*UR5MM...................1,002,988RM2U ..........................976,800*UC6A .........................912,764

Zone 204X6FR ......................5,638,955*4X$$W ....................4,971,096SW9AA.....................4,943,224C4W .........................3,322,8884Z5LY.......................2,139,229

Zone 25JH4UYB....................4,206,410JE6RPM ...................3,862,670JR2GRX ...................3,342,216JN4MMO ..................1,371,832*JH8SLS...................1,287,252

*Low Power

TOP SCORES IN VERY ACTIVE ZONESTOP THREE Multi-Multi Scores Combined

2015 N.A. (1) EUR (2) Total Score 84M % Q 70M % Q Total QSOs 30,209 100% 35,917 100% 160 Q 1,199 4% 3,534 10% 80 Q 4,251 14% 6,165 17% 40 Q 8,061 27% 9,652 27% 20 Q 8,295 27% 7,847 22% 15 Q 6,444 21% 6,204 17% 10 Q 1,959 6% 2,515 7%

Table 3a. 2015 QSOs by band of the top three finishers CQ WW CW finishers in North America and Europe.

TOP THREE Multi-Multi Scores Combined

2016 N.A. (1) EUR (2) Total Score 40M % Q 44M % Q Total QSOs 18,916 100% 30,100 100% 160 Q 769 4% 3,654 12% 80 Q 2,858 1 5% 6,723 22% 40 Q 4,345 23% 8,748 29% 20 Q 6,725 36% 6,734 22% 15 Q 3,531 1 9% 3,374 11% 10 Q 688 4% 867 3%

Table 3b. 2016 QSOs by band of the top three finishers CQWW CW finishers in North America and Europe. Stations inboth years: (1) = W3LPL, K3LR, WE3C; (2) = 9A1A, LZ9W,

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approximately doubling for the last several years. The trendcontinued in 2016 for SSB. For CW, the number of disqual-ification was less than one-third of that for SSB, or about0.37%.

The committee takes zero joy in the disqualification (DQ)of an entrant. Actually, we don’t feel that “we” disqualifiedanybody; each disqualified entrant has earned that disqual-ification. It is not the committee’s action that causes a DQ;it is the entrant’s action that results in a DQ. As former com-mittee member Gene Zimmerman, W3ZZ (SK), was fond ofsaying, “Cheating is binary. Either you cheated or you didn’t.”

The vast majority of disqualifications, for both modes, werefor self-spotting. Noting the “drop” in DQs for CW as com-pared to SSB can be seen to make sense. On CW, we havethe Reverse Beacon Network, which is sort of self-spottingfor everybody. So those tempted to increase their activitylevel of callers are probably more tempted to do so on SSBas compared to CW, but clearly, not always.

Cheaters Gonna Cheat…Cheating has been well documented across most activitiesof mankind. In one study of 88,300 graduate and under-graduate students, 17% admitted to cheating on an exami-nation1. When it comes to paying taxes, “A Pew ResearchCenter poll in 2006 found that 79% of us [Americans] thinkit’s morally wrong to not report all income for tax purposes.That means a whopping 21% think it is either morally OK orit’s not a moral issue2.”

Of course, we all know about cheating (doping) in sports.It spans all countries. Here is an interesting quote: “If youknew you wouldn’t get caught, would you use PEDs [per-formance enhancing drugs]? Most of our respondents weredisgusted by this question, with 90.4% answering no. ‘That’s

The crew of contest station TKØC poses for this photo by the seaside.

EUROPE TOP SINGLE OPERATOR ALL BAND

Station 160 80 40 20 15 10

CR6K 428/13/64 699/24/95 1893/38/121 2008/35/115 1465/34/112 62/11/22UW2M 439/19/71 1013/28/106 2146/35/125 918/31/99 604/29/108 113/8/27DJ5MW 232/10/55 785/22/86 1506/36/115 1285/33/104 687/33/111 39/9/24E7DX 490/14/66 1199/27/89 1316/34/112 1374/34/110 594/29/100 77/6/28SW9AA 207/9/48 1255/23/84 1811/36/109 1825/34/99 999/27/103 0/0/0

EUROPE SINGLE OPERATOR ASSISTED ALL BAND

SN7Q 429/17/76 1441/34/119 905/38/133 1125/35/132 302/31/117 54/4/27CU4DX 287/13/55 523/22/84 1298/28/103 1387/29/102 1340/32/110 8/5/6UB7K 423/20/87 826/35/124 1464/37/134 932/37/138 530/33/119 24/11/17S57ABC 238/10/55 604/29/103 1292/35/127 1247/35/127 403/31/110 34/6/18S57AL 193/14/63 902/32/105 1204/36/134 1263/35/133 174/33/109 26/5/17

EUROPE MULTI-OPERATOR SINGLE TRANSMITTER

OM7M 212/21/90 1206/35/128 2393/40/159 1836/38/145 812/37/140 140/15/52IR4M 110/21/85 705/33/121 2491/39/157 2332/39/148 852/36/133 52/14/43OM8A 246/23/93 1064/36/128 2191/39/154 2162/39/150 557/36/134 114/15/43TM6M 282/16/74 1103/32/118 1889/39/149 1922/39/152 1020/34/136 41/12/349A1P 266/21/87 1087/35/122 1922/39/148 1788/39/147 1055/37/141 67/12/43

EUROPE MULTI-OPERATOR TWO TRANSMITTER

TKC 906/19/79 2407/34/117 3628/40/149 3201/39/141 1535/37/136 113/10/37EA2EA 505/18/78 1626/34/118 2634/39/146 2732/39/147 1422/36/136 46/11/329A7A 641/19/88 1782/34/123 2568/39/150 2298/38/147 844/35/136 104/10/39ES9C 1373/27/97 2263/38/130 2251/40/154 2159/40/153 898/32/132 100/4/28YT5A 446/14/71 1617/31/116 2263/40/153 2456/40/148 1009/36/141 56/12/36

EUROPE MULTI-OPERATOR MULTI-TRANSMITTER

9A1A 1492/26/97 2435/36/125 3167/39/157 2513/38/140 1490/37/145 342/18/61LZ9W 1121/19/73 2193/36/127 2838/40/135 2672/39/146 1071/36/135 220/14/48M6T 1219/19/90 2262/35/123 2813/39/156 2181/40/150 834/33/127 200/11/43DFHQ 1041/20/86 2095/37/125 2744/39/158 1549/38/150 813/33/130 305/14/51OL3Z 532/14/75 1733/32/117 1987/39/151 1599/37/131 857/34/136 59/6/33

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UNITED STATES Club # Entrants ScoreFRANKFORD RADIO CLUB ..........................................................209 .............244,651,001YANKEE CLIPPER CONTEST CLUB............................................275 .............236,790,668POTOMAC VALLEY RADIO CLUB................................................195 .............170,344,397NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB..................................89 ...............85,360,702NORTH COAST CONTESTERS......................................................29 ...............55,686,243ARIZONA OUTLAWS CONTEST CLUB ..........................................81 ...............51,460,379SOCIETY OF MIDWEST CONTESTERS ......................................152 ...............51,005,189FLORIDA CONTEST GROUP..........................................................98 ...............50,602,112TENNESSEE CONTEST GROUP....................................................41 ...............43,354,652SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB ..................................74 ...............31,196,223MINNESOTA WIRELESS ASSN......................................................99 ...............24,746,687CAROLINA DX ASSOCIATION........................................................37 ...............20,816,682SOUTH EAST CONTEST CLUB......................................................27 ...............19,385,803CENTRAL TEXAS DX AND CONTEST CLUB.................................28 ...............18,558,281MAD RIVER RADIO CLUB ..............................................................27 ...............15,655,249DFW CONTEST GROUP .................................................................25 ...............12,624,157GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP.........................................................27 ...............12,504,681WILLAMETTE VALLEY DX CLUB....................................................44 ...............12,449,190GRAND MESA CONTESTERS OF COLORADO ............................29 ...............11,735,047ALABAMA CONTEST GROUP ........................................................30 ...............10,595,350HUDSON VALLEY CONTESTERS AND DXERS............................29 .................8,652,968NORTHEAST WISCONSIN DX ASSN...............................................5 .................5,792,328WESTERN WASHINGTON DX CLUB .............................................41 .................5,548,087N.E. MARYLAND AMATEUR RADIO CONTEST SOCIETY............16 .................5,392,793OKLAHOMA DX ASSOCIATION........................................................4 .................5,392,310IOWA DX AND CONTEST CLUB.......................................................4 .................4,489,351BIG SKY CONTESTERS..................................................................14 .................4,334,618MOTHER LODE DX/CONTEST CLUB.............................................23 .................3,944,029KANSAS CITY CONTEST CLUB .....................................................14 .................3,598,178BAY AREA DXERS ..........................................................................12 .................3,251,602NIAGARA FRONTIER RADIOSPORT .............................................14 .................2,775,848ROCHESTER (NY) DX ASSN..........................................................17 .................2,605,595NORTH TEXAS CONTEST CLUB ...................................................10 .................2,567,802CTRI CONTEST GROUP...................................................................5 .................2,533,574SALT CITY DX ASSOCIATION..........................................................4 .................2,317,237TEXAS DX SOCIETY .........................................................................8 .................2,286,223KENTUCKY CONTEST GROUP......................................................16 .................1,901,177LOUISIANA CONTEST CLUB............................................................6 .................1,834,658NORTH CAROLINA DX AND CONTEST CLUB ..............................10 .................1,701,051HILLTOP TRANSMITTING ASSN......................................................5 .................1,551,445MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DX/CONTEST CLUB...................................11 .................1,494,734SWAMP FOX CONTEST GROUP ...................................................13 .................1,435,848SHENANDOAH VALLEY WIRELESS ................................................7 ....................994,351IDAHO DX ASSOCIATION.................................................................4 ....................929,017UTAH DX ASSOCIATION ................................................................14 ....................839,173599 DX ASSOCIATION ......................................................................5 ....................754,560BRISTOL (TN/VA) ARC......................................................................8 ....................736,386MERIDEN ARC...................................................................................6 ....................607,248METRO DX CLUB ............................................................................10 ....................555,031NORTHERN ARIZONA DX ASSN......................................................6 ....................540,146WEST PARK RADIOPS ...................................................................10 ....................486,209SUNDAY CREEK AMATEUR RADIO FEDERATION ........................6 ....................468,111BERGEN ARA ....................................................................................6 ....................463,787DELARA CONTEST TEAM ................................................................5 ....................369,939SPOKANE DX ASSOCIATION...........................................................9 ....................309,839SKYVIEW RADIO SOCIETY ..............................................................5 ....................145,793KANSAS CITY DX CLUB ...................................................................5 ......................85,305

DXClub # Entrants ScoreBAVARIAN CONTEST CLUB.........................................................342 .............212,674,217EA CONTEST CLUB ......................................................................112 .............145,348,861ITALIAN CONTEST CLUB .............................................................216 .............125,020,830RHEIN RUHR DX ASSOCIATION..................................................189 .............112,713,940ARAUCARIA DX GROUP.................................................................45 ...............96,605,840CONTEST CLUB ONTARIO...........................................................101 ...............94,699,403CROATIAN CONTEST CLUB ..........................................................57 ...............87,252,717RUSSIAN CONTEST CLUB...........................................................106 ...............78,410,611LU CONTEST GROUP.....................................................................56 ...............77,956,956UKRAINIAN CONTEST CLUB .......................................................153 ...............60,848,618CONTEST CLUB FINLAND..............................................................60 ...............49,066,003SLOVENIA CONTEST CLUB...........................................................55 ...............48,710,859HA-DX-CLUB....................................................................................29 ...............41,716,514KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY RADIO CLUB .............55 ...............39,002,436CLIPPERTON DX CLUB ..................................................................27 ...............30,264,551SP DX CLUB ..................................................................................107 ...............21,473,443BELOKRANJEC CONTEST CLUB...................................................14 ...............21,305,831VK CONTEST CLUB ........................................................................27 ...............20,886,698RADIO CLUB VENEZOLANO CARACAS........................................24 ...............20,441,945VU CONTEST GROUP ....................................................................23 ...............18,446,691ORCA DX AND CONTEST CLUB....................................................28 ...............17,266,361CONTEST GROUP DU QUEBEC....................................................15 ...............16,785,844URAL CONTEST GROUP................................................................34 ...............16,166,748RIO DX GROUP ...............................................................................43 ...............15,878,759BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CONTEST CLUB............................17 ...............15,831,568CONTEST CLUB SERBIA................................................................78 ...............14,306,005CE CONTEST GROUP ......................................................................9 ...............13,953,971BELARUS CONTEST CLUB ............................................................39 ...............13,869,088MARITIME CONTEST CLUB ...........................................................19 ...............13,255,620LATVIAN CONTEST CLUB..............................................................28 ...............12,813,682UA2 CONTEST CLUB......................................................................10 ...............12,679,332VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY RADIO CLUB ........................20 ...............12,461,931WORLD WIDE YOUNG CONTESTERS ..........................................15 ...............11,974,955CHILTERN DX CLUB .......................................................................30 ...............10,624,971WEY VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO GROUP........................................4 .................8,800,946SKY CONTEST CLUB........................................................................4 .................8,682,303CRIMEAN CONTEST CLUB ..............................................................8 .................8,423,238599 CONTEST CLUB.......................................................................15 .................8,126,615RUSSIAN CW CLUB ........................................................................62 .................7,328,062

Club # Entrants ScoreLITHUANIAN CONTEST GROUP....................................................10 .................5,984,132SIAM DX GROUP.............................................................................12 .................5,707,338SOUTH URAL CONTEST CLUB......................................................14 .................5,659,692YB LAND DX CLUB..........................................................................71 .................5,561,324UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO CONTEST CLUB......................................8 .................5,355,261CATALONIA CONTEST CLUB...........................................................7 .................5,288,033DONBASS CONTEST CLUB ...........................................................17 .................4,927,864LA CONTEST CLUB.........................................................................14 .................4,832,049TERESINA DX GROUP......................................................................5 .................4,710,132RU-QRP CLUB.................................................................................21 .................4,527,208ANTWERP CONTEST CLUB.............................................................4 .................4,185,838GRIMSBY AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY ...........................................7 .................4,080,063NOVOKUZNETSK RADIO CLUB.....................................................14 .................3,977,357WEST SERBIA CONTEST CLUB ....................................................12 .................3,962,941THRACIAN ROSE CLUB..................................................................40 .................3,937,562THAILAND DX ASSOCIATION ..........................................................4 .................3,707,343YOKOHAMA DX CLUB ......................................................................7 .................3,414,247BLACK SEA CONTEST CLUB.........................................................25 .................3,221,371MAUI AMATEUR RADIO CLUB .........................................................5 .................3,070,875GUARA DX GROUP.........................................................................10 .................3,033,055SAUDI CONTEST GROUP ................................................................6 .................2,763,244ARKTIKA ..........................................................................................10 .................2,605,959ARCK................................................................................................18 .................2,460,049CLUB DE RADIO EXPERIMENTADORES DE OCCIDENTE............6 .................2,262,434COCKENZIE AND PORT SETON ARC .............................................4 .................2,254,555ALRS ST PETERSBURG.................................................................15 .................2,052,927CDR GROUP....................................................................................79 .................2,047,029CZECH CONTEST CLUB...................................................................5 .................2,008,116MY CONTEST CLUB..........................................................................4 .................1,999,737GMDX GROUP.................................................................................10 .................1,934,165VRHNIKA CONTESTERS ..................................................................5 .................1,881,373DANISH DX GROUP........................................................................34 .................1,755,691YO DX CLUB....................................................................................29 .................1,738,282RADIOSPORT MANITOBA ................................................................6 .................1,683,758SOUTHERN OSAKA CONTEST CLUB ...........................................14 .................1,598,407AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY ITALIA...............................................22 .................1,426,728RUSSIAN EXTREME .........................................................................5 .................1,391,757SOUTH GERMAN DX GROUP ..........................................................7 .................1,293,102SARATOVSKAYA OBLAST RADIO CLUB ......................................10 .................1,285,297GRUPO DXXE....................................................................................9 .................1,229,745SP CONTEST CLUB ..........................................................................6 .................1,222,059THREE A'S CONTEST GROUP.........................................................5 .................1,220,704CHILEAN PACIFIC DX GROUP.......................................................13 .................1,196,815Z37M CONTEST TEAM .....................................................................8 .................1,194,551ADMIRA ARAD...................................................................................5 .................1,175,571TANGO FOX RADIO FOXES.............................................................4 .................1,128,053OMSK RADIO CLUB ..........................................................................7 .................1,115,210SK0QO SODERTORNS RADIOAMATORER ....................................5 .................1,092,924THE AKITA DX ASSOCIATION........................................................10 .................1,079,872IRKUTSK RADIO CLUB .....................................................................8 .................1,077,341KEYMEN'S CLUB OF JAPAN ..........................................................30 .................1,046,110FALKOPINGS RADIOCLUB...............................................................5 .................1,039,750SAYAN DX CLUB...............................................................................6 .................1,019,394THE BARBEQUE ENTHUSIASTS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB............7 ....................990,581PEMBROKESHIRE CONTEST GROUP............................................5 ....................963,409KRIVBASS........................................................................................10 ....................875,431TOP OF EUROPE CONTESTERS.....................................................5 ....................859,737BALATON RADIOAMATEUR DX CLUB ............................................4 ....................816,235CS PETROLUL PLOIESTI..................................................................4 ....................808,436FIRST CLASS CW OPERATORS CLUB ...........................................5 ....................722,893CSTA SUCEAVA................................................................................5 ....................721,295GIPANIS CONTEST GROUP...........................................................12 ....................702,865PODOLSK ..........................................................................................6 ....................684,342DOMODEDOVO.................................................................................6 ....................647,147TARTU CONTEST TEAM...................................................................4 ....................632,039CSU PITESTI......................................................................................5 ....................631,479VOLYN CONTEST GROUP ...............................................................7 ....................607,584SK6AW HISINGENS RADIOKLUBB ..................................................8 ....................603,140NORDX CLUB ....................................................................................9 ....................592,080STAVROPOL REGION CONTEST CLUB..........................................4 ....................574,228SASKATCHEWAN CONTEST CLUB.................................................6 ....................572,895GERMAN DX FOUNDATION .............................................................8 ....................563,300SPEKTR .............................................................................................4 ....................546,622FUCHU AMATEUR RADIO CLUB......................................................5 ....................540,889OBNINSK QRU CLUB........................................................................9 ....................539,511SPANDAU DXERS.............................................................................5 ....................458,423RADIO CLUB KVARNER RIJEKA....................................................10 ....................419,316TRUJILLO ALTO CONTEST CLUB....................................................4 ....................406,503BRACKNELL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.............................................5 ....................391,933CABREUVADX.................................................................................12 ....................390,645YYP CLUB..........................................................................................4 ....................389,946VLADIMIR CONTEST GROUP ..........................................................7 ....................375,357CENTRAL SIBERIA DX CLUB ...........................................................4 ....................359,394UR-QRP-CLUB.................................................................................11 ....................354,089MEDITERRANEO DX CLUB ..............................................................6 ....................352,954PARANA RADIOSPORT TEAM .........................................................6 ....................307,234R4F-DX-G...........................................................................................6 ....................300,993OK1KQJ CONTEST CLUB.................................................................5 ....................295,042SWINDON AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.......................9 ....................233,460RUSSIAN DIGITAL RADIO CLUB......................................................5 ....................212,834VITEBSK CONTEST CLUB................................................................4 ....................210,218VORONEZH RADIO CLUB ................................................................5 ....................196,770RADIOCLUBUL QSO BANAT TIMISOARA .......................................7 ....................172,554CSM TIMISOARA...............................................................................4 ....................166,348TDR ....................................................................................................5 ....................142,219TOP DX RADIOCLUB ........................................................................4 ....................135,657SK5AA VASTERAS RADIOKLUBB....................................................5 ....................133,533SP-CW-C............................................................................................5 ....................111,406RTTY CONTESTERS OF JAPAN ......................................................6 ....................100,835KILMARNOCK AND LOUDOUN ARC................................................4 ......................79,215NORFOLK AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.................................................5 ......................57,121CSM CRAIOVA...................................................................................4 ......................47,722

crazy to even think about,’ says an MLBpitcher. But the other 9.6% went theother way. ‘Of course!’ says an NFL All-Pro. ‘I would use all types of drugs if Icould. Think about it: If you’re playingagainst guys who are taking steroidsand you don’t take them, they’ll domi-nate you. 3’”

Anyhow, you get the idea. On the plusside, looking at phone and CW com-bined, only about 0.7% of entrants

earned a DQ; a bit more on phone andless on CW. So overall, we think thecontest is in excellent shape in terms ofoverall honesty.

What do we hear back from those whoreceive a disqualification notification?Happily, about half acknowledge theiraberrant behavior and graciously ac-cept the outcome they have earned andaccept our invitation to join in the funnext year.

The crew that helmed M6T included from left to right: Dave, G4BUO; Ian, G4IIY; Justin, G4TSH; Tony, G2NF; Graham, G4FNL; and Dave, G3WGN.

Team members of PJ4A were: K4BAI, PJ4LS, and K9NW.

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Of the remaining percentage, somequestion whether they cheated“enough” to earn a DQ. In CQWW,there is no published “sliding scale” ofhow much cheating is enough to earna DQ. But having said that, you will notbe DQed for making one “out of theband” QSO. However, if you were noti-fied in an earlier year about anobserved infraction and you thenrepeated such an action this year, youwill definitely be subject to disqualifica-tion. As we see in the stages of grief,this is analogous to the “bargaining”phase of dealing with death.

Still others argue, “Why would Icheat?” Exactly! But a verbal argumentsuch as that carries little weight againsta body of evidence. If you live by thesword, then it should not come as a sur-prise that you can die by the sword. Youreap exactly what you sow.

Unlike the U.S. Internal RevenueService, which audits about 1.2% of taxreturns, the CQWW Contest Commit-tee strives to do an equitable analysisof all submitted logs. If your log kicksoff a statistical flag, then you will get fur-ther scrutiny.

The main goal of the contest is to pro-vide a fun activity for all participants. Forsome entrants, the only goal is winning(or qualifying for the next WRTC, WorldRadiosport Team Championship). Agoal of the CQWW Contest Committeeis to appropriately adjudicate the sub-mitted logs/scores, regardless of theentrant’s motivation. We think the 99%will appreciate all of our efforts includ-ing, on rare occasion (1%), subsequentearned actions by those who feel thatthey can escape scrutiny or finessetheir way past the evidence.

Looking Ahead to UniquesNew for the 2017 contest season willbe an attempt to focus more on uniqueQSOs. If you’re not familiar with theusage here, a “unique” QSO in CQWWis a callsign that appears in one andonly one submitted log. On occasion,someone will get on the air, make onecontest QSO and then move on tosomething different or go off the air. Inthe vast majority of cases, though, the

“unique” is actually a miscopied or“busted” call.

W7EJ shared his approach to takinga look at his 2015 log, with a specialfocus on uniques. He was able todemonstrate that, using a differentapproach, he was sure that the CQWWlog checking inappropriately gave himcredit for unique calls that he was ableto demonstrate were busted calls.

It has always been the position of thecommittee that we wouldn’t bust aunique simply for being a unique. Whena review of removing all uniques wasdone several years ago, almost nochanges were found in the order (rank)of finish for any category. The onlychanges occurred very far down in theranks and there were only a handful.Since we know that some uniques arereal (but very few, except for DXpedi-tions to very rare places or on difficultbands, where another station may beinterested only in working the DX sta-tion), we have always felt that the riskof bad press on busting a proven goodunique was not worth it; especiallysince the order of finish would not havechanged. But when an opportunityarrives to more accurately adjudicatethe logs, we will go for it.

Another area of future scrutiny will bethe CNIL calls, or claimed not-in-log.Those are calls where somebodyclaimed to have worked you, but youdidn’t log them. We will look at M/S andM/2 entries to make sure they are notdeliberately removing calls from their

logs. We will do this with the assistanceof our SDR audio files.

At this time, we enthusiastically lookforward to seeing all of you again onOctober 28, 29 on Phone and onNovember 25, 26 on CW in 2017.

Finally, many thanks to the membersof the CQWW Contest Committee,whose help and expertise help make thecontest the huge success that it is:CT1BOH, José Nunes; EA4KD, PedroVadillo; ES5TV, Tonno Vahk; F6BEE,Jacques Saget; GØMTN, Lee Volante;HA1AG, Zoli Pitman; IK2QEI, StefanoBrioschi; JH5GHM, Katsuhiro (Don)Kondou; K1AR, John Dorr; K1DG, DougGrant; K3LR, Tim Duffy; K3WW,Charles Fulp; K3ZO, Alfred A. (Fred)Laun, III; K5ZD, Randy Thompson;KR2Q, Doug Zwiebel; LU5DX, MartinMonsalvo; N8BJQ, Steve Bolia; OH6LI,Jukka Klemola: PA3AAV, Gert Meinen;RA3AUU, Igor (Harry) Booklan; S5ØA,Tine Brajnik; S5ØXX, Kristjan Koder-mac; UA9CDC, Igor Sokolov; VE3EJ,John Sluymer; VK2IA, Bernd Laenger;W4PA, Scott Robbins; W5OV, BobNaumann; YO3JR, Andrei (Andy) Ruse;YU1EW, Zoran Mladenovic.

NotesAll references accessed on March 31,

20171. <http://bit.ly/1LRhJ5N>2. <http://bit.ly/2ozpQMQ>3. <http://es.pn/2nMGpF6>

RL5D stationed at GU3HFN during the 2016 CQWW DX CW Contest.

New for the 2017 contest season will be an attempt tofocus more on unique QSOs.If you’re not familiar with theusage here, a “unique” QSOin CQWW is a callsign thatappears in one and only onesubmitted log.

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