Results of the 2019 CQWW DX CW Contest
This One Was a Little More Fun!
As the 71st CQWW contest season drew to an end, many participants were saying, “Who cares about SSB? The Sun came to life and so did the bands!” Indeed, conditions were much improved for us on CW and the scores reflect that fact.
I loved this enthusiastic note received from PY2NY who said, “Working Cycle 24-25 at the bottom forced me to change to Single Operator, Single Band operations several years ago. But, the CQWW CW 2019 was a surprise for me, as I was able to run up 1,280 QSOs on 20 meters, Low Power. The best thing, however, wasn’t the score, but the chance to work many of my longtime friends. For CQWW CW 2019, I had a special one call me in the middle of the QRM — Chas, W6UM. I was so happy to hear him again! Long live the CQWW!”
2019 CQWW CW TOP SCORES
Indeed, there were plenty of reasons to operate in the 2019 CQWW CW Contest — whether it was to set a new record (personal or category), work lots of “new ones” or simply just to have some fun. Over 33,000 stations would agree with you as the bands were filled to the brim with activity this time around.
Another example of the kind of enthusiasm that this event generates came from Scott Dickson, W5WZ, who wrote to tell me, “This was my first time to participate in a Multi-Op for any
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