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    Results of the 2021 CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest

    Sep 01, 2021 5 minutes
    BY BUD TRENCH, AA3B

    The prelude to CQWW WPX SSB 2021 was ominous. How would lingering pandemic concerns, uninspiring conditions, and revised rules influence the contest outcomes? I am pleased to report that the radio= sport community demonstrated its resilience to overcome these uncertainties and made this year’s contest one for the record books.

    The 2020 running of CQWW WPX SSB occurred shortly after COVID-19 lockdowns were established in many parts of the world. Some of these restrictions were relaxed for 2021, resulting in a significant increase in Multi-Operator (Multi-Op) activity as shown in Table 1. While logs were down as compared to 2020, the number of operators hit record levels in 2021, driven by a nearly 2x increase in Multi-Op logs and a nearly 2.5x increase in Multi-Op participants.

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