Results of the 2021 CQWW RTTY DX Contest
Two years of pandemic-related cancelled efforts, restricted travel rules reducing contest expedition potential, and rapid-track remote solution deployment in stations around the world finally began to change the operating landscape in the 2021 CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest. Some wellknown multi-operator stations were able to safely staff up while remote operations that were experimental before have become more robust and their operators more experienced. This was complemented with the first hints of improving propagation due to the emergence of Solar Cycle 25, which provided for an interesting competition that was transitional in nature. Note, I do an overall look at some races as part of the story; however, please check the line scores on page X for complete results as there are regional triumphs and challenges that are worth the look. With that said, let’s delve into the 2021 running of the CQWW RTTY DX contest.
Single-Operator, All-Band Categories
ZF1A (op. W9KKN) once again has taken the trophy in the Unassisted High-Power category. Bill ran into some problems with amplifiers as well>. Realtime score tracking is with us now should we choose to use it, and we are all working on finding out ways to have it benefit our operations and understand how it can provide challenges as well.
