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Announcing: The 2023 CQ World Wide WPX Contest

SSB: March 25-26

CW: May 27-28, 2023

Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; Ends 2359 UTC Sunday

Log Deadlines: SSB – 2359 UTC Mar 31, 2023/CW – 2359 UTC Jun 2, 2023

The CQ World Wide WPX contests are immensely popular operating activities that enjoy broad participation by amateurs around the globe. The events attract amateurs at all levels of proficiency from beginner to world champion and are rich hunting grounds for bagging callsign prefixes in pursuit of the coveted CQ WPX Awards Program endorsements. WPX features a diversity of categories for single operator and multi-operator stations, including the Youth Overlay for entrants 25 years of age or younger, so please come and join the fun!

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