For nearly a three-quarters of a century at the end of every October (and November) the world’s largest operating event takes place – the CQ WW DX Contest. Celebrating its 74th running, this year’s event was nothing short of spectacular as our favorite solar object supported incredible conditions on all bands, 160-10 meters!
Although down about 10% from last year’s total, we still received an impressive 9004 logs in the 2022 WW edition as over 1000 entries poured into our “in-box” in the first 60 minutes after the contest ended! When compiling the data, I’m happy to report that your activity reflected 4,111,409 QSOs made during the contest, an average of 85,654 contacts per hour or perhaps more amazingly, 24 QSOs in every second of the contest. I’ve claimed this before, but after 74 years of beta testing, I’m now convinced this WW thing is starting to gain some traction!
I’m also pleased to note that the full impact of COVID appears to be in the rear-view mirror as proven by the number of 2022 WW contest DXpeditions and other rare activations that
