2024 CQ WW WPX Contest

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Over the weekend I took part in the CQ World Wide WPX Contest.

I had a family/friends Easter lunch on Saturday, so I did not get into the radio shack until late Saturday afternoon.

I initially was not going to participate in the contest and for the first few hours, Marija VK5MAZ and I just hunted around the bands looking for new DXCC entities/slots. But on Saturday evening when I heard the 20m band so good into North America, I decided to get involved as a participant.

Despite a late start to the contest, I logged 853 QSOs with a claimed score of 1,286,662 points.

I ran N1MM logging during the contest.

Below is a map of the world showing my QSOs during the contest.

I worked a total of 87 different DXCC entities:

  1. Alaska
  2. Andorra
  3. Argentina
  4. Asiatic Russia
  5. Australia
  6. Austria
  7. Belarus
  8. Belgium
  9. Belize
  10. Bonaire
  11. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  12. Brunei Darussalam
  13. Bulgaria
  14. Canada
  15. Chile
  16. China
  17. Colombia
  18. Costa Rica
  19. Croatia
  20. Cuba
  21. Curacao
  22. Cyprus
  23. Czech Republic
  24. Denmark
  25. Dominican Republic
  26. East Malaysia
  27. England
  28. Estonia
  29. European Russia
  30. Federal Republic of Germany
  31. Finland
  32. France
  33. Georgia
  34. Greece
  35. Hawaii
  36. Hong Kong
  37. Hungary
  38. India
  39. Indonesia
  40. Ireland
  41. Italy
  42. Japan
  43. Kazakhstan
  44. Kenya
  45. Latvia
  46. Liechtenstein
  47. Lithuania
  48. Luxembourg
  49. Madeira Island
  50. Malta
  51. Martinique
  52. Mauritius
  53. Mexico
  54. Morocco
  55. Nepal
  56. Netherlands
  57. New Caledonia
  58. New Zealand
  59. Norway
  60. Ogasawara
  61. Oman
  62. Paraguay
  63. Philippines
  64. Poland
  65. Portugal
  66. Puerto Rico
  67. Romania
  68. Saint Kitts & Nevis
  69. Saint Lucia
  70. Saint Vincent
  71. Scotland
  72. Serbia
  73. Slovak Republic
  74. Slovenia
  75. Spain
  76. Suriname
  77. Sweden
  78. Switzerland
  79. Taiwan
  80. Thailand
  81. Turks & Caicos Islands
  82. Ukraine
  83. United Arab Emirates
  84. United States
  85. Vietnam
  86. Wales
  87. West Malaysia

The majority of my QSOs were on the 20m band.

Short path 20m conditions on Saturday night into the North America, and again on Sunday night, were excellent. The map below shows my contacts into the USA & Canada.

Long path propagation on 20m into Europe/UK was very good on Sunday afternoon. The map below shows my contacts into Europe & the UK.

One of the interesting contacts I made during the contest was with Nate N7NWT who was in the cockpit of an Airbus A321 flying over Louisiana, USA.

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