8P1A TOPS IN 2008 WPX SSB CLAIMED
Taking aim at his third straight Single Operator
title in the CQ WPX SSB Contest, Tom Georgens W2SC again
has the high claimed score this year, as he leads
FG/OM3LA by a wide margin. Georgens was the only single
op to break 20 million points this year in yet another
tough weekend in terms of propagation.
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SKIMMER FOCUSES ON ENFORCEMENT
As contesters continue to wait for word on the fate
of the CW Skimmer program in major contests, some log checking experts
believe that if the software is allowed for the Single Operator Assisted
category, it can be monitored to make sure no one is using
it illegally. But not everyone is so convinced.
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NEW ENGLAND TOPS STATE QSO DERBY
After focusing last week on Florida and Nebraska,
this week the State QSO Party circuit hits both coasts
and the US Midwest. The contest with the most logs in recent
years is the
New England QSO Party, where the overwhelming morning line
favorite is N4PN, who has won the Single Op competition all
six years the contest has been on the air.
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LUCKY SEVEN IN STATE QSO TRIFECTA
While N4PN is the odds-on favorite in the New England
QSO Party, that role goes to Bob Harder W0BH when it comes
to the 7th Call Area QSO Party. Harder won the Single
Operator title the last two years and will bid for a
third straight victory in 2008, all while making contacts
in maybe five different contests at the same time.
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CW SKIMMER RULES FIGHT RAGES ON
While contesters the world over continue to praise and
condemn VE3NEA's CW Skimmer program, the actual Skimmer
debate inside various contest committees remains
active but unclear, as contesters grapple with how
to treat the multi-channel CW decoding program.
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IT'S OFFICIAL: N2IC WINS 2007 SS CW
Ending the winning streak of WP3R, Steve London N2IC is
the winner of the 2007 November Sweepstakes
CW Contest. Go Inside The Numbers on SS CW with
radio-sport.net to get a look at the 2007
results and see how well you did when it came to log checks.
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CREAM RISES IN US WRTC QUALIFYING
Some very familiar callsigns are starting to take
charge in the US qualifying for the 2010 World Radiosport
Team Championships in Russia. Take a look at the
latest results and get the rundown on what might
happen as the qualifying rolls on this year.
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8P1A LEADS FOR 3 STRAIGHT WPX WINS
While many contesters struggled with tough band conditions,
Tom Georgens W2SC overcame a slow start from 8P1A and
could be heading for a third straight WPX SSB Single Operator
title. Meanwhile, another contesting ethics issue erupted in the
aftermath of WPX SSB over whether the "59" signal
report has to be sent as part of the exchange.
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VE3DZ, HC8A LEAD ARRL DX TOP CLAIMED
The final claimed scores are in for the 2008 ARRL DX
Contests and Yuri Onipko VE3DZ is the single operator
leader in ARRL DX CW after his trip to Belize as V31UZ.
Meanwhile, the ARRL SSB leader is Rich Smith N6KT, who steered
HC8A to over 8 million points in his first ARRL DX appearance
in 15 years.
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EUROPE SPRINGS INTO 2008 SPRINT TESTS
The days are getting longer in Europe and that means
it's time for the European Spring Sprint contests over
the next two weekends. DL5AXX is the defending Spring CW Sprint
champ, while ES5TV won the Spring SSB test a year ago.
Meanwhile, one op hopes the police won't derail his Sprint
effort.
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UU0JM URGES REVIEW OF 2007 WPX CW DQ
Disqualified from the 2007 WPX CW Contest and booted
from the qualifying for the 2010 World Radiosport Team
Championships, Andy Kazantsev UU0JM tells radio-sport.net
that he never got the chance to argue his case before
being DQ'd. Check the details as well as the note
from the CQ WPX Contest Committee
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W2GD KEEPS RADIO-SPORT WORLD #1
With the final numbers from the 2007 WPX SSB and CW
contests, John Crovelli remains on top of the radio-sport.net
Single Operator World Standings, with Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ
just behind him in second place.
Check out the latest standings and see if you've made it into
the top World 100!
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BAD BANDS BEDEVIL RUSSIAN DX TEST
Frustrating band conditions claimed another contest
in 2008, as the Russian DX test turned into a daytime
battle that was pretty much only on 20 meters, with
rough propagation at night as well. What kept many on
the air? The drive for WRTC qualifying points.
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WORLDWIDE WRTC SCORES NOW UPDATED
Adding on the final results of three contests from
2007, WAE SSB, IARU and CQ WPX SSB, radio-sport.net has
updated the full qualifying results for every region of
the world in the battle to reach the 2010 World Radiosport
Team Championships in Russia.
There are full spreadsheets for every corner of the globe
where you can check your own qualifying chances!
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N5IA RIDES VP6DX TO CQ 160 SSB LEAD
Blocking VE3EY from a repeat single operator title,
Milt Jensen N5IA seems headed for victory after his over
one million point effort from the VP6DX Ducie Island DXpedition.
Meanwhile, Team CN3A leads the world Multi battle
at the CQ 160 SSB log deadline.
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RECORDS LIKELY AT WPX RTTY DEADLINE
The growth of RTTY contesting is certainly on display
in the final claimed scores for the 2008 CQ WPX RTTY
contest as a number of records in the US and the World
are in danger in both the single operator and multi-op
ranks. The overall single op leader is Ed Muns P49X/W0YK, who
has a chance to beat his world record set in 2007.
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CN2R LEADS CQ160 CW AT DEADLINE
Capping another big effort from his Moroccan contest
station, Jim Sullivan CN2R/W7EJ is the worldwide leader
of the 2008 CQ160 CW contest at the log cutoff. The USA
Single Op Leader is Peter Briggs K3ZM.
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N6MJ CAPTURES CALIFORNIA QSO PARTY
Getting his fourth victory in his home state QSO
Party, Dan Craig N6MJ took home the gold in the 2007
CQP. The out of state winner was Gary Caldwell VA7RR.
Check out all the results and read K6TD's excellent
writeup at the
CQP web site.
ARRL GETS MORE DIRECT ON CHEATING
Days after disqualifying three top operators in
the results from the 2007 IARU contest, the ARRL
issued in-contest warnings over possible self-spotting
in the ARRL DX CW Contest. But the more proactive rules
enforcement efforts left one US Multi-Multi leader
a bit miffed.
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ARRL DQ'S THREE TOP OPS IN 2007 IARU
Making good on a pre-contest pledge to more thoroughly
review the logs of top competitors, the final results
of the 2007 IARU Contest included the disqualification
of three top operators, including two defending single
operator category champs and a 2006 WRTC competitor.
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P49X #1 IN ARRL RTTY AT LOG DEADLINE
While he didn't match his record setting performance
of 2007, Ed Muns P49X/W0YK has by far the best claimed
single operator score in this year's ARRL RTTY Roundup.
The low power leader was a familiar one as well, as Don
Hill AA5AU leads in his bid for a 14th consecutive
SOLP victory.
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NEW FOCUS ON CHEATING, OPEN LOGS
Using the now public logs of the CQWW DX Contests,
VE5ZX and CT1BOH have released a study that tries to
use advanced computer evaluation to ferret out
contest cheaters. The review confirmed one DQ from
CQWW CW 2006 and raised questions about at least one other
competitor's entry class.
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CQ 160 CW INTERNET CHATS GET REVIEW
The aftermath of the CQ160 CW contest wasn't as
much about the great conditions, but about questions
of whether operators should be using
a Belgian radio internet chat site during the test
to exchange information and set up contacts.
It led one well known operator to Checklog his own
multi-op effort in Estonia and has the CQ160 Contest
Committee reviewing the issue.
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NAQP ROUNDUP: N4PN MAY BE SSB #1
While Paul Newberry N4PN has the second high claimed
score in the January NAQP SSB contest, he may end up
on top of the leaderboard because of some time off
issues for the claimed leader.
In other categories, the QRP leader is NA4BW, while in Multi, Pat Sonnier's
Team W5WMU is tops with over 600k points.
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NX5M # 1 AT ARRL 10 METER LOG CUTOFF
Team NX5M remains the overall leader in the 2007
ARRL 10 Meter Contest, as their claimed score in the
multi-op cateogry has held up as the high tally at the ARRL log deadline.
LR2F is the top DX multi.
The overall single op leader is WD5K. LU5WW has
the top single op score outside the US.
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CONTEST CHEATS: IS THERE AN ANSWER?
A discussion of cheating boiled over recently
in the ham radio contest community, with a rare
public accusation of wrongdoing and rumors of other
unethical contest actions from this year's CQWW CW contest.
Truth be told, there are multiple calls that have
prompted concerns in recent years, as contesters and
contest organizers struggle with how best to
confront a problem that's as old as competition itself.
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2007 CQWW CW STILL WITH 3V2A (YT1AD)
For now, the claimed scores in the 2007 CQWW CW favor
Hrane Milosevic YT1AD, as he chalked up 13.7 million
points from Tunisia. P40W (W2GD) is in second place.
Check out all the reviews and our previews as well
with a CQWW CW roundup.
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8P5A #1 AT CQWW SSB LOG DEADLINE
Seemingly in line for a third single operator high
power win in CQWW SSB in the past seven years, Tom Georgens
8P5A/W2SC has the high claimed score at the log deadline
for the the 2007 WW SSB Contest.
Read more of radio-sport.net's coverage
of the 2007 CQWW SSB Contest!
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