Results of the 2016 CQWW WPX SSB Contest · 2016. 11. 16. · Results of the 2016 CQWW WPX SSB Contest BY TERRY ZIVNEY*, N4TZ Y ou gotta go with the flow, Joe. Sometimes plans don

Results of the 2016 CQWW WPXSSB Contest

BY TERRY ZIVNEY*, N4TZ

You gotta go with the flow, Joe. Sometimes plans don’twork out but when you adapt to the situation, you canstill make things happen. For example, Ben, N3UM,

was planning to do a two-man Multi-Two from K3CCR, theclub station at the Collington continuing-care retirement com-munity in Maryland, but his teammate was busy so he oper-ated Single-Operator High-Power and won a certificate forthe W3 call area with his laid-back effort in the Tribander-Single Element overlay category. If you would like to knowa little more about the station, visit the QRZ page at <www.qrz.com/lookup/k3ccr>.

The generally declining propagation, coupled with the con-test again falling on Easter weekend, led to fewer logsreceived this year. Still, with over 5,300 logs received, it’shard to complain about interest in the contest. Indeed, wereceived a record number of logs from Asia and Oceania,with impressive numbers of entries received from Japan,China, and Indonesia.

You can find out how you and your competitors did bychecking out the complete line scores in the back of this issueand at <www.cqwpx.com> where the line scores are accom-panied by a searchable database of scores for all past CQWPX contests. You will also find public logs from all the com-petitors to help you identify missed opportunities.

Here’s a rundown of this year’s top finishers:

Single-Operator All Band Tom, W2SC, made it a three-peat from his 8P5A station.Andy, AE6Y, at his P49Y QTH, held on to beat Didier, FY5FYfor the runner-up position. Krassy, K1LZ, again won the U.S.,this time edging out many-time champion Bob, KQ2M/1.Stephane, F4DXW, used the TM6M alias to beat out lastyear’s European champ, Davor, 9A1UN, who also sportedthe special callsign 9A77A. A couple of senior citizens madethe top ten U.S. list: Fred, K3ZO, and Paul, N4PN, who bor-rowed the WQ6SL/4 callsign.

Single-Operator Single BandLast year, there were big scores from all continents on 10meters. This year, the top nine scores were from SouthAmerica, with CX2DK at the top. P45A ran away from the com-petition to capture the 15-meter plaque, with the highest scoreon any single band. The rest of the single-band winners oper-

Photo A. Jose,WP4PGY, winsthe WorldRookie plaque.

Photo B.WP4PGY usedthis 5-element,5-band, 50-footboom quadantenna to postthe highestRookie score inthe world.

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The generally declining propagation, coupledwith the contest again falling on Easter weekend, led to fewer logs received this year.Still, with over 5,300 logs received, it’s hard tocomplain about interest in the contest.

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ated in Europe: SJ2W (20), HG8R (40),OK7K (80), and LY7M (160).

Single-Operator Low PowerBy far, the most popular category con-tinues to be single-operator unassistedlow-power all-band. Fred, K9VV, usedWP2Z to edge out Felipe, NP4Z, whotraveled to V43Z. The top five low-powerscores came from North America.WW2Y (N2NT) let his amplifiers take theweekend off and took the low-power U.S.record away from N1UR, who has movedon to the high-power category. As wasthe case in the high-power categories,stations to the south dominated the 10-and 15-meter bands, while Europeanstations dominated the rest of the low-power, single-band standings.

Single-Operator AssistedThere were 1,773 single operators whoreported using assistance during thecontest. Worldwide, E7DX (E77DX, op)edged out PX5E (PP5JR, op), while

2016 CQWW WPX SSB TROPHY WINNERS AND DONORSSINGLE OPERATOR ALL BAND

WORLD: Stanley Cohen, W8QDQ Trophy. Won by: 8P5A operated by Tom Georgens, W2SCWORLD Low Power: Caribbean Contesting Consortium Trophy. Won by: WP2Z operated by Fred Kleber, K9VVWORLD QRP: Phil Krichbaum, NØKE Trophy. Won by: Tomislav Kunst, 9A7JZC

USA: Atilano de Oms, PY5EG Trophy. Won by: Krassimir Petkov, K1LZUSA Low Power: Terry Zivney, N4TZ Trophy. Won by: WW2Y operated by Andy Blank, N2NTUSA QRP: Doug Zwiebel, KR2Q Trophy. Won by: Russyll Barnette, AB3WSUSA Zone 3 High Power: Lauri "Mac" McCreary, KG7C Trophy. Won by: Gregory Glenn, NR6QUSA Zone 3 Low Power: Buz Reeves, K2GL Memorial Trophy. Won by: NF6A operated by Bob Wolbert, K6XXUSA Zone 4 High Power: Society of Midwest Contesters Trophy. Won by: George A. DeMontrond III, NR5MUSA Zone 4 Low Power: Society of Midwest Contesters Trophy. Won by: KN5A operated by Bob Evans, K5WAUSA Zone 5 High Power: Charles Wooten, NF4A Trophy. Awarded to: Robert Shohet, KQ2M/1*

EUROPE High Power: Dave Siddall, K3ZJ Trophy. Won by: TM6M, operated by Stephane Van Langhenhoven,F4DXWEUROPE Low Power: Ed Sawyer, N1UR Trophy. Won by: OK7Z, operated by Karel Odehnal, OK2ZI

AFRICA: Peter Sprengel, PY5CC Trophy. Won by: 3V8SS, operated by Ashraf Chaabane, KF3EYYASIA: Chris Terkla, N1XS Trophy. Won by: 4LØA, operated by Andy Kotovsky, RW7KNORTH AMERICA: Albert Crespo, F5VHJ Trophy. Awarded to: FG4KH operated by Philippe Levron, F1DUZ*NORTH AMERICA Low Power: Ed Sawyer, N1UR Trophy. Awarded to: V43Z operated by Felipe J. Hernandez,NP4ZNORTH AMERICA QRP: Phil Krichbaum, NØKE Trophy. Won by: Jose Osuba, WP4DTOCEANIA High Power: Phillip Frazier, K6ZM Memorial Trophy. Won by: ZM4T, operated by Holger Hannemann,ZL3IOOCEANIA Low Power: YB Land DX Club Trophy. Won by: Yohanes Budhiono, YB2DXSOUTH AMERICA: Andrew Faber, AE6Y Trophy. Won by: P49Y, operated by Andrew Faber, AE6YSOUTHERN CONE (CE, CX, LU) Low Power: LU Contest Group Trophy. Won by: CW5W operated by Jorge Diez,CX6VXCANADA High Power: Saskatchewan Contest Club Trophy. Won by: VY2ZM, operated by Jeffrey T. Briggs, K1ZMCANADA Low Power: Paul Cassel, VE3SY Memorial Trophy by Contest Club Ontario. Won by: Yuri Onipko, VE3DZJAPAN: Hamad Alnusif, 9K2HN Trophy. Won by: Masaki Okano, JH4UYBASEAN (3W, 9M, 9V, DU, HS, V85, XU, XW, XZ, YB) High Power: Karsono Suyanto, YBØNDT Trophy. Won by:XW1IC, operated by Champ Muangamphun, E21EICASEAN (3W, 9M, 9V, DU, HS, V85, XU, XW, XZ, YB) Low Power: YB Land DX Club Trophy. Awarded to: VectorAliendry, YB5BOY

SINGLE OPERATOR, SINGLE BANDWORLD: Steve Merchant, K6AW Trophy. Won by: Jean-Pierre Lauwereys, P45A (21 MHz)WORLD 28 MHz: Mamuka Kordzakhia, 4L2M Trophy. Won by: Marcelo Egues, CX2DKWORLD 28 MHz Low Power: Six Stars Contest Station LS1D Trophy. Won by: Javier Capdebilla Alvarado, CA7CAQWORLD 21 MHz: Stuart Santelmann KC1F Memorial (Gene Shablygin, W3UA/RA3AA sponsor) Trophy. Awarded to:TM1W operated by Marc Sentuc, F1HARWORLD 14 MHz: Lynn Schriner, W5FO Memorial by N5RZ Trophy. Won by: SJ2W operated by Mikael Larsmark,SM2WMVWORLD 7 MHz Low Power: Neal Campbell, K3NC Trophy. Won by: Mladen Bogdanov, YT6WWORLD 1.8 MHz: UA2 Contest Club Trophy. Won by: Algirdas Uzdonas, LY7M

USA 28 MHz: Maurice Schietecatte, N4LZ Trophy. Won by: Ralf Hucke, WE6EZ/5USA 21 MHz: Maurice Schietecatte, N4LZ Trophy. Won by: Peter Bizlewicz, KU2MUSA 14 MHz: Charles Wooten, NF4A Trophy. Won by: WR8AA operated by David Siddall, K3ZJUSA 7 MHz: Yankee Clipper Contest Club Trophy. Won by: John Bayne, KK9A/4USA 3.7 MHz: Bernie Welch, W8IMZ Memorial Trophy. Won by: Karl Brandt, ND8DX

Photo C. Tucker, W4FS, wins the U.S.Rookie plaque.

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WU3A/1 (W3UA, op) was tops in theU.S. A lot of activity took place in theassisted single-band categories as well.LR1E (LW6DG, op) repeated on 10meters. 4Z7T (4X6TT) handily won on15, 9Y4D beat RW9USA on 20, US1I(UX2IO) beat S56X by an eyelash on 40,while IY1A (IZ1LBG) nosed out S54ZZon 80. Assistance in finding stations wasespecially useful on 160 where SP1FPGwas the king of the band.

Single-Operator QRPIn spite of declining conditions, 257 verylow-powered operators sent in logs.9A7JZC was world-high QRP all bands,beating out DL8LR. AB3WS was the topU.S. finisher. IZ8JFL/1 was the topassisted QRP all-band scorer. QSOfinding assistance seemed to add moreto the QRP scores than to the top scoresof the higher-powered categories.

Overlay CategoriesThe Rookie overlay category wasestablished to encourage recently-

licensed hams to try the contest expe-rience. This year, 284 entries checkedthis overlay category, down slightlyfrom 306 last year. Jose, WP4PGY,operated all-band, high-power to winthe World Rookie plaque (Photos A andB). W4FS used the remote NN2DX sta-tion to lead the U.S. Rookies (Photo C).HZ1HZ and EF7D (EA7JXZ, op) wereother rookies scoring more than a mil-lion points. Laila obtained her latefather’s callsign (HZ1HZ), in case youwere wondering about that familiar callused by a rookie entry!

The Tribander/Single-Element over-lay category was intended to provide ameasuring tool for average stations.Still, the best operators with good loca-tions for their tribanders can achievehuge scores. There were 808 entrantsin this overlay. Steve, PJ4DX, ran awaywith this category (see sidebar), whileVE3DZ dominated the low-powercrowd with a score that would havebeen fifth place among the high-powerTBW stations. N4PN showed up with

EUROPE: 28 MHz: Chuck Dietz, W5PR Trophy: Won by: Alfonso Sanchez Sanchez, EA3FZYEUROPE 14 MHz: SJ2W Contest Team Trophy. Awarded to: EI7M operated by Dmitrij Pavlov, EI3JZ*EUROPE 3.7 MHz: Ranko Boca, 4O3A Trophy. Awarded to: Jordi Casali Portet EA3PT

SINGLE OPERATOR ASSISTEDWORLD: D4C Contest Team Trophy. Won by: E7DX operated by Emir Braco Memic, E77DXWORLD QRP: Explorers Radio Club Trophy. Won by: Fabio Menna, IZ8JFL/1USA: Alabama Contest Group Trophy. Won by: WU3A/1 operated by Gene Shablygin, W3UAEUROPE: Martin Huml, OL5Y Trophy. Awarded to: Pavel Bogachev, RK4FDOCEANIA: Sid Caesar, NH7C Trophy. Won by: Bill Main, VK4ZD

OVERLAY CATEGORIESWORLD Tribander/Single-Element: Nate Moreschi, N4YDU Trophy. Won by: Steve Telenius-Lowe, PJ4DXUSA Tribander/Single-Element: Paul H. Newberry, Jr., N4PN Trophy. Won by: WQ6SL/4 operated by Paul H.Newberry, Jr., N4PNUSA Tribander/Single-Element Low Power: Alex M. Josza, KG1E Trophy. Won by: Doug Friend, WB8TLIEurope Tribander/Single-Element: Roger Miner, K1DQV Trophy. Won by: EW5Z operated by Sergey Babakhin,EU1AWORLD Rookie: Val Edwards W8KIC Memorial (K3LR sponsor) Trophy. Won by: Jose Cano, WP4PGYUSA Rookie: Joe Cazzalino, WX4CAZ Trophy. Won by: NN2DX operated by Tucker McGuire, W4FS

MULTI-OPERATOR, SINGLE-TRANSMITTERWORLD: Latvian Contest Club Trophy. Won by: P33W operated by LZ2HM, 5B4AIE, R4FO, UA4FER, RW4WR,and RA3AUUWORLD Low Power: Mike Goode, N9NS Memorial (Hoosier DX and Contest Club sponsor) Trophy. Won by: YV1KKoperated by YV1CTE, YV1JGT, YV1KK, YY1YLY, and YY1ALEUSA: Steve Bolia, N8BJQ Trophy. Won by: KE3X operated by AJ3M, KD4D KE3X, N3HBX, N3QE, and W3IDTUSA Low Power: Matt Tatro, NM1C Trophy. Won by: KB3WD operated by KB3WD and NZ3DAFRICA: Rhein Ruhr DX Association Trophy. Won by: CQ9T operated by CR9ABH, CS9ABC, CS9ABE, and CT3KNASIA: W2MIG Memorial (NX7TT Sponsor) Trophy. Awarded to: UP2L operated by R9IR, R9HBA, RM9I, UN7LZ,and UN9LG *EUROPE: Tonno Vahk, ES5TV Trophy. Won by: IR4M operated by I4EWH, I4FYF, I4IFL, IK4DCW, IK4HVR, IK4MGP,IZ4JUK, IZ4ZZB, and IZ5ICH

MULTI-OPERATOR, TWO-TRANSMITTERWORLD: Ken Adams, K5KA Memorial Trophy. Won by: CN2AA operated by RA3CO, RL3FT, RM2U, RN5M,RX3APM, UA3ASZ and UA4Z USA: Florida Contest Group Trophy. Won by: NV9L operated by NV9L, AC9IG K9GS, and WB9ZAFRICA: Walter Skudlarek, DJ6QT Trophy. Awarded to: 5E5E operated by OK1RI, OM6NM, OK1FFU, OK1JKT,OK1VVT, EA9LZ, EA7GX, and W7EJ*EUROPE: Rich Strand, KL7RA Memorial Trophy. Won by: HG7T operated by HA7TM, HA8LLK, HA9PP, HA0DU,HG5DX, and UZ5DX

MULTI-OPERATOR, MULTI-TRANSMITTERWORLD: Gail M. Sheehan, K2RED Trophy. Won by: D41CV operated by DF7ZS, HB9DUR, I4UFH, IZ4DPV, RD1A,RW1F, SQ9CNN, and SQ9DIEUSA: Dale Hoppe, K6UA Memorial Trophy. Won by: WX3B operated by WX3B, WR3R, K1RH, N8IVN, N8II, K3AJ,K3WI, NH7C, KB3LLS, KK4ODQ, N3SB, and ELIZABETHEUROPE: Rick Dougherty, NQ4I Trophy. Won by: LZ9W operated by LZ1ZD, LZ1PM, LZ2CJ, LZ1KU, LZ2HQ,LZ2UU, LZ1UQ, LZ1ZX, LZ1WDX, LZ3FM, LZ1FG, LZ3UM, LZ1ANA, LZ1BMV, LZ1LG, LZ1PJ, LZ3AS, andVASKO

CONTEST EXPEDITIONWORLD: C6APR Memorial by Andre Coelho, PT7ZZ Trophy. Won by: FP/KV1J operated by Eric Willliams, KV1J

*Denotes awarded to runner-up in category

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WORLDSingle Op All Band High Power

8P5A (W2SC)...................27,306,666 P49Y (AE6Y) ....................21,149,649FY5FY...............................20,120,6204L$$A (RW7K).................19,525,195VY2ZM (K1ZM) ................17,320,144TM6M (F4DXW) ...............17,114,076

Single Op 28 MHz High PowerCX2DK................................3,158,342PX2F (PY2PT) ....................2,401,560CV7S ..................................2,107,728

Single Op 21 MHz High PowerP45A ................................11,302,080TM1W (F1HAR)..................5,310,375KU2M .................................4,223,389

Single Op 14 MHz High PowerSJ2W (SM2WMV)............10,553,158EI7M...................................8,803,8484L8A...................................6,340,740

Single Op 7 MHz High PowerHG8R (HA8JV) ...................7,276,000S51F...................................5,225,040LZ5K (LZ1RAY) ..................3,959,200

Single Op 3.7 MHz High PowerOK7K (OK1BN)...................2,916,576EA3PT ................................1,878,720PA9M .................................1,758,225

Single Op 1.8 MHz High PowerLY7M ....................................502,712S53O .....................................184,875LY4T........................................62,310

Single Op All Band Low PowerWP2Z (K9VV)...................10,455,225V43Z (NP4Z) ....................10,301,496VE3DZ ................................8,601,725WW2Y (N2NT) ...................8,047,572KC3R (LZ4AX)....................6,881,056R8CT ..................................6,664,758

Single Op 28 MHz Low PowerCA7CAQ ................................746,544EA8TX ...................................673,748KP2XX...................................635,901

Single Op 21 MHz Low PowerZV2C (PY2CX)....................1,783,744HK6F ..................................1,640,483ZP5WBM............................1,549,008

Single Op 14 MHz Low PowerUN6LN ...............................1,807,002TG9ANF..............................1,397,276PD9Z ..................................1,395,351

Single Op 7 MHz Low PowerYT6W .................................1,561,485RC7KY................................1,466,172YV2CAR ................................884,268

Single Op 3.7 MHz Low PowerLY5Q .....................................469,836LY5I ......................................334,620EA9CD...................................280,140

Single Op 1.8 MHz Low PowerSP1FPG.................................101,094EW8R ......................................94,122HA1TI ......................................66,132

Single Op All Band High PowerAssisted

E7DX (E77DX)..................18,419,245PX5E (PP5JR) ..................18,111,120PJ4DX ..............................17,032,845RK4FD..............................13,216,0349A7$$5Y (9A7DX)............11,829,888WU3A/1 (W3UA) ..............11,453,130

Single Op 28 MHz High PowerAssisted

LR1E (LW6DG) ..................2,304,180CE6SAX.................................432,288PY2XC...................................388,926

Single Op 21 MHz High Power Assisted

4Z7T (4X6TT) .....................8,016,255

DL2ARD .............................6,838,155EF8U (EA8AVJ) ..................6,030,291

Single Op 14 MHz High Power Assisted

9Y4D ..................................8,086,400RW9USA ............................7,380,184EA9KB ................................5,113,464

Single Op 7 MHz High Power Assisted

US1I (UX2IO) .....................5,540,766S56X ..................................5,518,512IR2R (IZ2EWR) ..................4,329,671

Single Op 3.7 MHz High Power Assisted

IY1A (IZ1LBG)....................2,281,735S54ZZ.................................2,271,564I4AVG....................................768,690

Single Op 1.8 MHz High Power Assisted

S56P .....................................435,727ES5RY...................................217,061S57O .....................................204,351

Single Op All Band Low Power Assisted

5D5D (HB9EOU).................5,322,681NP2P (N2TTA)....................5,162,430KP3Z (WP3A).....................4,555,236DF2F (DF2SD) ....................3,986,925UR6EA................................3,664,122RA9V..................................3,345,748

Single Op 28 MHz Low Power Assisted

PU2UAF.................................405,657LU4DJB.................................262,542PU8WHJ................................131,890

Single Op 21 MHz Low Power Assisted

YV6YV................................1,062,432KP2DX (KP2BH).................1,032,766YBØMWM .............................882,180

Single Op 14 MHz Low Power Assisted

HI8JSG...............................1,473,392UR2Y (USØYW) .................1,041,381R7CA.....................................819,681

Single Op 7 MHz Low Power Assisted

YV8ER................................1,403,424YR5N (YO5PBF) ....................866,985EC7WR..................................641,556

Single Op 3.7 MHz Low Power Assisted

OK1AY...................................500,871YU7YZ...................................388,396OM6ADN ...............................303,052

Single Op 1.8 MHz Low Power Assisted

E74R .....................................156,8609A1IW ...................................103,400ES4NY.....................................54,872

Single Op All Band QRP9A7JZC..................................724,015DL8LR...................................595,940DK3WE..................................507,450UX2MF ..................................403,782RW3AI...................................356,487OZ6OM..................................353,958

Single Op 28 MHz QRP3E1FD......................................51,408W5GAI.....................................17,182WA6FGV..................................15,052

Single Op 21 MHz QRPOT6M (ON9CC) .......................75,8314F4IX.......................................58,050JR2EKD...................................57,794

Single Op 14 MHz QRPUN7EG ....................................82,478YO5PCB ..................................43,056RZ4WZ ....................................37,820

Single Op 7 MHz QRPSP4GFG.................................103,878

RT4W ......................................89,908UT5UUV ..................................81,054

Single Op 3.7 MHz QRPOM7KW...................................39,936SQ8MFB ..................................38,682

Single Op 1.8 MHz QRPHA5NB ....................................22,116SQ6PHP ..................................10,074

Single Op All Band QRP AssistedIZ8JFL/1 ................................856,854OK2FD...................................530,244IZ3NVR..................................380,380AK8H.....................................231,012S51DX...................................212,319

Single Op 21 MHz QRP AssistedYP8A (YO8WW) ......................43,920J43N........................................35,340DO7PRM .................................27,354

Single Op 14 MHz QRP AssistedYU7ZZ ...................................251,836IZ1ANK..................................126,252MI1M (MIØLLG)....................108,112

Single Op 7 MHz QRP AssistedEE3X (EA3KX) .......................197,138DF8AE .....................................43,030MØWLY...................................41,674

Single Op 3.7 MHz QRP AssistedE74O .....................................117,390DJ7MH ..................................115,670HG6C (HA6IAM)......................77,064

Single Op 1.8 MHz QRP AssistedYU1XX.....................................25,376

Multi-Single High PowerP33W ...............................39,377,940UP2L ................................27,226,238IR4M ................................20,487,495RU1A................................18,470,1009K2HN..............................18,337,947S5ØG................................17,989,202

Multi-Single Low PowerYV1KK..............................14,432,220KB3WD.............................10,457,546

Multi-TwoCN2AA..............................84,221,7665E5E.................................61,290,260C4A ..................................35,162,043PS2T ................................28,445,298HG7T................................27,034,852KH6J ................................24,405,261

Multi-MultiD41CV..............................77,122,771LZ9W ...............................34,927,605WX3B ...............................22,411,200KL7RA..............................17,627,575JA3YBK ............................16,288,728SX9C ................................14,549,090

RookieSingle Op All Band High Power

WP4PGY ............................2,520,825NN2DX (W4FS) ..................2,116,230HZ1HZ................................1,501,360EF7D (EA7JXZ)...................1,361,504WR1ST (KC1CWF) ................484,807

Single Op 14 MHz High PowerA96A .....................................217,327KC1DAD ..................................57,260

Single Op All Band Low PowerIT9EWR.................................983,412IB9P (IT9FRX) .......................908,960YV5LAY.................................714,926PA9IGB..................................667,492ED3T .....................................464,2159A5RPZ.................................441,000

Single Op 7 MHz Low PowerWK9U....................................590,058

Tribander/Single ElementSingle Op All Band High Power

PJ4DX ..............................17,032,845VE9CB ..............................13,723,754

VC2A (VA2WA) ................10,772,584ZZ2T (PY2MNL) .................8,881,128EW5Z (EU1A) .....................8,556,240RJ4P ..................................7,843,887

Single Op All Band Low Power VE3DZ ................................8,601,7253V8SS (KF5EYY) ................5,804,316NP2P (N2TTA)....................5,162,4307Z1SJ.................................4,715,200DK8ZZ ................................3,170,412

UNITED STATESSingle Op All Band High Power

K1LZ.................................15,981,756KQ2M/1............................15,481,923KU3K (N3KS) ...................14,863,792AC1U (N1UR)...................13,223,180NR5M...............................10,362,600KT5J (K5TR) ....................10,138,605

Single Op 21 MHz High PowerKU2M .................................4,223,389K3UA..................................2,126,020KR4Z (N4OX) .....................1,932,480

Single Op 14 MHz High PowerWR8AA (K3ZJ) ...................1,135,464NR7ON ..................................343,343AI3Q ......................................105,185

Single Op 7 MHz High PowerKK9A/4 ...............................3,761,604K4NV.....................................734,977

Single Op 3.7 MHz High PowerND8DX ..................................914,300NR1I (W1NT) ........................416,172KZ5MM (W5PR)....................372,096

Single Op All Band Low PowerWW2Y (N2NT) ...................8,047,572KC3R (LZ4AX)....................6,881,056WC5T/1 (W1UE).................4,206,122AD4Z ..................................3,850,185NF6A (K6XX) ......................3,289,755KN5A (K5WA) ....................3,140,613

Single Op 28 MHz Low PowerWE6EZ/5 .................................30,616

Single Op 21 MHz Low PowerAA4NP...................................132,840K7XE/6 ....................................85,746WW6OR/4 (K6JAT) .................80,337

Single Op 14 MHz Low PowerN7FLT....................................162,816

Single Op 7 MHz Low PowerW6AFA ..................................528,775W9QL ....................................136,746

Single Op All Band High Power Assisted

WU3A/1 (W3UA) ..............11,453,130NZ3D (K3ZU)....................10,032,715KU1CW/4 ...........................5,562,089W8MJ.................................4,677,711KA6BIM/7...........................3,738,080

Single Op 21 MHz High Power Assisted

K5ZO ..................................1,722,600KX1BK (W1QK) .....................909,558

Single Op 14 MHz High Power Assisted

KVØQ .................................3,122,574KT7I (K7YK) .......................1,210,221WR2G....................................399,938

Single Op All Band Low Power Assisted

N5DO .................................1,709,512N2SQW ..............................1,674,306KT4ZB ................................1,480,500N1API....................................605,320WJ4X (N4XL) ........................589,818WB2WPM..............................587,820

Single Op 28 MHz Low Power Assisted

NA4W (K4WI) .........................59,264

Single Op 21 MHz Low Power Assisted

KG1E .....................................684,156N9TGR ..................................558,672N3ZA .....................................131,634

Single Op 7 MHz Low Power Assisted

WK9U....................................590,058

Single Op 3.7 MHz Low Power Assisted

WUØB/4 ..................................81,879

Single Op All Band QRPAB3WS..................................311,934NDØC ....................................286,261W6QU (W8QZA)....................178,176KA8SMA................................161,602

Single Op 28 MHz QRPW5GAI.....................................17,182WA6FGV..................................15,052

Single Op 21 MHz QRPK2GMY/6.................................33,880WO9S......................................14,896

Single Op 7 MHz QRPKF7TLL....................................44,416

Single Op All Band QRP AssistedAK8H.....................................231,012

Single Op 14 MHz QRP AssistedWB4OMM..............................106,680N9NBC ....................................33,880

Multi-Single High PowerKE3X ................................16,714,324NQ2F ..................................4,250,128NM5O.................................3,831,044KX7M/6 ..............................3,634,814NØMA.................................3,283,523K3MD .................................3,280,515

Multi-Single Low PowerKB3WD.............................10,457,546NE5LL ................................1,007,128N3ZV/4 ..................................774,180AI1W/3 ..................................596,772

Multi-TwoNV9L ..................................9,292,988KI7Y ...................................7,306,358KN5TX................................4,981,566WA2CP...............................3,657,278

Multi-MultiWX3B ...............................22,411,200NE1C ..................................9,709,975

RookieSingle Op All Band High Power

NN2DX (W4FS) ..................2,116,230WR1ST (KC1CWF) ................484,807

Single Op All Band Low PowerKC3AZX.................................427,558AD2KA...................................391,800AB3WS..................................311,934KG7GYI .................................268,800WX7JM .................................206,257

Single Op 7 MHz Low PowerWK9U....................................590,058

Tribander/Single ElementSingle Op All Band High Power

WQ6SL/4 (N4PN)...............5,880,216K4BAI .................................4,662,888KM5VI ................................4,199,536WD5K.................................2,210,046WR5O.................................2,139,310NF4A ..................................1,145,435

Single Op 3.7 MHz High Power ND8DX ..................................914,300

Single Op All Band Low Power WB8TLI ..............................1,305,285N8SBE...................................501,972N9UA.....................................492,356N8MWK.................................483,298KCØDEB ................................454,310

2016 CQWW WPX SSB TOP SCORES

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yet another nice callsign, WQ6SL/1, to lead the U.S.Tribander/Single-Element all band competitors. N4BP, usingthe WN1GIV callsign on 10 meters, won with less than 10%of his score last year. WB8TLI had the highest U.S. low-power score.

Multi-OperatorThe guys at P33W recaptured the Multi-Operator Single-Transmitter plaque, even though their score dropped sub-stantially with the disappearance of 10 meters. The KE3X crewhad the top U.S. M/S score. YV1KK raised the bar in ournewest category, Multi-Single Low Power, with KB3WD andHI3K also beating last year’s record. KB3WD set the newU.S. low-power mark. A total of 91 stations (up from 76 lastyear) tried this category, compared to the 133 (down from 184)stations in the more established High-Power category.

Last year’s Multi-Multi champs CN2AA led the pack of 41(66 last year) stations in the Multi-Two category. Only sixU.S. stations entered the Multi-Two category, with NV9Lbeating KI7Y. D41CV blew away the Multi-Multi Category,more than doubling the score of runner-up LZ9W. WX3B ledthe three U.S. stations entering this category. This contest

marked the last time KL7RA will be heard as Rich passedaway and the North Pole Contest Group decided to obtainhis call and retire it.

RecordsThe only new world record this year was in the relatively newMulti-Single Low Power category, where YV1KK set themark. Other new records of note were 8P5A (North AmericaAB), K1LZ (USA AB), WW2Y (USA AB-LP), and SJ2W(Europe-14MHz),

Records for all of the various categories and countries canbe found at <www.cqwpx.com/records.htm>.

Final ObservationsWe are glad to be able to once again include the completelisting of stations and their line scores. Assisted stations’ linescores are found immediately after the single-operator unas-sisted line scores for each call area or country. Logs receivedafter the official deadline are shown in italics and were noteligible for any awards. In addition, searchable databases ofthe entire history of the CQWW WPX Contest results areavailable on the contest website, <www.cqwpx.com>.

CQ WPX SSB March 2016 de PJ4DXEverything was “down” this year. My beam was down about6 feet (one telescopic mast section) due to strong winds. My40-meter, phased array was down due to a mysteriously-high SWR condition that I didn’t have time to fix before thecontest (but every cloud has a silver lining and this allowedme to enter the Tribander/Single Element section). My QSOtotal was down by nearly 1,300 QSOs compared with 2015,my multiplier total by nearly 100 mults, and my claimed scorewas down by nearly 6 million points!

Last year I recorded over 2,500 QSOs on 10 meters alone.This year, I only had 314. Conditions were poor on Day 1,and I was seriously considering calling it a contest beforemidday on Sunday, but suddenly things improved andSunday afternoon and evening were really great.

Rig: Yaesu FT-2000, Acom 1500-amp at 1-kilowatt outputto a Spiderbeam for 10, 15, 20 meters at only 30 feet aboveground, and single quarter-wave wire verticals on 40 and 80meters mounted on fiberglass poles.

– 73, Steve, PJ4DXA Spiderbeam at 30 feet worked wonders for PJ4DX, the

winner of the World Tribander/Single-Element plaque.

Steve, PJ4DX, at the controls of his station.

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There are a number of volunteers who make this contest possible. K5ZD, K3WW,and W4AU provided the skilled personal analysis of the logs that computers alonecannot provide. Software support from K1EA and K5TR enables the timely pro-cessing of your logs. Doug, K1DG, handles the plaques in a very timely manner.Paper logs were manually entered by KD9MS, KC9EOQ, W7KAM, K9ZM,KB9OWD, and N4TZ. K5ZD has updated the outstanding CQ WPX website.

The 2017 CQWW WPX SSB Contest will be held March 25-26. The log dead-line is five days after the conclusion on the contest, March 31 at 2359Z. Updatedrules will be published in the January issue of CQ and will be posted on the web-sites mentioned above.

CQWW WPX SSB CONTEST ALL-TIME RECORDS

The contest is held each year on the last full weekend of March. The All-Time Records will be updated andpublished annually. Data following the calls: year of operation, total score, and number of prefix multipliers.

WORLD RECORD HOLDERSSingle Operator

1.8 CN2R (’07) ................1,613,955 3993.5 CN2R (’06) ..............11,849,076 8947.0 CN2R (’05) ..............14,724,696 93114 CN2R (’08) ..............15,778,840 119921 CN2R (’11) ..............20,704,164 144328 D4C (’14) ................17,885,556 1404AB CN2R (’13) ..............30,683,396 1433LP FY5FY (’15) ............17,380,143 1251QRP HC8A (’94) ................7,520,562 714Assisted CQ3L (’15) ..............23,505,780 1388

Multi-Operator Single TransmitterCN2AA (’14).............................52,766,482 1759

Multi-Operator Two TransmitterD4C (’15) ................................86,622,448 1936

Multi-Operator Multi-TransmitterCN2AA (’15)...........................121,620,720 2040

U.S.A. RECORD HOLDERSSingle Operator

1.8 K1ZM (’95) ...................327,712 3083.5 K1UO (’10)................2,161,782 6027.0 WU3A/1 (’11) ............4,731,424 79614 KQ2M (’09) ...............7,034,082 108221 KQ2M/1 (’11) ............9,591,670 121028 KQ2M/1 (’14) ............8,264,263 1141AB K1LZ (‘16) ...............15,981,756 1281LP WW2Y (’16) ..............8,047,572 1027QRP KR2Q (’00)................2,688,158 649Assisted KI1G (’11) ...............13,075,616 1268

Multi-Operator Single TransmitterWW2DX(’12)............................19,167,080 1373

Multi-Operator Two TransmitterK1LZ(’10) ................................30,393,480 1560

Multi-Operator Multi-TransmitterNQ4I(’14) ................................31,335,980 1690

CLUB RECORD QRP RECORD WPX (Prefix) RECORDContest Club Finland (’00) ........250,320,141 HC8A (’94) ..........7,520,562 ES9C (’14)...............2057

CONTINENTAL RECORD HOLDERS

AFRICA1.8 CN2R (’07) ................1,613,955 3993.5 CN2R (’06) ..............11,849,076 8947.0 CN2R (’05) ..............14,724,696 93114 CN2R (’08) ..............15,778,840 119921 CN2R (’11) ..............20,704,164 144328 D4C (’14) ................17,885,556 1404AB CN2R (’13) ..............30,683,396 1443

ASIA1.8 *YMØT (’05) .................486,846 2223.5 H2T (’10) ...................3,067,296 5347.0 5B/KC2TIZ (’10)........6,761,872 75414 P33W (’10)................8,004,130 103021 4L8A ('15) .................7,816,419 105328 H22H (’00) ................9,092,146 931AB UPØL (’12) ..............18,541,055 1235

EUROPE1.8 SN3R (’07) ...................835,884 4343.5 EI7M (’10) .................3,527,075 7317.0 EI7M (’11) ...............10,787,690 105414 SJ2W (‘16) ..............10,553,158 130921 CR6T (’14) ..............10,338,560 131228 GM7V (’00) ...............8,305,756 982AB CQ8X (’14)..............20,759,765 1385

NORTH AMERICA1.8 VA1A (’99) ...................535,225 2713.5 ZF1A (’08).................2,269,344 4627.0 TI4CF (’05)................8,057,479 75114 KP2A (’95) ................7,088,976 91221 VP2EH (’11)............14,899,185 130528 KP2A (’00) ..............11,385,710 1046AB 8P5A (’16)...............27,306,666 1422

OCEANIA1.8 KH6ND (’07) ..................26,432 593.5 WH7Z (’03) ...............1,208,900 3087.0 ZL3A (’08) .................8,200,800 816

14 KH6ND (’03) .............6,493,727 88721 AH7DX (’00)..............7,645,990 89028 TXØDX (’00)............12,049,422 847AB KH7X (’11) ..............20,676,524 1244

SOUTH AMERICA1.8 HK1KYR (’10) ................44,814 773.5 P4ØA (’96).................1,715,076 4267.0 HK1T (’12) ..............14,512,230 106214 HK1X (’11) ..............13,783,532 1259921 ZX5J (’10) ...............16,746,977 136928 PX5E (’14) ..............17,817,600 1450AB HC8A (’01) ..............25,180,199 1199

MULTI-OPERATOR SINGLE TRANSMITTERAF D4C (’15) ................86,622,448 1936AS P33W (’14)..............43,457,520 1720EU EI7M (’14) ...............31,158,736 1648NA VP2EC (’92)............24,409,580 1115OC KH7X (’12) ..............19,038,120 1180SA HC8A (’93) ..............32,502,677 1107

MULTI-OPERATOR TWO TRANSMITTERAF EB8AH (’11)............68,072,520 1765AS UP2L (’14)...............46,044,068 1748EU OL4A (’14) ..............36,280,074 1774NA WP2Z (’14)..............34,886,363 1607OC VK4KW (’11) ...........26,528,482 1369SA PJ4Z (’12) ...............57,741,867 1641

MULTI-OPERATOR MULTI-TRANSMITTERAF CN2AA (‘15)..........121,620,720 2040AS P3A (’00).................53,554,592 1456EU ES9C (’14) ..............73,120,179 205NA KL7RA (’14) ............42,051,076 1763OC KH7R (’02) ..............32,806,032 1304SA HK1NA (’13)............65,361,128 1687

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