CQ WW CW 2008: YT1AD LEADS CT1BOH

The results of this year's CQ WW CW Contest seem to be going to form in the top echelons of the sport, as Hrane Milosevic YT1AD used a big time performance at 3V8BB to grab the claimed score lead over Jose Nunes CT1BOH. Meanwhile, K1LZ has scored more than USA favorite K5ZD. NEW

2010 WRTC SPURS US CQ WW CW FIGHT

You didn't have to be East of the Mississippi River in the US to feel the pressure of the single operator competition in this year's CQ WW CW test, as the four qualifying regions for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships all featured some dynamic sub-plots. N2IC v N5DX, N6MJ v K7RL and K6XX and K1LZ v K5ZD. See where things stand with one qualifier to go. NEW

NO REST FOR TOPBAND IN ARRL 160

After a busy weekend in the CQ WW CW Contest, the action continues this weekend on the Topband, as US and Canadian hams take center stage in the ARRL 160 Meter contest. The defending champ is Jeff Briggs K1ZM, who will have to make sure his brother Peter K3ZM doesn't upset plans for a VY2ZM repeat victory. NEW

"SHOOTOUT" EXPECTED IN CQ WW CW LP

The big question this year is can anyone stop Joseph "Bud" Trench AA3B as he tries for his fourth consecutive World Low Power victory from V26K in Antigua. Trench will draw some big time challengers this year, as John Crovelli P40W drops down from the High Power category and Scott Redd K0DQ makes a return to CQ WW as P40Q. MORE

CW SKIMMER TAKES ON CQ WW ASSISTED

We have read about it for months. It has been debated endlessly on the contest reflectors and in the ham radio contest community. Now the CW Skimmer gets its first workout in the 2008 CQ WW CW Contest. Will it tilt the playing field at all, or not matter in the final standings? MORE

TWO TESTS LEFT IN WRTC QUALIFYING

If you are looking to gain points to qualify for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships in Russia, you better be active in this year's CQ WW CW Contest. After that, there's only next year's Russian DX Contest left in qualifying for the WRTC. CQ WW is worth the most points in this battle, and it has hams the world over rejiggering their contest goals. MORE

CQ WW CW USA: ADVANTAGE K5ZD AGAIN

If you bet on Randy Thompson K5ZD to win the CQ WW USA Daily Double this year, you may have a winning ticket in your wallet, as Thompson is the favorite to repeat as US winner in SOAB HP, which would give him both US single op titles for a second straight year. Among those chasing K5ZD are K1DG, K4ZW and others. MORE

CQ WW CW STRATEGY TURNS ON BANDS

It's unfortunately become a broken record over the past year in major contests, as competitors in the 2008 CQ WW CW test hope they will get more than just a few hours of good openings on 10 and 15 meters. See how some of the top ops in the world compensate for lower numbers on the high bands and what they expect this year. MORE

CQ WW CW: WHERE ARE THE SUNSPOTS?

While ham radio contesters wait to see what Solar Cycle 24 might bring in terms of enhanced propagation, solar experts are having a big time debate over what's next in terms of sunspots and HF radio propagation. Some sun watchers think we might even see a cycle that's much less active than normal. MORE

CQ WW CW: CU2X FAVORED IN EUROPE

After easily outdistancing his competition in Europe in this year's CQ WW SSB contest, Toni Linden OH2UA will be on his way back to the Azores and his newly refurbished CU2X contest station for a shot at a third straight EU title. Linden though admits he remembers that last year he didn't win easily and isn't assuming he's going to repeat. MORE

SSB SWEEPS BACK TO THE CARRIBEAN

After ten straight years of watching KE3Q win the ARRL November Sweepstakes from WP3R in Puerto Rico, 2008 had no big score from that island, but there was one from the Virgin Islands, as KP2TM now leads a series of contesters fromthe West of the US. Check the scores and big numbers from KP2TM, W6YI, K5NA, W7WA and more. MORE

N2IC LEADS SS CW; K6LL STREAK OVER

Steve London N2IC continues to hold the edge in the 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes CW Contest, as the defending champ from 2007 holds a 26 contact lead over Alexander Avramov LZ4AX, who claimed second place with an effort from WP3R in Puerto Rico. Other leaders include K0EU in Low Power and N6RO in Unlimited, who may have ended the seven year winning streak of Dave Hachadorian K6LL. MORE

HC8A (N6KT) ROLLS INTO CQ WW SSB LEAD

Gunning for a record eighth CQ WW SSB Single Op title, Rich Smith N6KT has the highest claimed score so far from his operation at HC8A, with over 14 million points. In second for now is Toni Linden CU2X/OH2UA at over 11 million. Linden has a big lead in Europe, as does Randy Thompson K5ZD in the USA. MORE

K3LR GUNS FOR M/M CQ WW SSB REPEAT

Team K3LR is in great shape for a repeat victory in the CQ WW SSB Contest, as they own an almost 2 million point lead over W3LPL in the US Multi-Multi category. WE3C meanwhile has a big lead as well in M/2. MORE

W4PA QUITS COMPETITIVE CONTESTING

After years of going toe-to-toe with the top operators in the world, Scott Robbins W4PA has announced that he is walking away from ham radio contesting. "There simply isn't enough time to do all the things I want or need to do," Robbins wrote on his blog, "so some things have to give. Radio contesting is only one of them that has to go." MORE

WORLDWIDE WRTC SCORES NOW UPDATED

The CQ WW DX SSB Contest kicks off the stretch run of qualifying for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships in Russia. Most of the world only has three qualifying contests left, while there are five in the US and Canada. Radio-sport.net has updated the qualifying numbers for the entire world - see where you stand in the race for 2010!

There are full spreadsheets for every corner of the globe where you can check your own qualifying chances for Russia 2010. MORE

CQ WW - BIGGER AND BETTER ANTENNAS

If you are looking out the window at the same antennas that you had up for the 2007 CQ WW SSB contest, then you are slipping behind the competition. See what some of the top stations have been up to in recent months and then listen on the air for yourself in late October! MORE

2010 WRTC BATTLE REVS UP WITH CQWW

This year's CQ WW DX Contests promise to be even more of a competitive flashpoint, as the the drive to qualify for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships in Russia moves into the final stretch. Check out the latest as radio-sport.net begins its extensive coverage of the 2008 CQ WW DX SSB contest. MORE

YOUR CQ WW HOMEWORK IS ON THE WEB

Once again this year, CQ Magazine has posted all the logs from the CQ WW DX SSB and CW Contests. If you haven't checked out the top logs from last year, radio-sport.net has done some of that for you. Take a look at how 8P5A won again and how VY2ZM finished second with a much different approach and more! MORE

K3ZO ON CQ WW DX SSB FROM CQ ZONE 26

As part of our radio-sport.net coverage of this year's CQ Worldwide DX Contests, veteran contester Fred Laun K3ZO treats us to some of his observations about contesting from Thailand in CQ Zone 26 as he's done three of the past five years. Read how K3ZO knocks out the QSO's like we used to, with a pencil and paper for his log. MORE

NO RECORD, AS P49X LEADS CQWW RTTY

Ed Muns W0YK wasn't completely happy with his sleep management or his bandplan strategy as he reviewed his P49X log, but the top flight RTTY operator has the high claimed score for the 2008 CQWW RTTY contest so far. While it's short of the D4B world record, Muns leads by well over 2 million points. MORE

UA9CLB GRABS EARLY LEAD IN WAE SSB

The big calls were out all over the world for the 54th running of the Worked All Europe SSB Contest, as it was a qualifying event for the 2010 World Radiosport Team Championships. Vadim Ovsiannikov UA9CLB posted the top world score so far, while Doug Grant K1DG leads the USA scores. MORE

BOMBS, BULLETS DON'T STOP 4L0A IN WAE

The plan was pretty simple for UU4JMG and UU0JM, fly from Ukraine to the Republic of Georgia for the WAE CW contest and operate from 4L4WW. But as the contest began, the story wasn't the WAE battle, but a real shooting war that erupted not far away between Russian and Georgia troops. Not only did the duo escape unharmed, but they have the high claimed multi score as well in WAE CW. MORE

HI3TEJ KEEPS RADIO-SPORT WORLD #1

With several top flight competitors on his heels, Teddy Jiminez HI3TEJ remains in first place in the radio-sport.net World Standings, as results from this year's ARRL DX Contests and the 2007 CQ WW SSB test have been added in.

Check out the latest standings and see if you've made it into the Single Operator World 100! MORE

ZD8Z LAYS CLAIM TO 2008 IARU LEAD

As expected, Jim Neiger N6TJ has the top claimed single operator score so far in the 2008 IARU HF Championships, as he claimed over 4 million points from his operation at ZD8Z on Ascension Island. That gives him a six figure lead over Jack Danielyan RW3QC, who as 5B4AII, was the only other single op to crack the 4 million point barrier this year. MORE

CQWW ADMITS LOG CHECKING ERRORS

After public complaints about the accuracy of some log checks from the 2007 CQ WW DX SSB Contest, contest committee chief Bob Coxe K3EST has acknowledged some errors in the computer tabulation of some band-change penalties for multi-ops in the SSB test. Also an issue, what happens when a station busts their own call when sending in a log. MORE

D4C, P40A LEAD AT WPX CW DEADLINE

At the log deadline for the 2008 CQ WPX CW contest, D4C (LY2CY) is still the Single Op High Power leader, while the low power top spot is now owned by P40A (KK9A.) In the multi-op categories, CT9M owns the top score, but now there's a new leader in Multi-Two. MORE

ARRL 10 CHAMPS ALSO HAVE CLEAN LOGS

Signals may have been solid one second and gone the next, but that didn't show up in the logs of the winners in a radio-sport.net review of final scores in the 2007 ARRL 10 Meter Contest. Check to see how well you did compared to the field and find out which category winner had a perfect log. MORE

D4C (LY2CY) & VE3DZ/VP9 LEAD WPX CW

A trip to the Cape Verde Islands seems to have paid off for Lithuanian contester Jurgis Ignotas LY2CY, as he holds the overall single operator lead in the 2008 CQ WPX CW Contest. The low power leader is Yuri Onipko VE3DZ, who operated from the VP9GE QTH on Bermuda.

Meanwhile, CT9M leads all the multi-op entries, as there are tight races for various titles in the US and Europe. MORE