This weekend: CQ World Wide DX Contest, CW
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JACK
Nov 28, 2025, 6:16:52 PM (5 days ago) Nov 28
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This weekend: CQ World Wide DX
Contest, CW
The CQ World Wide DX Contest, CW, takes place this weekend, beginning on November 29 at 0000 UTC and ending on November 30 at 2359 UTC. Complete rules are on the CW World Wide DX Contest website.
Contest director K1AR, John Dorr, adds several additional points:
-- Ensure that your signal quality is clean. Most modern rigs allow for rise/fall
time adjustments to their CW waveform. It is advised that everyone's setting
should be at 6 ms or longer.
-- Operators noticing dirty/clicky CW this weekend should take pictures of spectrum/waterfalls, make
note of frequency, callsign, and time, and pass these details to us via the CQWW Contact Form.
Our SDR team will be prioritizing the investigation of dirty signals this year.
-- Lastly, there is a growing trend with many high-scoring stations to submit their logs at the last
minute. At the very least, the optics for this behavior are poor and we are taking notice. You will note
that time/date stamps are now being reported on the “logs received” page,
“Above all,” Dorr says, “be sure to have fun this weekend! This is the world's largest and most popular
contest!”
The CQ World Wide DX Contest, CW, takes place this weekend, beginning on November 29 at 0000 UTC and ending on November 30 at 2359 UTC. Complete rules are on the CW World Wide DX Contest website.
Contest director K1AR, John Dorr, adds several additional points:
-- Ensure that your signal quality is clean. Most modern rigs allow for rise/fall
time adjustments to their CW waveform. It is advised that everyone's setting
should be at 6 ms or longer.
-- Operators noticing dirty/clicky CW this weekend should take pictures of spectrum/waterfalls, make
note of frequency, callsign, and time, and pass these details to us via the CQWW Contact Form.
Our SDR team will be prioritizing the investigation of dirty signals this year.
-- Lastly, there is a growing trend with many high-scoring stations to submit their logs at the last
minute. At the very least, the optics for this behavior are poor and we are taking notice. You will note
that time/date stamps are now being reported on the “logs received” page,
“Above all,” Dorr says, “be sure to have fun this weekend! This is the world's largest and most popular
contest!”
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