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The online score database now includes the complete results from 30 years of the WPX CW Contest (1979 – 2009). Thanks to SP5UAF, LB1G (did 2 years!), K1ZR, N5IE, and W4AU for their work to type in the results.

You can follow your personal history in the WPX contest by going to http://www.cqwpx.com/score_db.htm and typing your call into the search box.  I invite everyone to do this and check that we typed in your scores correctly. If you find any errors please send them to k5zd@cqwpx.com.

Having the complete results makes the records pages completely up to date for every DXCC and category.  View records at http://www.cqwpx.com/records.htm.

It is interesting to see how the contest has evolved over time at http://www.cqwpx.com/stats.htm.

The WPX CW contest is coming up in just 10 days. Have fun in the contest and please submit your log to be a part of the WPX Contest history.

I often received questions about why the logs received page does not include any scores. It’s simple. Many logs do not fill in the claimed score field or it is incorrectly calculated. There’s a saying in the computer business – Garbage In, Garbage Out.

We wanted to find a method that would give everyone a consistent view of the submitted scores after the log submission deadline and BEFORE the log checking begins. The WPX log checking software calculates a raw score for every entry. By using this raw score for the claimed score listing we can be sure that every log is calculated correctly.

The claimed scores for the WPX SSB Contest 2010 are now online at 
http://www.cqwpx.com/claimed.htm?mode=ph 

The scores represent 4,499 electronic logs that have been received (not including checklogs). Paper logs will be added later in the summer. Scores can be sorted by continent and category. A search function is included so you can quickly locate a particular score.

Special thanks to Valery Petrov, RW3GU, for his assistance in building the claimed score pages. I liked Valery’s work on presenting scores at http://pileup.ru/cqww/ and he was very gracious in sending me his php code and some explanation.

I hope you enjoy this first look at the 2010 SSB Contest scores.  Remember that score reductions of 2 to 20% are possible during the checking so the final order of finish may change. Accuracy is part of the game!

Since this is a new feature of the site, please let me know if you find any errors or have suggestions on how to improve the user experience. Send comments to k5zd@cqwpx.com.

Welcome to several new plaque sponsors for the upcoming WPX SSB Contest.

WORLD SSB 1.8MHZ – UA2 CONTEST CLUB

EUROPE SSB Tribander/Single Wire – Roger Miner, K1DQV

The  plaque for WORLD SSB Multi-Two that was sponsored by K5KA (SK) has been picked up for sponsorship by friends of K5KA.

Please visit the Plaques page at http://www.cqwpx.com/plaques.htm to see a list of available plaques. If you see a category that is missing and you would like to sponsor, please contact Doug, K1DG (k1dg@cqwpx.com).