CQ World Wide WPX Contest
By Ray Conrad, NM2O
Leading up to either section of the WPX contests, the question arises: “What is a rare prefix?” In the USA, the question is what calls are active.
This analysis discusses the prefixes in the 2022 WPX CW Contest. The list of active prefixes and the number of logs in each prefix was provided by the WPX Contest Director. Note that there may be a few prefixes active that did not submit a log.
Continue reading “Analysis of the Active USA Prefixes in the 2022 WPX CW Contest”By Ray Conrad, NM2O
This report presents an analysis of the active USA prefixes in the 2022 WPX SSB contest.
The FCC could possibly issue 930 prefixes. Of these, 820 are in the “lower 48.”
Some prefixes such as NP0 and NP1 have no calls issued now and may have never been issued.
This analysis of callsigns is based upon a master file received from AA3B, the WPX SSB/CW Director. The table was prepared using a custom data analysis script written by N3QE. Thanks to Bud and Tim.
Of the 930 possible prefixes, 480 were active and 450 were inactive. 248 prefixes had only one active station. The activity drops off for two or more stations.
The following are instructions for using QRZ.com Logbook to generate and submit logs for the CQ World Wide WPX SSB or CW contests. The process involves three activities:
A. Configure QRZ.com Logbook to capture the information required for the contest
B. Export the QRZ.com Logbook QSOs from the contest to an ADIF file
C. Convert the ADIF file to a Cabrillo file and upload the Cabrillo file to CQ WPX