World-Wide Award Contest

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I think IHF members would be interested in the World Wide Award contest that is currently running all of January.  HF operators on all modes may have already seen the special event stations with callsigns ending in ‘WWA’, for example CR2WWA in the Azores.  The object of the ‘contest’ is to work these stations; you can work them once a day and in any mode (SSB, CW, FT8, FT4) etc.  The stations are typically super-sized club operations and they’re eager to work anyone that calls. At the end of January you can download your own award certificate.

No blurb is complete without an AI Overview:
The “World Wide Award” (WWA) in amateur radio is like collecting Easter eggs because both involve a treasure hunt for unique finds (radio contacts/locations vs. hidden eggs) across a wide area, driven by excitement, a desire to “collect” (countries/locations), and the thrill of discovery.

The rules are at: https://hamaward.cloud/wwa/rules

Spotting site and scoreboard: https://hamaward.cloud/wwa/award

73

Alan

VE7UBA

2025 CQ WW DX Contest CW

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Conditions were spotty for the CQ WW DX Contest. Here are some comments:

“Propagation was better on Sunday, especially on 10 meters. I’m happy – I added six new countries to my CW total, including a few islands with DXpeditions. I worked IHF members VE7UF, VA7DZ, and you of course.”

Alan VE7UBA

“For the most part I was very pleased. Despite the high A and K indices and the forecasts of poor propagation there was  lots of activity and exotic DX to work, much of which I’ve not heard or worked in many years. I found the low bands to be disappointing particularly 160m where I only managed about ten QSOs including VE7ZO Jim and KH6J. I worked KH6J on all bands 160 through through 10. Several JAs on 80m was satisfying.

I called it quits around 3:15 not finding any more multipliers with 500+ contacts in the log and 243,000+ points. Now to do the N1MM submission.”

Brian Summers VE7JKZ

Below are the 3830 Scores which show IslandHF results: Alan, Brian and Les Corris VA7RN.

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Dwayne VE7UF along with Gabor VE7JH, VE7AO, and VE7OO were trying for a VE7 record but band conditions did not support their effort. But as you can see below it was pretty darn good.

Dwayne writes in 3830 Scores:

I am glad veteran operators VA7AO and VA7OO could join VE7JH and myself, VE7UF for another try at breaking the Canadian BC province CQWW CW M2 record of 7.935K points and the zone 3 CQWW CW M2 record of 9.910K points.

Unfortunately the solar conditions were not good enough for a new record. We had fun trying and will try again next year.

Our thanks go to all that called us.

73, Duane VE7UF

Worked All Zones (WAZ)

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Glenn – a bit of gossip for your IHF Blog…   in the last month Zachariah VE7ZCZ, Roger VE7AP, and myself have all achieved “Worked all Zones” thanks to SU3YM in Egypt.  We had to hold our noses and pay a small fee for that last QSL, que sera sera.

73

Alan

VE7UBA

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This means that these three IslandHF Radio Amateurs logged contacts in 40 zones on the official CQ DX Zone Map of the World.

Congratulations, gentlemen. Glenn VA7HC