The lack of sunspots did very little to dampen the enthu-siasm of our CQ DX Marathon participants in 2016.Although the number of submitted logs was down from

last year, the majority of participants simply moved from thehigher bands to the lower bands and turned in some veryimpressive scores. The maximum possible score in 2016 was332 — only 8 points below the 2015 record maximum.Competition was intense in all categories except 12-metersingle-band. Overall, the single-band participation percent-age actually increased over 2015, with 40, 80, and 160 morethan picking up the loss of 10- and 12-meter participants.However, in spite of fewer logs and far fewer sunspots, noless than 26 all-time records were broken, 48 if we includethe new award categories added in 2015. Amazingly, newrecords were set for CW-only and Digital-only. The lack ofsunspots was clearly not a hindrance for these winners.

With the change in propagation, SSB contacts dropped by25%. CW contacts made up nearly half of all the 110,000QSOs submitted in 2016. Digital QSOs were up by 25%,although still fewer than CW or SSB. Last year, 10 and 12meters accounted for almost 30% of all QSOs, yet only 10%in 2016. Fifteen, 17, and 20 remained the most popular bandswhile 30 through 160 now account for 30% of all QSOs.Although the total number of submitted logs was down, morecountries and zones participated in 2016 than previous years.

And the Winners Are…The battle for the top spot in the DX Marathon was no lessintense in 2016 than in previous years. Bill, K2TQC, has beena top contender for many years, finishing 2nd, 3rd, and 5th inrecent years and holds the current all-time record high score

for Zone 5. 2016 was his year! Bill finished with a final scoreof 326, just one point ahead of EA1DR, PY5EG, and I4EATwho all finished with 325 points each. When multiple entrantshave the same score, the standings are determined by theearliest date of the last QSO in the log. Oscar, EA1DR, hasnever finished lower than 8th in the last six years and hasalso been heavily promoting the DX Marathon in Spain. Oms,PY5EG, was last year’s winner and is always a top com-petitor in the Marathon. I4EAT is a new DX Marathon par-ticipant and his first-time score is very impressive.

Another first-time entrant and the 2016 Limited Class win-ner was Alex, VE3NEA. Alex is best-known as the author ofpopular ham radio software such as the CW and RTTY skim-mer tools, DX Atlas, Gritty, and more. I am sure he used hisown tools to capture the number one spot. Alex’s score of291 was 5 points ahead of LU1FAM, who came in secondwith a score of 286.

In Formula Class, 100-watt option, the winner is Walter,PY4ZO, also with 286. Walter has participated in theMarathon for several years and won plaques in 2013 and2014 for top score in South America. Scott, N4RI, also a DXMarathon veteran, repeated his second place finish with ascore of 264.

Dan, WG5G, has once again finished in the top position inthe QRP category. This is Dan’s fifth consecutive win!

Results of the 2016 CQ DX MarathonBY JOHN SWEENEY, K9EL

Alex, VE3NEA, is probably best known to many of us as theauthor of the Skimmer software and other great ham radiosoftware <www.dxatlas.com>. Alex was originally licensedas UR5EMI/UB5EMI and has been active on CW/RTTYDXing since 1980. 2016 was Alex’s first entry in the DXMarathon — and he easily won the Limited Class category.

Alex is shown in his shack.

Bill, K2TQC, was first licensed in 1956 and has been a veryactive DXer, winning many awards and is ranked very highin the DXCC program. Bill lives in a rural area and all hisantennas (36!) are quads and Delta loops fixed in trees. Billis a very active participant in the DX Marathon and current-ly holds the all-time record high score for Zone 5 and is co-record holder for top U.S. score. Bill was the Unlimited Classwinner in 2016. Here he is in his shack with his 2012 DX

Marathon plaque for top score in North America.

*K9EL@comcast.net

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Reflecting the decrease in conditions, Dan’s 2016 score was20 points less than last year at 263, but all scores in the 5-watt category were down. Coming in second at 240 pointswas another long-time DX Marathon participant, Fulvio,IV3AOL.

Single-Mode WinnersAs mentioned earlier, the amount of CW activity hasincreased significantly in the DX Marathon and the battle forthe top CW score was very intense. We had a 50% increaseover 2015 in CW-only submissions. Lada, OK2PAY, onceagain took top honors, repeating his 2015 win. In addition,Lada set a new all-time CW record with his score of 321.Right behind Lada was Bob, W9KNI, at 320. Bob holds manyDX Marathon records and tied the previous CW high score of320. Bob is the plaque recipient for the top North America CW

BOLD = Plaque Winners* = Certificate WinnersCallsign is followed by Score

Unlimited ClassK2TQC.................................326EA1DR .................................325PY5EG .................................325I4EAT ...................................325R6YY....................................323

Limited ClassVE3NEA...............................291LU1FAM...............................286K9QVB/9 ..............................271N7RD ...................................262F4ESV..................................258

Formula Class - 100wPY4ZO .................................286N4RI.....................................264IN3FHE ................................252EA3KU .................................251TA1CM.................................240

Formula Class - 5wWG5G ..................................263IV3AOL ................................240W8QZA ................................219K4AR....................................213ON6QRP..............................199

CWOK2PAY ..............................321W9KNI..................................320W1NG ..................................316IZ0CBB ................................314W4QN ..................................309

PhonePA2LO .................................296PY5DK .................................263N3CDA.................................260VU2WJ.................................251PY1SX .................................239

DigitalIKØOZD ...............................306IK5FKF.................................260

PY2MC.................................240SP3BGD ..............................1995P1KZX................................177

AfricaEA8AXT...............................304CT3HF .................................239EA8KC .................................230ZS6C....................................2275A1AL ..................................122

AsiaA65CA .................................319JA2NDQ...............................318R9AB....................................297JA0DAI.................................2969K2NO .................................295

EuropeEA1DR.................................325I4EAT ...................................325R6YY....................................323OM3EY ................................322OK2PAY...............................321

North AmericaK2TQC .................................326VE3VEE ...............................322WN4N ..................................321W9KNI..................................320K3RA....................................319

OceaniaZL2IFB.................................316VK3GA .................................299YB1AR .................................295VK3SIM................................287VK3AWG..............................253

South AmericaPY5EG .................................325PY2XU .................................310PY4ZO .................................286LU1FAM...............................286PY2RJ..................................283

6 MetersIW2CAM* ...............................90

SV1NZX .................................83LU5FF ....................................51

10 MetersZY2B....................................105ZW5B .....................................89PY1PL....................................58PU5BOY ................................57PU4HUD ................................56

12 MetersWK3N ..................................186

15 MetersCO6HLP ..............................189PY2UD .................................174PY2KJ ..................................168PU8YPL ...............................146VU2MUD..............................123

17 MetersLY5M ...................................280LY2FN..................................274PP1CZ .................................201FS/K9NU................................92

20 MetersVE3VEE ...............................322K2RK....................................191CE3AA .................................172EA2BD .................................128G8JQW ..................................53

30 MetersI4TJE ...................................2769A2EU..................................251LY5W ...................................229

40 MetersKBØEO................................244K5TF ....................................233K9CJ ....................................214ZX2F ....................................150NR6Q ...................................149

80 MetersLY7M ...................................248N8MZ ...................................212

N3QE ...................................181N5KM ...................................178

160 MetersNO3M* .................................186N4IS .....................................185K7ZV ....................................148CX6VM.................................127N8PR ...................................110

Zones1................AL7KC ...............2163................W9KNI ...............3204................VE3VEE.............3225................K2TQC...............3266................XE2AU...............1828................CO6HLP ............1899................HK3W ................24311..............PY5EG...............32512..............CE3WW.............17713..............LU1FAM ............28614..............EA1DR...............32515..............I4EAT.................32516..............R6YY .................32317..............R9AB .................29720..............YO9HP ..............30021..............A65CA ...............31922..............VU2CPL.............28024..............BV1EK ...............16825..............JA2NDQ ............31826..............XV4Y ...................8227..............DU2UXH............12228..............YB1AR...............29529..............VK6DW* ............21030..............VK3GA...............29932..............ZL2IFB...............31633..............EA8AXT.............30434..............5A1AL................12238..............ZS6C .................22740..............TF3DC ...............220

Note: Top scorers in some zonesreceived Plaques or CountryCertificates.

TOP SCORES

Yuri, A65CA, is shown holding his 2015 plaque for the topscore in Asia and will soon have another plaque with his

repeat performance with his top Asia score in 2016.

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score. W1NG was not far behind with his 3rd place score of316. Gert, PA2LO, easily won the Phone title with a score of296. Gert was also the Phone winner in 2014. Second placewent to PY5DK with a score of 263. Tony, IKØOZD, has wonmany plaques in prior DX Marathons and in 2016 he turnedhis attention to the Digital-only category. Not only did he winthe category with his score of 306, he beat the previous highscore held by N5ZM by 24 points! Piero, IK5FKF, also a pre-vious Digital plaque winner, was second at 260 points.

Single-Band and Continental CompetitionsPlaques are also awarded for the top score on each of the 10-through 80-meter bands, plus the top score on each continent.In the single-band competitions starting with 10 meters, all 17entries were from Brazil, with ZY2B at the top with a score of105. WK3N once again took top honors on 12 meters with ascore of 186. On 15 meters, CO6HLP came out on top with ascore of 189 and is our first plaque winner from Cuba. LY5Mis the winner on 17 meters at 280 and VE3VEE once againwas the king of 20 meters with an impressive score of 322.I4TJE was the top scorer on 30 with a score of 276. On 40meters, KBØEO scored 244 to take first place. LY7M took tophonors on 80 meters with a very impressive score of 248. The160-meter scores were excellent as well, with NO3M beatinglast year’s winner, N4IS, by one point with his score of 186.Congratulations to all the band plaque winners.

Many of the continental battles were also very close, withA65CA repeating his top Asia position with a score of 319from the United Arab Emirates, just one point ahead of sec-ond place finisher JA2NDQ. The Europe plaque goes toOscar, EA1DR, with his 325; only 4 points separated the topfive positions in Europe. EA8AXT moved up to the number

one in Africa with his score of 304, breaking the old Africanrecord by 15 points. In Oceania, ZL2IFB won with a score of316 — his 3rd top title in a row. Oms, PY5EG, one of the topoverall winners in the Marathon over the past few years, tookhome top South America honors with a score of 325. NoNorth America plaque was awarded as Bill, K2TQC, alreadytook overall honors as with the highest worldwide score.

Well over 100 DX Marathon certificates are awarded eachyear in various categories, including the top Continentalscore for each of the three modes, top scores in each coun-try, CQ zone, Canadian call district, and U.S. call area foreach of the four DX Marathon classes. Many new recordswere set this year, including 18 new country records, fourzone records, nine continental records, four Canadian calldistrict records, and nine U.S. call district records. Check outthe record high scores page on the DX Marathon website.For 2017, pick a category, work hard and you may be ableto get in the record book as well.

Once again Brazil took the top three spots in the club com-petition, but for the first time in many years, the AraucariaDX Group fell to third place, with the CDR Group taking thetop position with a score of 9,615. The top U.S. club was theNorthern Illinois DX Association, sponsor of the top three DXMarathon plaques. Don’t forget to include your club name onyour 2017 DX Marathon submission.

Helpful HintsEach year the DX Marathon website <http://dxmarathon.com>publishes a large amount of information to help participantsminimize errors in their submissions. The Helpful Hints pagecan be accessed from the DX Marathon home page. In 2016,we published almost 2,500 callsign exceptions and notes to

Dan, KB0EO, is shown with his 2015 plaque for having thehighest overall score on 10 meters and he will soon be theproud owner of a new plaque for his highest overall score

on 40 meters.

PhoneAsia...........VU2WJ* .............251Europe ......PA2LO ...............296NA.............N3CDA* .............260SA .............PY5DK* .............263

CWAsia...........VU2MUD* ..........123Europe ......OK2PAY ............321NA.............W9KNI ...............320Oceania ....YB1UUN*...........144SA .............PY4HO* .............263

DigitalAsia...........VU2ABS* ...........172Europe ......IKØOZD.............306NA.............K8ZT..................106Oceania ....FK1TS ...............151SA .............PY2MC*.............240

USA UnlimitedW1 ............W1NG* ..............316W2 ............K2TQC...............326W3 ............K3RA*................319W4 ............WN4N*...............321W5 ............W5IF*.................307W6 ............N6WS*...............303W7 ............W9KNI ...............320W8 ............N8DE*................308W9 ............N2BJ* ................315WØ............K6XT* ................297

USA LimitedW4 ............K4IE* .................215

W7 ............N7RD* ...............262W8 ............WT8E* ...............208W9 ............K9QVB/9* ..........271WØ............AD1C*................225

USA Formula 100WW1 ............N1AM* ...............202W2 ............K2DBK* .............166W3 ............K2RK*................191W4 ............N4RI* .................264W5 ............AC7P*................224W6 ............K6LE* ................180W9 ............K9OR* ...............197WØ............KFØIQ* ..............137

USA Formula 5WW4 ............K4AR*................213W5 ............WG5G................263W6 ............W8QZA* ............219W8 ............K8ZT* ................106WØ............KIØG* ................108

CanadaVE1 ...........VE1DT*..............263VE2 ...........VE2BR* .............301VE3 ...........VE3VEE.............322VE4 ...........VE4HAZ* ...........116VE6 ...........VE5UA* .............303VE7 ...........VA7CRZ* ...........227VE9 ...........VE9CB* .............299

* Certificate Winners

TOP SCORES: CONTINENTAL MODE, USA & CANADA CALL DISTRICTS

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Lada,OK2PAY, won the CW plaque in 2015 and not only didhe repeat that performance in 2016 with his Top CW score,

he also set a new all-time record high CW score of 321.

Scotty,WK3N, is shown with his 2015 plaque for top 12-meterscore and will soon be joined by the 2016 plaque as he

repeated his win on 12 meters.

CLUB SCORES

Club ScoreCDR GROUP .............................................................................................9615RIO DX GROUP.........................................................................................6746Araucaria DX Group...................................................................................6063Northern Illinois DX Association.................................................................5223Carolina DX Association ............................................................................2857Mother Lode DX/Contest Club ...................................................................1757Yankee Clipper Contest Club.....................................................................1387VU CONTEST GROUP..............................................................................1294Society of Midwest Contesters...................................................................1162Willamette Valley DX Club ...........................................................................975Lone Star DX Association ............................................................................929Potomac Valley Radio Club .........................................................................881Maritime Contest Club..................................................................................816Metro DX Cluib.............................................................................................770Vytautas Magnus University Radio Club......................................................751Bahia DX Group...........................................................................................746ARI ...............................................................................................................745YB Land DX Club.........................................................................................736Bavarian Contest Club .................................................................................724Italian Contest Club......................................................................................677Chilean Pacific DX Group ............................................................................663Southern California Contest Club.................................................................623CABREUVADX ............................................................................................587Mad River Radio Club..................................................................................576NERG...........................................................................................................540ARRL............................................................................................................539GPDX PORTUGUESE DX CLUB ................................................................537Florida Contest Group..................................................................................477Panhandle DX and Contest Club .................................................................455EA Contest Club...........................................................................................386Rhein Ruhr DX Association..........................................................................373URE..............................................................................................................349ARAI.............................................................................................................340LU Contest Group ........................................................................................337EACC ...........................................................................................................325DARC...........................................................................................................323OM3KEG......................................................................................................322CWops .........................................................................................................321RCWC..........................................................................................................319Chiltern DX Club ..........................................................................................316Danish DX Group.........................................................................................313Lighthouse Amateur Radio Alliance.............................................................309Salt City DX Association ..............................................................................308Clipperton DX Club ......................................................................................304Contest Club Ontario....................................................................................303Southern California DX Club........................................................................303Sveriges Sandareamatorer (SSA)................................................................303PX PY Clube de Caxias do Sul ....................................................................301Arizona Outlaws Contest Club .....................................................................297

JAØ-DX-GANG ............................................................................................296SEMDXA......................................................................................................295North Coast Contesters................................................................................292CADXA.........................................................................................................290Spokane DX Association..............................................................................290Labre-SP......................................................................................................283Grupo DXXE ................................................................................................280DDXG...........................................................................................................273LARU............................................................................................................273USA..............................................................................................................272MUTUM DX GROUP....................................................................................269Texas DX Society.........................................................................................269Regionalis Radios Sportklub Puspokladany ................................................263Croatian Contest Club..................................................................................251Minnesota Wireless Association ..................................................................244Central California DX Club, Inc ....................................................................240Cape Fear Am Radio Soc ............................................................................238SP DX Club..................................................................................................238VKCC ...........................................................................................................235Northern California Contest Club .................................................................233Southeastern DX Club .................................................................................233West Rand ARC...........................................................................................227Mile High DX Association.............................................................................225Waterland.....................................................................................................217East Tennessee DX Association (ETDXA) ..................................................213MRCC ..........................................................................................................209Sunday Creek Amateur Radio Federation ...................................................208Oklahoma DX Association ...........................................................................207Nixa Amateur Radio Club.............................................................................202LIR................................................................................................................199Haraoa .........................................................................................................193DUPAGE ARC .............................................................................................190FRC..............................................................................................................189QARS...........................................................................................................186Allegheny Valley Radio Association.............................................................183Southwest LA amateur Repeater Club.........................................................183Utah DX Association ....................................................................................173Radio Club de Chile .....................................................................................172Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union (LARU)................................................169Radio Club Venezolano ...............................................................................167RRDXA.........................................................................................................160Team Papa...................................................................................................149TRAC TRABZON .........................................................................................147EA QRP........................................................................................................129Baguio Amateur Radio Club and DXer’s Association ..................................122RK Electron..................................................................................................121ACG .............................................................................................................102Rochester (NY) Amateur Radio Assocation...................................................99Ham Society of the Philipines ........................................................................90Alabama Contest Group.................................................................................88Northeast Wisconsin DX Association.............................................................53

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help every participant reduce the number of errors in theirsubmissions. We also recommend that you regularly updateyour logging program callsign database. Unusual callsignprefixes seem to multiply every year, so updating your pro-gram’s database is critical to properly determine the DX loca-tion and/or zone.

Fortunately, many participants are updating their databasesregularly as a record number of submissions were error-free in2016 with 24% of all submissions containing no errors — a bigimprovement over last year’s 16% rate. Total error rate was1.9%, also a tremendous improvement over 2016. The data-base that is used for scoring includes start and end dates forall major expeditions, so please make sure that dates and timesare properly logged along with the callsign, country, and zonefor each QSO.

The two highest error categories in 2016 were Busted Callsand Wrong Zone. Unfortunately, the number of bad and incor-rect DX spots seems to be on the increase. When logging aQSO from a DX spot, listen carefully to the DX station to makesure the callsign is logged correctly. Busted calls accounted for25% of all subtractions. Wrong Zone was also responsible for25% of all score reductions. It is very important that all non-U.S. hams understand that U.S. callsign numbers are no longerrequired to match their QTH. A W6 could be in New York, or aKL7 could be in Puerto Rico. With many special callsigns inRussia in 2016, there were also many Zone 16, 17, 18, and 19errors. Zone 2 continues to be a problem as well. Very few VE2stations are actually located in Zone 2. The DX Marathon web-site does list the most active Zone 2 stations.

Invalid callsigns was the next largest category. These maybe busted calls that were so bad that we could not determine

the real callsign or simple logging errors. Once again therewere many mix-ups between “Ø” (Zero) and “O” (Oh). Thecomputer is not forgiving, so check your log carefully. Wrongcountry continues to be the fourth major cause of score reduc-tions, although the wrong country error rate did drop by 50%from 2016. Pirates were a much bigger problem in 2016 andtheir activity is always frustrating. We do publish all pirateactivity that we are aware of on the website. As mentionedearlier, the computer software does check start and end datesfor most DXpeditions and a significant number of WrongDate/Time errors occurred this year. Not-in-Log subtractionswere minimal, thanks in part to the many stations that nowpost their logs online.

As part of this issue you will find a complete listing of all scoresplus a listing of the Top Scores in all available categories. TheDX Marathon website will include additional information anddetails on the 2016 results plus photos of plaque winners asthey become available. For any questions or comments aboutthe DX Marathon, please contact the author. Thank you for yourparticipation in 2016 and best of luck in 2017!

Callsign is followed by score* = Certificate Winners

Alaska...........................................AL7KC* .....................................216Antarctica .....................................DP1POL* ..................................134Argentina ......................................LU1FAM* ..................................286Australia .......................................VK3GA* ....................................299Bahrain .........................................A92GE*.....................................294Balearic Islands ............................EA6DB*.....................................131Belarus .........................................EV1R* .......................................300Belgium ........................................ON6QRP* .................................199Brazil ............................................PY5EG......................................325Canada.........................................VE3VEE....................................322Canary Islands .............................EA8AXT....................................304Chile .............................................CE3WW*...................................177China ............................................BA4TB* .....................................147Colombia ......................................HK3W*......................................243Crete.............................................SV9COL* ..................................252Croatia ..........................................9A2EU* .....................................251Cuba.............................................CO6HLP ...................................189Curacao........................................PJ2/W9VA* .................................81Czech Republic ............................OK2PAY ...................................321Denmark.......................................OZ7YY*.....................................313Easter Island ................................CBØY* ........................................73England ........................................G4AYU* ....................................152Fernando de Noronha ..................PYØF/PP1CZ* ..........................119Finland..........................................OH5RF* ....................................185France ..........................................F5CQ*.......................................304Germany.......................................DL5AN*.....................................315Greece..........................................SV1CNS*..................................226Guernsey......................................GUØSUP*.................................175Hungary........................................HAØHW*...................................263Iceland..........................................TF3DC*.....................................220India..............................................VU2CPL* ..................................280Indonesia......................................YB1AR*.....................................295Iraq ...............................................YI3WHR* ..................................155Ireland ..........................................EI7CC*......................................239Italy ...............................................I4EAT* ......................................325

Japan............................................JA2NDQ* ..................................318Kuwait...........................................9K2NO*.....................................295Libya.............................................5A1AL*......................................122Lithuania.......................................LY7Z*........................................294Luxembourg .................................LX1CW*....................................295Madeira Island..............................CT3HF*.....................................239Mexico ..........................................XE2AU*.....................................182Netherlands ..................................PA2LO ......................................296New Caledonia .............................FK1TS* .....................................151New Zealand ................................ZL2IFB......................................316Northern Ireland ...........................GI4SJQ*....................................268Paraguay ......................................ZP5BVK*...................................194Philippines ....................................DU2UXH*..................................122Poland ..........................................SQ8N*.......................................305Portugal ........................................CT1IUA*....................................320Qatar ............................................A75GT* .....................................186Romania .......................................YO9HP* ....................................300Russia (Asia) ................................R9AB* .......................................297Russia (Europe) ...........................R6YY* .......................................323Saint Martin ..................................FS/W9ILY* ................................106Saudi Arabia.................................7Z1SJ* ......................................266Serbia ...........................................YU1WAT* .................................121Slovak Republic............................OM3EY*....................................322South Africa..................................ZS6C* .......................................227Spain ............................................EA1DR......................................325Sweden ........................................SM0MPV* .................................303Taiwan..........................................BV1EK*.....................................168Turkey (Asia) ................................TA3MHA*..................................217Turkey (Europe) ...........................TA1CM* ....................................240United Arab Emirates ...................A65CA ......................................319Uruguay........................................CX6VM*....................................127USA ..............................................K2TQC......................................326Venezuela ....................................YV1KK*.....................................240Vietnam ........................................XV4Y* .........................................82Wales ...........................................GW4EVX* .................................110

Note: Top scorers in some countries received plaques.

COUNTRY WINNERS

The two highest error categories in 2016 wereBusted Calls and Wrong Zone... Busted callsaccounted for 25% of all subtractions. WrongZone was also responsible for 25% of all scorereductions. It is very important that all non-U.S.hams understand that U.S. callsign numbers areno longer required to match their QTH.

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UNLIMITED CLASSCallsign Countries Zones ScoreK2TQC 287 39 326EA1DR 285 40 325PY5EG 285 40 325I4EAT 285 40 325R6YY 283 40 323OM3EY 283 39 322VE3VEE 282 40 322OK2PAY 281 40 321WN4N 283 38 321CT1IUA 280 40 320W9KNI 280 40 320OK2SG 280 39 319K3RA 280 39 319OM5XX 279 40 319K5EK 279 40 319A65CA 279 40 319JA2NDQ 281 37 318W1NG 276 40 316K7BV 276 40 316ZL2IFB 276 40 316N2BJ 275 40 315DL5AN 275 40 315IZØCBB 275 39 314OZ7YY 275 38 313NI3P 273 40 313DL1NKS 274 38 312W9ILY 272 40 312K9NU 273 39 312PY2XU 270 40 310IK2YCW 271 39 310W4QN 269 40 309K9NB 269 40 309N8DE 268 40 308K2ZJ 269 39 308K9QVB 269 38 307W5IF 267 40 307IKØOZD 266 40 306K3WA 266 40 306SQ8N 266 39 305W1JR 267 37 304F5CQ 265 39 304EA8AXT 264 40 304SMØMPV 263 40 303N6WS 264 39 303VE5UA 264 39 303K9KK 263 40 303VE3CRG 263 40 303OK2FD 262 40 302VE2BR 262 39 301CT4NH 263 38 301DJ9ZB 262 39 301EV1R 262 38 300YO9HP 260 40 300VE9CB 261 38 299VK3GA 260 39 299K6XT 260 37 297WO7R 257 40 297R9AB 258 39 297PA2LO 256 40 296JAØDAI 257 39 296LX1CW 256 39 295NU8Z 255 40 2959K2NO 256 39 295YB1AR 261 34 295W3GQ 255 39 294LY7Z 254 40 294A92GE 257 37 294K5BG 253 40 293WØRIC 250 40 290NV9L 248 40 288EA5YI 249 39 288VK3SIM 251 36 287SM5GLC 248 38 286W4HG 245 40 285PY2RJ 245 38 283W9OA/9 242 40 282WS7L 242 40 282K2UF 241 39 280

K5DC 240 40 280VU2CPL 244 36 280W8AV 240 40 280LY5M 241 39 280PY2COY 240 38 278K6YK 237 40 277I4TJE 236 40 276A93JA 235 40 275LY2FN 236 38 274K1ESE 233 40 273OZ8BZ 235 38 273WC3W 233 39 272W4DAO 234 37 271N6RW 233 38 271PAØINA 231 39 270PT2AP 237 32 269K5WAF 229 40 269WD9DZV 232 37 269K8AJS 228 40 268GI4SJQ 229 39 268K7ACZ 228 39 267LY9Y 229 37 2667Z1SJ 227 39 266LX1ER 229 36 265PY4HO 224 39 263VE1DT 223 40 263HAØHW 224 39 263PY5DK 226 37 263K9ARZ 232 31 263WX6V 223 39 262WE9V 223 38 261IK5FKF 221 39 260N3CDA 221 39 260KA6BIM 221 38 259PY5VC 220 39 259N4KW 218 40 258GI4DOH 215 40 255VE1OP 215 39 254VE3ZZ 216 37 253VK3AWG 214 39 253SV9COL 214 38 252PY9MM 212 39 251PY2AE 213 38 2519A2EU 213 38 251WA2VQW 212 39 251VU2WJ 215 36 251W1EBI 211 40 251W7WM 212 38 250W6XK 211 39 250PY2KP 211 37 248LY7M 210 38 248W1PR 209 38 247KA4RRU 207 39 246N7US 208 38 246N9LAH 206 38 244KBØEO 205 39 244W1NK 205 38 243PS2T 204 38 242PY2CX 204 38 242PY2MC 201 39 240WA5VGI 200 40 240YV1KK 201 39 240DL5XL 203 36 239CT3HF 201 38 239EI7CC 202 37 239PP5NY 201 38 239N4ANV 203 35 238N5ZC 201 37 238PT7ZT 200 36 236K6SCA 198 38 236VK3GK 198 37 235PY2VM 197 38 235K5TF 196 37 233NA6O 196 37 233NØFCD 197 36 233PY2LSM 194 38 232PU2WSQ 197 35 232PY5XH 196 35 231GI4VHO 198 33 231LY5W 190 39 229

VA7CRZ 190 37 227ZS6C 193 34 227OK1BLU 188 37 225WB2NVR 188 35 223PU1KDX 188 34 2227Z1JA 182 38 220TF3DC 184 36 220K8YC 185 35 220PY2FUL 186 34 220JN3SAC 182 37 219W4CU 182 37 219N9JV 183 35 218W5ZO 182 35 217TA3MHA 180 37 217AL7KC 177 39 216W6OU 177 37 214K9CJ 174 40 214W9ZCL 178 35 213WA4JQS 175 38 213N8MZ 177 35 212VK6DW 174 36 210AJ8B 176 33 209EA3XP 175 34 209CT2GMH 176 32 208AF5CC 172 35 207W9OA 170 37 207PY2XV 173 34 207HZ1TL 173 34 207PY6TS 174 33 207VU2PTT 169 36 205KR6N 167 36 203WAØJZK 170 32 202PP1CZ 168 33 2019K2OD 167 34 201W9MU 164 36 200NIØC 161 39 200PW2D 160 39 199W3OA 162 37 199PU2RTO 157 37 194ZP5BVK 162 32 194WT2P 159 34 193VK2IR 160 33 193EA1IQM 158 33 191PU2UAF 157 33 190PT4T 154 36 190W9MK 155 35 190W9XS 161 29 190KZ2I/4 150 39 189NV4A 156 33 189VK4ACN 153 36 189JR3RIU 150 38 188K1SND 153 35 188WA9PIE 154 33 187HZ1DG 150 36 186WK3N 157 29 186A75GT 154 32 186NO3M 153 33 186OH5RF 156 29 185PY2ZEA 150 35 185N4IS 151 34 185PY1ZV 150 33 183WA5KBH 155 28 183KL7KK 147 35 182VK4CC 147 35 182N3QE 151 30 181K6UM 147 34 181IK2HTY 147 34 181PY2ZZ 152 27 179NØRB 144 34 178WO7V 144 34 178N5KM 143 35 178CE3WW 140 37 177CE7KF 147 28 175PY2UD 142 32 174PY2ALC 138 35 173K7UT 138 35 173PY5EW 133 39 172PY1NX 135 35 170PX2B 150 19 169LX1EA 137 32 169

PY2KJ 137 31 168BV1EK 133 35 168VU2LBW 133 35 168PX2A 134 32 166PY2XC 135 31 166PP5JN 133 32 165PY2BEK 137 26 163K7VIT 128 35 163PY2GZ 130 33 163K6KNS 129 34 163PY2KG 134 29 163KF7PBM 127 33 160PP5BZ 128 32 160PR7AP 126 33 159SM5DJZ 130 29 159PY2CAT 122 37 159W6DCC 125 33 158VU2AE 122 36 158EB3WH 127 29 156W1RH 121 34 155W9JJB 129 25 154PP5KR 121 32 153K6LRN 117 34 151PY1CW 117 34 151ZX2F 116 34 150TC3P 117 32 149PY2HU 121 28 149NR6Q 117 32 149K7ZV 118 30 148YM7KA 117 30 147PY2MP 120 27 147BA4TB 115 32 147PY1FI 115 32 147ZY2A 112 32 144PY2ABN 107 36 143PY2LED 115 28 143PU2TRX 111 28 139VK2RT 105 33 138N9EP 108 30 138YB2TX 108 30 138N6VH 108 29 137WB1ASL 109 28 137PS5A 105 30 135K4WES 105 30 135DF5BX 109 26 135PU9ATH 103 31 134DP1POL 101 33 134NY9H 104 28 132PU2MJJ 96 34 130KI7DG 100 30 130K6DN 105 25 130CX6VM 97 30 127PY4XX 94 33 127PY5BK 99 27 126TA4MA 103 22 125PP5AM 96 28 124PU2TLW 93 31 124VU2MUD 92 31 123PY2SHF 93 30 123NN6DX 93 30 123PY2LCD 90 28 118PY2VZ 89 28 117WA9MAG 86 31 117PY2TUA 86 30 116NJ6G 87 26 113AA4SC 89 24 113PY9MT 81 29 110PS8RV 88 22 110GW4EVX 88 22 110N8PR 84 26 110PY2XZ 83 27 110PY2WND 82 26 108N4DLT 82 25 107FS/W9ILY 78 28 106ZY2B 81 24 105PY2BN 76 29 105K9MM 73 30 103K4IQJ 75 27 102PU5SSR 77 23 100PU2WDX 77 23 100

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PY1WS 77 22 99PY1KR 71 27 98XE1EE 74 24 98PY2TTE 72 25 97PY2ZA 74 23 97AF7VT 69 27 96TA7EB 81 15 96PY1MT 70 26 96PY1FR 66 29 95TA7JE 74 20 94PU2OAL 72 22 94ZX5B 70 23 93PW8PM 69 24 93K9CQ 74 19 93FS/K9NU 73 19 92PP5XA 69 23 92IW2CAM 74 16 90W7SLS 64 26 90ZW5B 68 21 89K5TXT 68 20 88PY2DNR 64 24 88PU5SVE 58 27 85PY2XDX 62 22 84W9VA 61 22 83K6DSW 58 24 82PJ2/W9VA 60 21 81PU5DTH 62 16 78PY2VOA 57 21 78PY1KB 57 21 78ZV2K 59 18 77PX0F 60 16 76W9IXX 52 24 76PY1FOX 55 21 76CBØY 47 26 73LX3X 60 11 71PU1MIL 50 20 70PW8AR 52 17 69PU2NZZ 47 21 68PU2UMZ 48 20 68PY3TX 42 25 67PY2TMV 48 18 66PY4KP 47 18 65PY1SGT 49 16 65ZW2F 45 19 64PU2NJO 41 22 63PY2BI 46 16 62PY1NZ 45 15 60PR2DX 41 19 60PU8PSF 44 15 59PY2RT 37 22 59PU4GOD 43 16 59PY1PL 44 14 58PY2ADA 40 18 58K8JTD 38 19 57PY2JOS 39 18 57PU5BOY 39 18 57PR1T 52 4 56ZZ462SP 36 19 55PY2ESG 37 17 54FS/K9EL 38 14 52LU5FF 36 15 51PY2RED 33 18 51PW1A 35 16 51PY1CDR 29 21 50PY5PWR 32 18 50ZV2MU 38 10 48PU9VCC 34 14 48PT9BM 34 12 46PY2CTA 30 16 46ZY83BJO 28 16 44PY5DS 28 16 44PY2YV 23 14 37PY2QX 21 15 36PP2CC 21 15 36PU2TYA 22 13 35ZV9TL 19 15 34PY22ADA 25 9 34PU2MMP 17 13 30PU1KVA 16 12 28PY2ZJ 17 10 27PY2IML 17 10 27PY2EQ 21 6 27

PY2AKG 14 12 26PY2CDR 13 10 23PY1KS 15 7 22PU2LRZ 12 8 20PU2NJN 12 8 20PQ2HX 9 7 16PU2VOR 7 7 14PY2KS 5 5 10PU2TNT 5 5 10PY2JCM 5 5 10PU2VJI 5 4 9PY3ASQ 5 4 9PY1EJ 5 4 9PX2D 4 4 8PU2PCI 4 3 7PU1ATP 3 2 5PU22NJN 1 1 2

LIMITED CLASS - 100W OPTIONCallsign Countries Zones ScoreVE3NEA 251 40 291LU1FAM 249 37 286K9QVB/9 231 40 271N7RD 224 38 262F4ESV 225 33 258W9RF 218 37 255IK2ULV 211 36 247HK3W 208 35 243PY1SX 200 39 239PU2WDF 199 36 235EA8KC 196 34 230AD1C 189 36 225EA2HW 183 35 218PAØMIR 181 36 217K4IE 176 39 215TA4AKS 180 34 214HA0IV 179 34 213WT8E 175 33 208YV5OIE 170 35 205TA2NC 162 37 199VU3NXI 161 33 194IK2RPE 153 38 191CO6HLP 154 35 189XE2AU 151 31 182TA2DX 155 24 179PY2SPW 145 32 177GUØSUP 142 33 175VU2ABS 136 36 172VU2IBI 144 25 169CE3OP 132 36 168YV5EN 135 32 167LX1CC 139 27 166OP4A 125 35 160YE4IJ 131 28 159TA4PR 123 31 154G4AYU 124 28 152ON2AD 120 31 151HAØIR 120 29 149PY4LH 119 29 148ZP6ARO 114 32 146CA3CBM 109 29 138TA3LSD 108 29 137TA4OSK 113 21 134EA6DB 107 24 131EA3KX 103 26 129EA2BD 100 28 128PY1MK 99 28 127F4ELJ 98 27 1255A1AL 98 24 122PYØF/PP1CZ 93 26 119TA4CS 95 21 116PP5AMP 84 27 111PY3MU 78 24 102PY2RN 72 29 101PY4VG 73 25 98PY4TJ 73 22 95PU1TMU 69 24 93PY2EDY 68 24 92KE4QCM 64 21 85SV1NZX 69 14 83XV4Y 61 21 82PY1TJ 52 20 72

PY1YU 47 20 67PY5IP 33 14 47PY1TTN 9 9 18PU1VKG 1 1 2

FORMULA CLASS - 100W OPTIONCallsign Countries Zones ScorePY4ZO 246 40 286N4RI 226 38 264IN3FHE 218 34 252EA3KU 213 38 251TA1CM 204 36 240SQ9S 201 37 238JA1IRH 193 38 231SV1CNS 190 36 226AC7P 189 35 224PP2RON 187 37 224TF3JB 167 38 205HA7LJ 169 35 204N1AM 167 35 202PY3IT 164 35 199SP3BGD 161 38 199IZ2BHQ 165 33 198EA5IJG 168 30 198K9OR 160 37 197W3ZL 161 33 194PR8MET 161 33 194AB9YC 161 32 193YO4AAC 163 29 192PY2XIZ 155 37 192K2RK 156 35 191TA3AER 157 33 190PY2GTO 153 35 188KW9U 155 32 187KB3LIX 152 31 183K6LE 145 35 180EI3CTB 144 33 1775P1KZX 145 32 177CO2AJ 145 30 175VU2DED 141 32 173CE3AA 135 37 172PU2KNM 137 31 168PY2MSR 135 31 166K2DBK 138 28 166TC101SO 127 34 161TA4SO 129 32 161PY3FJ 125 36 161W4KVS 131 26 157YI3WHR 123 32 155K3IRV 122 30 152CT7AIX 123 29 152PY2DPM 116 35 151FK1TS 117 34 151VU3DMP 120 31 151PU8YPL 118 28 146YB1UUN 114 30 144PY1AX 116 25 141KFØIQ 109 28 137SP3AU 107 30 137PU2LEW 108 27 135PY1JR 103 32 135PT9DX 102 28 130YB9WZJ 98 31 129AK1P 101 28 129PY5II 103 26 129PY1TV 99 25 124PY1TS 92 32 124PG1R 101 22 123DU2UXH 93 29 122YU1WAT 97 24 121TA4A 94 27 121VE4HAZ 89 27 116W4WNT 94 22 116TA2ACW 96 19 115PY2WRO 77 32 109PY6JB 83 26 109YV6BXN 90 18 108TC4A 85 22 107EA1IPH 87 17 104N5ZY 77 25 102CE4KCA 75 25 100NV2K 79 20 99

PX1M 75 23 98PY1BAB 70 28 98PY6MV 69 29 98PY3BEG 74 23 97PY1UA 74 22 96VE9UN 72 23 95PY6AZ 71 24 95PU6WJG 70 23 93PY2BTF 71 22 93K7ZYV 70 20 904F3BZ 63 27 90PY6UL 60 26 86PY1WDS 65 20 85PY1CML 60 23 83PU2UJG 56 22 78PU2NAX 57 21 78TA3EP 64 12 76PS2F 55 20 75CT7ANO 48 20 68PP7DX 45 20 65TA2BS 54 10 64CT1CQK 46 14 60PY6UN 44 14 58PU4HUD 36 20 56KA9JAC 37 16 53W2VU 34 15 49TA3ATE 33 16 49PU5RHT 28 17 45ZL/F1TUJ 32 12 44ZW1M 22 14 36LX2CS 31 5 36KD4LEM 23 10 33PY1MX 22 10 32ZY33FDN 16 12 28PY1MM 12 13 25PY1TR 12 9 21IZ3NVR 17 3 20PQ4Q 8 5 13PU2RSD 2 2 4

FORMULA CLASS - 5W OPTIONCallsign Countries Zones ScoreWG5G 225 38 263IV3AOL 206 34 240W8QZA 183 36 219K4AR 179 34 213ON6QRP 163 36 199NY4G 165 33 198DF5WW 154 34 188IN3UFW 109 24 133IK4UXA 93 22 115EB3EPR 90 24 114KIØG 85 23 108K8ZT 79 27 106GU4YBW 82 20 102YB2ERL 71 27 98W4ER 65 23 88G8JQW 44 9 53PY1CMT 36 14 50W6OGC 34 11 45K5ATG 17 11 28PY4WJ 5 5 10PU5YSV 2 2 4

LATE and CHECK LOGSCallsign Countries Zones ScoreK9EL 274 40 314PY4OY 236 40 276HAØØØØ1 193 40 233ZL1BBW 146 33 179HC5VF 103 29 132VK6HG 104 26 130AE7U 92 29 121AC2IK 77 21 98

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