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Contesting Is Growing—The Numbers Prove It
What WPX SSB 2025 tells us about contesting’s quiet army—and the surprising power of visibility
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K Thomas W1DED
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CQ WPX CW 2025: A Multi-Two View of the World
For 48 hours this past May weekend, hundreds of amateur radio operators entered the Multi-Two High Power category in the CQ WPX CW contest.
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K Thomas W1DED
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How to Break (and Run) a Pileup
What two WRTC-level ham radio contesters want everyone to know about getting through faster
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K Thomas W1DED
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Calm, Competitive, and in Control: Inside the Mind of K1RX
Ham radio veteran Mark Pride K1RX reveals how great operators think before they transmit.
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K Thomas W1DED
Amp On, Game On: VP5E at CQ WPX SSB 2025
W1DED goes for broke in the Single Operator High Power All Band category
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K Thomas W1DED
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The Award Program That’s Changing Ham Radio Forever
Born from WRTC Italy, the World Wide Award is energizing the bands and reimagining how hams connect.
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K Thomas W1DED
Manu LU9ESD’s CQ WPX SSB Improvised Assault from HC8M Galápagos
"One of the most meaningful operations of my life”—a radio adventure built on bamboo, wire, and willpower
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K Thomas W1DED
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D4DX: Braco E77DX vs. the WPX World Record
Etching his name into the CQ WPX history books—despite high winds, fried cables, and fake spots.
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K Thomas W1DED
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ND7K Goes Big for CQ WPX SSB 2025
Dan Craig N6MJ Leads an A-Team in a High-Stakes U.S. M/M Showdown
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K Thomas W1DED
World-Class Ham Radio Contesting from the Pacific Northwest
The Mitch Mason K7RL Story
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K Thomas W1DED
The Vertical Antenna DXpedition Specialist
Kenny Silverman K2KW
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K Thomas W1DED
Amateur Radio Contest King
Kevin Stockton N5DX and the Power of the N2QV Catskills Station
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K Thomas W1DED
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