Part of the race is also exceeding certain goals, such as records. Just like athletes compete, also radio amateurs in contests – amateur radio races – achieve performance. It's often easy. Try to imagine, that during 48 hours you would be at work. It's a duel with sleep, duel with concentration and perseverance. But these are also contests.
It's a bonus, if they manage to break and set a new record. OM0A is in the records of these world CQ contests:
CQ World Wide DX Contest SSB
Single Operator Assisted – High
Category | Brand | Year | Score |
High 160M | MW9W | 2008 | 34,488 |
Multi-Operator
Category | Brand | Year | Score |
OM0A | 2020 | 308,981 |
Single Operator – Low Power
Category | Brand | Year | Score |
OM0A | 2012 | 62,153 |
Single Operator Assisted – Low
Category | Brand | Year | Score |
OM0A | 2014 | 34,839 |
CQ World Wide WPX Contest SSB
Single Operator – Low Power
OM0A | 2014 | 294,000 | 350 |
Single Operator - QRP
OM0A | 2021 | 55,080 | 153 |
CQ World Wide RTTY DX Contest
Multi-Operator
OM0A | 2014 | 789,942 | 926 | 51 | 90 | 270 |
Single Operator Assisted – High
OM0A (OM0AAO) | 2012 | 30,340 | 168 | 13 | 22 | 47 |