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:
You will read:
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 |