Zone 38 Winners in CQ World Wide DX Contests ============================================ Last updated: 2005-12-18 This list includes all Top Six or Top Ten finishers and all trophy winners in the CQ World Wide DX Contest. CQ publishes a Top Six in all categories, except in SOAB. In this category, because of the high participation levels, a Top Ten is published. Up to 1953, scores were simply listed by country, and no world winners were announced. Up to 1959, and in the 1965 CW results, single band listings only showed the top stations, or sometimes the continental leaders, on each band. The stations shown were listed in either of these capacities. Please let me know if there are errors or omissions; it is not impossible, as these results were manually extracted from copies of CQ Magazine. Unfortunately, most of the RTTY results and some of the CW and SSB results from 1997 to 2000 are not available. Comments ======== Participation in the Contest has skyrocketed since the early days. Accordingly, it has become harder and harder to make it into the Top Six. These days, the Top Six and Top Ten listings are dominated by DXpeditions, arranged especially for the contest to locations chosen only for their scoring potential. On the other hand, the number of trophies has also climbed significantly. No African trophy existed before Gordon Marshall W6RR donated one in 1968. Gordon remains the donor, on both modes, to this day. Tom Curry ZS5XA (now ZS6AJD) was the first ever winner of the African trophy, followed the same year on CW by 9J2MX, who is also G3MXJ and a regular visitor to South Africa. The scoring system and the rules have changed little over the years, making scores directly comparable. Activity has increased greatly over the years, though, so scores that won contests in the Sixties will not even make the winners' boxes these days. Another factor must also be considered: The more careful log checking that exists these days. In 1974, with the arrival of Fred Capossela K6SSS as contest director, serious log checking was instituted for the first time. Previously, all scores had essentially been published as claimed. These days, every QSO in every competitive log is checked by computer, and suspect contacts are flagged for further scrutiny. Competitive scores are generally reduced noticeably, with a reduction of 1% being regarded as an exceptionally clean log. Nowadays, with the level of checking where it is, one can assume that published scores are very close to the truth. Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ chris@zs6ez.za.org Trophy Winners ============== Year Mode Callsign Name Category Donor ---- ---- -------- ---- -------- ----- 1968 SSB ZS5XA Thomas W. Curry Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1970 CW ZS3AW Juergen Roettger World SOAB Larry LeKashman W9IOP 1970 CW ZE1DC Gordon Hardman Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1971 CW ZS2RM Percy B Buckley Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1972 CW ZS6IW Mike Sherman Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1973 SSB ZS6ZE John Dunnington Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1974 CW ZE1JV HC de Wet Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1975 CW ZE2JH Jim W. Jack Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1977 CW ZS6WW Oliver Sweningsen Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1979 SSB ZS6AF Julius Lieberman Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1980 SSB S83T Len de Klerk Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1983 CW ZS1CT Roland Mensch Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1984 CW ZS6BCR Chris R. Burger Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1988 CW ZS6BCR Chris R. Burger World 14 MHz W2JT Memorial (NJDXA) 1988 SSB 7P8DP Scot F. Deffendol Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1991 RTTY ZS6BCR Chris R. Burger World 28 MHz SP2FF & SP2UUU 1991 CW ZS6BCR Chris R. Burger World 28 MHz Joel Chalmers KG6DX 1993 RTTY ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger World 28 MHz Contest Committee 1994 CW ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 1996 RTTY ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger World 7 MHz Tri-County DX Association 1996 SSB 7P8/OE2VEL Wolf Klier DXpedition SO W2GHK Memorial 1996 CW 3DA0NX Koji Tahara JM1CAX Africa SOAB Gordon S. Marshall W6RR 2000 RTTY ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger World 28 MHz Johnson Joules CC N1JJ 2000 CW ZS6EZ Chris R. Burger World 28 MHz Joel Chalmers KG6DX 2004 CW ZS4TX Bernie v d Walt World 21 MHz Lew Sayre W7EW [25] Notes: ------ ZE1JV Henri C. de Wet is now N5KA. ZS1CT Roland Mensch is DK3GI. ZS3AW Juergen Roettger is DJ3KR. ZS5XA Thomas W. Curry is now ZS6AJD. ZS6BCR Chris R. Burger is now ZS6EZ. ZS6WW Oliver Sweningsen is W6NV. ZS2RM, ZS6IW are Silent Keys. Top Six/Ten =========== Year Mode Cat Pos Call Score Operator ---- ---- --- --- ---- ----- -------- 1948 SSB MO 1 ZS6BV 100% ? 1949 SSB 14 MHz 1 ZS6DW 100% Bert Meyers 1949 SSB 7 MHz 1 ZS5U 100% Bert Buckley 1952 SSB 14 MHz 1 ZS6DW 100% Bert Meyers 1953 SSB 21 MHz 1 ZS6DW 100% Bert Meyers 1958 CW 21 MHz ZS6APQ 24% F J Corry 1958 CW 14 MHz ZS5DE 56% Bob Batten 1960 CW 21 MHz 4 ZS6APQ 66% F J Corry 1960 CW 14 MHz 3 ZS2HI 42% Ken Bradley 1960 SSB 28 MHz 3 ZS7L 28% Colin E. Ewals 1960 SSB 14 MHz 2 ZS5JM 41% John McCoy 1961 CW 21 MHz 3 ZS6APQ 71% F J Corry 1961 CW 14 MHz 2 ZS2HI 80% Ken Bradley 1961 SSB SOAB 10 ZE7JV 25% K Millar 1961 SSB 14 MHz 1 ZS7P 100% Peter ? 1962 CW 21 MHz 1 ZS6IW 100% Mike Sherman 1962 SSB 14 MHz 6 ZE4JO 71% Vere Ogilvie (Silent Key) 1963 CW 21 MHz 1 ZS6IW 100% Mike Sherman (new world record) 1963 CW 7 MHz 5 ZS2HI 33% Ken Bradley 1963 SSB SOAB 8 ZE1JE 44% Molly Henderson 1963 SSB 14 MHz 4 ZE4JO 54% Vere Ogilvie (Silent Key) 1964 CW 21 MHz 1 ZS6IW 100% Mike Sherman (new world record) 1964 SSB SOAB 9 ZE1JE 56% Molly Henderson 1965 CW 21 MHz 1 ZS6IW 100% Mike Sherman (new world record) 1967 CW MS 3 ZS5QU 52% Roy Larsen ZS6QU and Henning Overgaard ZS5DC 1968 CW 28 MHz 2 ZE3JJ 91% Ivan Wood (Silent Key) 1969 CW 28 MHz 4 ZE8JN 37% Neil Lockart 1969 CW 14 MHz 5 ZE3JJ 24% Ivan Wood (Silent Key) 1969 CW 14 MHz 6 ZS5DC 24% Henning Overgaard (now back in Denmark) 1970 CW SOAB 1 ZS3AW 100% Juergen Roettger 1970 CW 28 MHz 2 ZE1BT 39% ? 1970 CW 28 MHz 4 ZS2HI 22% Ken Bradley 1971 CW 28 MHz 3 ZE1BT 46% ? 1971 SSB 14 MHz 4 ZE1CU 56% Ken Tremeer (now ZS2BWB) 1972 CW SOAB 9 ZS6IW 37% Mike Sherman 1972 CW 28 MHz 1 ZE8JN 100% Neil Lockhart 1972 SSB 28 MHz 4 ZS6YK 51% Dick ? 1973 CW SOAB 6 ZS6IW 36% Mike Sherman 1973 CW 28 MHz 2 ZE8JN 66% Neil Lockhart 1975 CW SOAB 10 ZE2JH 31% Jim W. Jack (now ZS6YN) 1976 CW SOAB 10 ZE1JV 58% Henry C. de Wet (now N5KA) 1977 CW SOAB 7 ZS6WW 45% Oliver Sweningsen W6NV 1977 SSB 28 MHz 5 ZE1BL 55% Ru van Zeeventer 1978 CW SOAB 5 ZS6WW 56% Oliver Sweningsen W6NV 1978 CW 28 MHz 2 ZE1BL 65% Ru van Zeeventer 1978 CW 28 MHz 5 ZE8JN 44% Neil Lockhart 1978 SSB 28 MHz 6 ZS6BNZ 51% Tony Osman (now in Canada) 1979 SSB 28 MHz 4 ZS3LK 78% R Hatmann 1982 SSB 14 MHz 6 ZS6AOO 65% Jim de Almeida 1983 CW SOAB 3 ZS1CT 78% Roland Mensch DK3GI 1985 CW 28 MHz 2 ZS6TUK 24% Chris R. Burger ZS6BCR 1985 CW 21 MHz 4 A25/G3HCT 25% John Bazley G3HCT 1986 CW 21 MHz 3 ZS6BCR 61% Chris R. Burger 1987 CW 21 MHz 3 ZS6BCR 71% Chris R. Burger 1988 CW 14 MHz 1 ZS6BCR 100% Chris R. Burger 1989 SSB 14 MHz 4 ZS6AOO 64% Jim de Almeida 1991 RTTY 28 MHz 1 ZS6BCR 100% Chris R. Burger (world record) 1991 CW 28 MHz 1 ZS6BCR 100% Chris R. Burger (African record) 1992 RTTY 21 MHz 2 ZS6EZ >85% Chris R. Burger (African record) 1992 SSB 28 MHz 2 ZS6EZ 64% Chris R. Burger 1992 SSB 28 MHz 4 A22MN 61% Dave Heil K8MN 1992 CW 28 MHz 6 A22MN 45% Dave Heil K8MN 1993 RTTY 28 MHz 1 ZS6EZ 100% Chris R. Burger 1994 SSB SOA 6 ZS94F 17% Etienne Swart ZS6YA 1994 CW 28 MHz 1 ZS6NW 100% Jan van Niekerk 1995 SSB 21 MHz 3 ZS6EZ 72% Chris R. Burger 1996 RTTY 7 MHz 1 ZS6EZ 100% Chris R. Burger (world record) 1996 CW 7 MHz 3 ZS6P 74% Chris R. Burger ZS6EZ 1999 CW 28 MHz 2 ZS6EZ 99% Chris R. Burger (African record) 2000 RTTY 28 MHz 1 ZS6EZ 100% Chris R. Burger (world record) 2000 SSB 28 MHz 2 ZS6EZ >82% Chris R. Burger 2000 CW 28 MHz 1 ZS6EZ 100% Chris R. Burger 2001 CW 28 MHz 4 ZS4TX 78% Bernie van der Walt 2002 SSB 14 MHz 6 ZS6Z ? Koji Tahara JM1CAX operating PCC station 2002 CW 28A 1 ZS4TX 100% Bernie van der Walt (world record) 2004 CW 21 MHz 1 ZS4TX 100% Bernie van der Walt [74] SOAB = Single Operator All Band SOA = Single Operator Assisted MO = Multi-Operator (category discontinued from 1959) MS = Multi-Operator Single Transmitter Notes ===== * The percentage score is relative to the category winner. * The 1985 CW results contained some errors. The listing is based on the correct results. * ZS6IW was disqualified in 1974 for "unverifiable multipliers", based on padded logs. He did not enter the contest again. * Scores shown as ">85%" indicate that the original results are not to hand, and the fraction is based on the current world record. Actual fractions were higher. * Z21JE, Z22JE and ZS6YQ spent considerable time and effort to help me find some of the names associated with old callsigns, and to tell me where these old timers have gone. Thanks! [end]