{"id":17229,"date":"2026-05-30T18:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=17229"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T12:59:47","slug":"cq-world-wide-wpx-cw-contest-in-full-swing-on-15-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/cq-world-wide-wpx-cw-contest-in-full-swing-on-15-m\/","title":{"rendered":"CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest in full swing on 15 m!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jD3METe4PJM?si=uGZzVtqUs1d9Y2rs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just tuned in to 15m and found a lot of CW stations on the waterfall today evening. I was surprised as I seldom hear good CW signals these days because of heavy noise on most bands. Looked up and found that it is the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest going on. The contest runs for 48 hours over this weekend: Starts: Saturday, May 30, 2026, at 00:00 UTC. Ends: Sunday, May 31, 2026, at 23:59 UTC. Here is a short clip of the nice CW signals which gave a nostalgic memory of my CW days 4 decades back, though I did not have 15 m setup then. In those days I had setup only for 40 and 80m as it was all homebrew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just tuned in to 15m and found a lot of CW stations on the waterfall today evening. I was surprised as I seldom hear good CW signals these days because of heavy noise on most bands. Looked up and found that it is the CQ World Wide WPX CW Contest going on. 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