From: "Rich Moseson, W2VU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CQ Newsletter List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:36:23 AM
Subject: [Cq-l] CQ News: K9EL to Direct CQ DX Marathon
CQ Communications, Inc. / 25 Newbridge Rd. / Hicksville, NY 11801 /
516-681-2922 / www.cq-amateur-radio.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NEWS RELEASE
For Release: Immediate
For more information, contact:
Richard Moseson, W2VU
Editor, CQ Amateur Radio
516-681-2922 / 973-680-1585
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
JOHN SWEENEY, K9EL, TO DIRECT "CQ DX MARATHON"
(Hicksville, New York - January 5, 2006) - CQ magazine Editor Rich
Moseson, W2VU, today announced the appointment of John Sweeney, K9EL, of
Schaumburg, Illinois, as Manager of the new CQ DX Marathon program. The
Marathon is part of CQ's three-pronged "Waking Up DXing" program announced
in the magazine last year. The year-long DXing competition began on January
1.
John is an accomplished DXer, with some 30 years of experience both
in chasing DX and being DX, operating from a variety of rare locations
during the course of a nearly 30-year career with Motorola. He is now a
telecommunications consultant. He has worked more than 300 countries on each
of the major HF ham bands except 80 and 160 meters, and he's closing in on
80, with 280 confirmed. He needs only North Korea on CW to have "worked them
all" on both phone and CW.
"We are very pleased to have K9EL at the helm of the Marathon
program," said Moseson, "and we are very confident that he will get it off
to a solid start, both in terms of logistics and promotion."
"I am very excited to have the opportunity to participate in this
program and I look forward to working with the DX community," added
Sweeney. "CQ has given me so much over the years. Here is my chance to give
something back."
The CQ DX Marathon is a cross between an award and a contest. It
runs for a full year at a time, with competitors trying to contact as many
countries and CQ zones as possible within the year. There are no carryovers
from year to year, however, and everyone starts fresh each New Year's Day.
The original CQ DX Marathon was run in 1947, as an effort to promote
DXing activity as ham radio came back to life after World War II. After one
year, the program "morphed" into the highly successful CQ World Wide DX
Contest. The decision to bring it back was part of a three-pronged response
by CQ to perceptions that DXing activity outside of contests was dropping
off. The other two new programs are the CQ DX Field Award and the CQ iDX
Award. Information on all three programs is available on the CQ website at
<http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com>.
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