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Announcing:

2019 CQ World Wide DX Contest

SSB: October 26-27 CW: November 23-24

Starts 0000 UTC Saturday; Ends 2359 UTC Sunday

Log Deadlines:SSB – 2359 UTC Nov. 1 / CW – 2359 UTC Nov. 29, 2019

Join more than 30,000 participants from over 200 DX entities and all 40 CQ Zones in the world’s

largest DX contest.

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