CQ WW DX Contest

CW WW DX Contest (CW) will be held this weekend, and I am wondering if I should give it a try. Adif to Cabrillo Log conversion should be a trivial work using AWK.

<BAND:3>17M <CALL:5>FK8CE <CONT:2>OC <CQZ:2>32 <DXCC:3>162 <FREQ:9>18.076000 <ITUZ:2>56 <MODE:2>CW <OPERATOR:6>JH1OOD <PFX:3>FK8 <QSO_DATE:8:D>20130901 <TIME_ON:6>063500 <QTH:13>New Caledonia <RST_RCVD:3>599 <RST_SENT:3>599 <TIME_OFF:6>063510 <TX_PWR:1>2 <APP_LOGGER32_QSO_NUMBER:1>1 <EOR>
QSO: 18076 CW 2013-09-01 0635 JH1OOD         599 00     FK8CE         599 00     0

CQWWCWworld
http://www.cqww.com/stats.htm

This graph shows the number of log entries each year worldwide. I did not expect to see such a big growth, so it was somewhat surprising to me.

CQWWCWjapan

Another graph for Japan, showing the same growth. Is this to be appreciated?

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