I’m usually not one to work the big contests, but there are some advantages to participating, even if you don’t have a lot of time or plan to submit a log. One of the advantages is that there are a lot of countries on, and you can add to total of countries that  you’ve worked.
This weekend was the CQ WPX  CW contest. I only operated for about three hours, the bands were kind of lousy on Saturday, and I only worked 15 meters, but even so, I managed to add eight countries to the WA2HOM log. They include:
• HK1R – Colombia
• SZ1A – Greece
• 6W/RK4FF – Senegal
• HQ9R – Honduras
• EF8M – Canary Islands
• J7A – Dominica
• J39BS – Grenada
• HC2SL – Ecuador
It’s nothing real exotic, but new ones nonetheless.