‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2014 QST PAGE 79 ‰ BILLS TURN TO TURN UP THE HEAT. AIDED BY A GREAT 15 METER RUN, BILL CRAWLED HIS WAY BACK INTO THE PACK, FINALLY OVERTAKING THE COMPETITION AT 2200Z. FROM THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE THE FINISH ORDER WAS SET K2PO, W4LT, AND N4PN. BUT LU USED UP HIS 24 HOURS AT 0120Z WHILE PAUL CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 85 MINUTES, OVERTAKING LU AT THE END. SINGLE OP, QRP CATEGORY SOQRP OR Q IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR TO DO QRP IN PHONE SWEEPSTAKES WITH ONLY 74 ENTRIES AND THE TOP SCORES WERE GENERALLY DOWN SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO 2012. ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK, K6UFO, OPERATING FROM NN7SS NEAR SEATTLE, ON HIS VICTORY WITH 580 QSOS. MARK SWEPT BOTH WEEKENDS OF SOQRP THIS YEAR, AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT IS RARE IN ANY CATEGORY AT ANY POWER LEVEL. SINGLE OP UNLIMITED, HIGH POWER CATEGORY SOUHP OR UH WITH 312 ENTRIES, SOUHP HAS BECOME THE SECOND MOST POPULAR CATEGORY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BILL, K4XS, ON HIS SOLID VICTORY, PUTTING HIS COMMANDING 40 METER SIGNAL TO GOOD USE AT ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ