‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JULY 2012 QST PAGE 80‰ WERE WITHIN PROPAGATION RANGE I BET THEY WERE IN YOUR LOG. IN SECOND PLACE WERE THE 11 STATIONS FROM IRELAND THAT AVERAGED 894 QSOS EACH FOLLOWED BY A TIE FOR THIRD PLACE BETWEEN 6 STATIONS FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND 11 FROM ALBERTA WHO AVERAGED 847 QSOS EACH. IF YOU LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN OR ALBERTA AND IT IS THE SECOND WEEKEND IN DECEMBER IT IS PROBABLY NOT A BAD DAY TO SPEND SOME TIME ON THE RADIO. RECORDS, RECORDS AND MORE RECORDS NOT ONLY DID OPERATORS HAVE FUN IN 2011 BUT THEY SET RECORDS ALL OVER THE PLACE. WOW, WERE THERE RECORDS SET. DRIVEN BY THE TRIPLE FACTORS OF MORE SUNSPOTS, THE NEW MOLP CATEGORY AND THE CONTINUING BENEFIT OF 32 NEW XE MULTIPLIERS, A TOTAL OF 432 NEW ALL TIME RECORDS WERE SET AT THE DXCC ENTITY AND W/VE/XE SECTION LEVEL. LOOKING AT IT ANOTHER WAY, ALMOST 1 IN ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ