‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JULY 2014 QST PAGE 85‰ ONLINE SOAPBOX AT WWW. ARRL. ORG/ SOAPBOX/ VIEW/ 8857. HE LOGGED 402 QSOS AND 178 MULTIPLIERS ACROSS THE EIGHT BANDS FROM HIS STATION IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE ILLINOIS SECTION. BOBS MULTIPLIER COUNT WAS A BIG FACTOR IN HIS CLAIMING THE TOP SPOT FOR THE CATEGORY OVER PHIL, WA3NUF, FROM THE NORTHEAST REGION. WHILE PHIL HAD 1/3 MORE QSOS 539, BOBS 178 MULTIPLIERS ALMOST DOUBLED PHILS 95. ALSO NOTABLE FROM THE CENTRAL REGION WAS THE EFFORT OF JUSTIN, K9MU, IN SINGLE FIVE YEAR COMPARISON CHART OF LOGS BY REGION. OPERATOR, THREE BAND. JUSTIN CLAIMED THE SECOND OVERALL SPOT IN THE CATEGORY WITH 153 CONTACTS AND 64 MULTIPLIERS 30 OF THEM ON 50 MHZ FROM HIS WISCONSIN LOCATION, LESS THAN 200 POINTS BEHIND THE CATEGORY LEADER, JOHN, K6MI, FROM THE WEST COAST. SEVENTY ONE LOGS FROM THE MIDWEST WRAPS UP THE FIVE REGIONS. KUDOS TO ART, KB0LYL, FOR HIS PERSISTENCE IN COMPLETING 87 CONTACTS FROM HIS MINNESOTA SECTION LOCATION. ART STRETCHED ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ