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THREE RECORDS STILL REMAIN FROM 1988, NOW THE OLDEST ONES ON THE BOOKS IN
W/VE/XE.  WHO WILL TAKE THE CHALLENGE NEXT YEAR AND SET NEW RECORDS FOR
ATLANTIC DIVISION SINGLE OP, PHONE ONLY, HIGH POWER HELD BY W3LPL WA8MAZ,
OP HUDSON DIVISION SINGLE OP, PHONE ONLY, LOW POWER HELD BY N2BJ, AND
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION SINGLE OP, MIXED MODE, HIGH POWER HELD BY NL7GP?  IN
ADDITION TO THE 50 DIVISION RECORDS THERE WERE FOUR NEW W/VE/XE CATEGORY
RECORDS SET, THE FIRST SINCE 2002.  CONGRATULATIONS TO KM3T AT KC1XX ON
SETTING A NEW SINGLE OP, MIXED MODE, HIGH POWER RECORD, VY2ZM ON SETTING A
NEW SINGLE OP, CW ONLY, HIGH POWER RECORD AND K1LZ FOR SETTING A NEW
MULTIOPERATOR, HIGH POWER RECORD.  KD2RD CAME OUT ON TOP OF ALL ENTRANTS IN
THE NEW MOLP CATEGORY AND NOW HOLDS THAT RECORD.  ON THE DX FRONT 15 NEW
CONTINENT RECORDS WERE SET, THE FIRST SINCE 2007.  FIVE OF THESE WERE THE
INITIAL RECORDS IN THE NEW MOLP CATEGORY.  THERE ARE STILL A FEW OLD
CONTINENTAL RECORDS OUT THERE TO AIM AT IF THAT IS YOUR GOAL.  THE OLDEST
IS A 1975 ANTARCTICA RECORD HELD BY THE SOUTH POLE CLUB STATION, KC4AAC
K1KI, OP IN THE SINGLE OP, MIXED MODE, HIGH POWER CATEGORY.  EXTRAORDINARY
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