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44 STATES IN THREE AND A HALF HOURS WAS FANTASTIC.  DESPITE THE STRANGE
CONDITIONS, WE STILL HAD A LOT OF FUN.  ITS HARD TO SPEND TWO DAYS CHASING
AND LOGGING DX WITHOUT GETTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF ENJOYMENT OUT OF THE
EXPERIENCE.  IN FACT, ONE THIRD OF THE SOAPBOX COMMENTS FROM W AND VE
INCLUDED THE WORD GOOD OR GREAT AND ABOUT ONE SIXTH MENTIONED FIRST, AND
ONE MENTIONED IGUANAS HAD A BLAST OPERATING FROM A HOUSE ON THE BEACH
IGUANAS WALKING ALL OVER THE PLACE.  HC8/K7ST.  RECORD PARTICIPATION WHEN
THE E MAIL ROBOT FINALLY CLOSED ITS INBOX, IT HAD USHERED IN A NEW
PARTICIPATION RECORD OF 3545 LOGS 18 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.  1817 W/VE LOGS A
LITTLE LESS THAN 2012 AND 1733 DX LOGS A LITTLE MORE THIS YEAR 875,714 QSOS
WERE REPORTED BY DX STATIONS.  THATS AN AVERAGE OF 18,244 PER HOUR NOT A
BAD RATE AND AN INCREASE OF 60,000 AND CHANGE OVER 2012.  W/VE LOGS
CONTAINED 691,336 QSOS, WHICH IS DOWN BY ABOUT ONE PERCENT THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF W/VE STATIONS WHO COULD BE SEEING THEIR CALL SIGN IN THE
RESULTS AND ARENT BECAUSE THEY DIDNT SEND IN A LOG.  NEVERTHELESS, ROSE
ANNE LAWRENCE, KB1DMW, HAS NO DOUBT BEEN SORTING A LOT OF QSLS AT THE ARRL
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