‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM DECEMBER 2013 QST PAGE 69‰ COMPETITIVE STATIONS. BUT DIMINISHING RETURNS COME WITH LOW GEOGRAPHICAL POPULATION DENSITY WHERE THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, OTHER STATIONS AVAILABLE TO WORK. GENERALLY ROVERS AND PORTABLES HAVE AN EASIER TIME ADDING THESE BANDS THAN FIXED STATIONS SINCE HIGH GAIN ANTENNAS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER AND COAX RUNS ARE SHORTER. THE RANKS OF THE CLASSIC AND UNLIMITED ROVERS WHO DO CARRY THEM CONTINUES TO DWINDLE, AND ALONG WITH THAT THE NUMBER OF QSOS OTHER STATIONS MAKE ON THESE BANDS. SINGLE OPERATORS THE MAJORITY OF CONTEST ACTIVITY ORIGINATES WITH THE SINGLE OPERATORS WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR STATION CAPABILITIES, RANGING FROM A SINGLE BAND WITH MODEST ANTENNA TO A MULTIBAND STATION WITH STACKED ARRAYS. THE SINGLE OPERATOR, LOW POWER SOLP CATEGORY HAS HAD THE MOST LOGS SUBMITTED SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND HAS SEEN SUCCESSFUL PORTABLE AS WELL AS FIXED STATION EFFORTS. THE OVERALL SOLP W3ZZ MEMORIAL FIRST LOG AWARD HAS BEEN SPONSORED BY TIM, K3LR, AND DAVE, W9PA, FOR A SECOND YEAR AND GOES TO KF7PSM IN DM26 NV. IM PROUD TO CONFIRM I WORKED PETE. GOOD JOB AND WELCOME TO THE RANKS OF SOLP VHF CONTESTING. BOB, K2DRH, IN EN41 IL BUILT A SINGLETOWER ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ