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2011 ARRL 10 METER CONTEST RESULTS HEY, LOOK, ITS A DX CONTEST AGAIN.  RAY,
WQ5L SCOTT TUTHILL, K7ZO, K7ZO CABLEONE. NET  THE 39TH ANNUAL ARRL 10 METER
CONTEST WAS HELD DECEMBER 10 11, 2011.  AFTER TANTALIZING US IN 2010 WITH
WHAT MIGHT BE, THE BAND BROKE WIDE OPEN FOR DESERVING OPERATORS WORLDWIDE.
CONDITIONS WERE THE BEST SINCE JUST AFTER THE PEAK OF THE LAST SOLAR CYCLE
IN 2002.  WHAT AN ON THE AIR PARTY.  ACTIVITY WOW, ACTIVITY.  THE 2011
CONTEST ATTRACTED OPERATORS LIKE NO OTHER 10 METER CONTEST IN HISTORY.  AN
ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE 5361 LOGS WERE ENTERED THIS YEAR.  THIS COUNT MORE
THAN DOUBLED LAST YEARS TOTAL OF 2474 AND WAS 70 HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS
RECORD IN 2002.  THE 10 METER CONTEST EXCEEDED THE ARRL DX PHONE ALL TIME
MARK OF 3343 LOGS BY MORE THAN 2,000.  CONTINUING THE COMPARISON, ALL THE
LOGS SUBMITTED FOR THE 2011 ARRL DX PHONE CONTEST CONTAINED 1R49 MILLION
QSOS ACROSS ALL SIX BANDS.  SUBMITTED 10 METER CONTEST LOGS CONTAINED 1R95
MILLION QSOS AS A SINGLE BAND CONTEST.  THE AVERAGE LOG CONTAINED 363 QSOS
THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 153 IN 2010.  ANOTHER NOTABLE MILESTONE WAS ACHIEVED
WITH THE 2011 EDITION.  FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE 2692 DX LOGS SUBMITTED
EXCEEDED THE 2,669 FROM W/VE/XE.  DX LOGS MORE THAN TRIPLED FROM 2010
DRIVEN BY A GENUINE EXPLOSION FROM EUROPE WHERE LOGS ENTERED JUMPED FROM
380 IN 2010 TO 1763 IN 2011.  SOLID GROWTH CONTINUES FROM ASIA AS WELL
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