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WITH BUCK, KC2HIZ, PILOTED THEIR SEVENBAND ROVER VEHICLE THROUGH EIGHT
GRIDS AROUND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.  ROVING IN JANUARY IN NEW ENGLAND, OR
ANYWHERE WITH WINTRY CONDITIONS, IS HIGHLY NON TRIVIAL AT TIMES AND A TIP
OF THE CONTESTING CAP IS DUE TO THOSE WHO VENTURED OUT IN THOSE ADVERSE
CONDITIONS.  THE BUMP IN WEST COAST ACTIVITY STEPPED THE REGION UP TO
SECOND PLACE FOR LOG COUNT.  AMONG OVERALL CATEGORY LEADERS FROM THE WEST
COAST, WAYNE, N6NB, TOWED HIS TOWER TRAILER UP TO MADERA, CALIFORNIA, NEAR
A GRID CORNER, SETTING UP IN CM96, TO CLAIM THE OVERALL TOP SCORE IN SINGLE
OPERATOR PORTABLE BY A SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN.  WAYNE HAD 11 BANDS AT HIS
COMMAND FROM 50 MHZ THROUGH 24 GHZ AND LOGGED 344 QSOS FROM HIS SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY SPOT.  THE REGION WAS ALSO HOME TO THE OVERALL TOP SCORER IN SINGLE
OPERATOR, THREE BAND, WITH JOHN, K6MI, REPORTING 244 QSOS, ALSO FROM THE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY SECTION, EDGING A COMPETITOR FROM THE CENTRAL REGION BY
LESS THAN 200 POINTS.  CLASSIC ROVER AND LIMITED ROVER OPERATIONS
PROLIFERATED IN THE WEST COAST AS WELL, WITH FIVE OF THE TOP SIX CLASSIC
ROVER AND TWO OF THE TOP THREE LIMITED ROVER SCORES.  DAVE, N6TEB/R, AND
KENT, K6WCI AMASSED 618 CONTACTS AMONG THE 11 BANDS AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO
CLAIM THE TOP SPOT IN CLASSIC ROVER AND MIKE, W6YLZ, REPORTED 421 QSOS
AMONG HIS FOUR BANDS FOR A LEADING EFFORT IN LIMITED ROVER.  BOTH DAVE AND
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