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RECORDS THERE ARE STILL SOME OLD ONES OUT THERE TO AIM AT.  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/V

WHERE LOGS ENTERED INCREASED FROM 191 TO 550.  FOR 2011 THE BIG CATEGORY
NEWS WAS THE CREATION OF THE MULTIOPERATOR, LOW POWER MOLP CATEGORY.
FILLING THE ROLE OF BOTH A TRUE MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORY AS WELL AS A SINGLE
OPERATOR MIXED MODE ASSISTED CATEGORY IT PROVED TO BE QUITE POPULAR WITH
512 LOGS SUBMITTED WORLDWIDE.  FROM FIRST IMPRESSIONS IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
A REAL WINNER HERE.  WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MULTIOPERATOR, HIGH POWER MOHP
CATEGORY IT PROPELLED TOTAL MULTI OPERATOR ENTRIES AHEAD OF TOTAL SINGLE
OPERATOR, MIXED MODE ENTRIES.  DURING THE PREVIOUS 38 RUNNINGS OF THIS
CONTEST THE MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORY WAS ALWAYS A DISTANT LAST PLACE TO THE
OTHER THREE.  LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD, LOGS WERE RECEIVED FROM MORE THAN
230 DIFFERENT DXCC ENTITIES AND W/VE/XE SECTIONS.  THIS IS TRULY A GLOBAL
CONTEST.  MORE LOGS WERE RECEIVED FROM THOSE QUINTESSENTIAL CONTESTERS IN
JAPAN WITH 267, MORE THAN ANY OTHER LOCATION.  THEY WERE CLOSELY FOLLOWED
BY GERMANYS 242 LOGS AND EUROPEAN RUSSIAS 239 LOGS.  LOOKING FOR THE MOST
ACTIVE W/VE/XE SECTIONS, HONORS GO TO VIRGINIA WITH 106 LOGS RECEIVED
FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA WITH 92.  OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ASIA WERE THE 50

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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