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INDICATED BY UPWARD TRENDS OF SCORES, THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OR THE
DISTANCES SPANNED OVER TIME.  LETS STAND BACK A BIT AND TAKE A LOOK.  THE
VERY FIRST 10 GHZ CONTEST WAS HELD IN 1986.  THAT CONTEST ATTRACTED 52
CONTEST ENTRIES AND THE WINNING SCORE WAS 3763 POINTS BASED ON 40 CONTACTS
WITH 18 UNIQUE STATIONS.  THIS YEARS 23RD RUNNING OF THE CONTEST AUGUST 16
17 AND SEPTEMBER 20 21, 2008 ATTRACTED 103 CONTEST ENTRIES AND THE WINNING
SCORE WAS 79,450 POINTS BASED ON 383 CONTACTS MADE WITH 25 UNIQUE STATIONS.
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IN 1986 THE BEST DX WAS 229 KM WHILE THIS YEARS BEST 10 GHZ DX WAS 1094 KM.
BY THESE MEASURES WE HAVE INDEED MADE PROGRESS.  CONTEST HIGHLIGHTS THE
NORTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTRY FOUND ITSELF EXPERIENCING SOME RARE AND VERY
EXCITING TROPO CONDITIONS DURING THE SECOND WEEKEND OF THE CONTEST.  ON
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616,885 22,154 429 SN0HQ 16,075,302 16,159 439 9A0HQ 15,615,644 15,156 418 
OM8HQ 15,374,016 14,141 434 OL4HQ 15,058,022 13,860 419 E7HQ 13,514,836 13,
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