‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2005 QST PAGES 99 AND 100 ‰ THE WEATHER EXTREMES FOR THE 2005 RUNNING OF THE VHF SS, IT IS REASONABLY SAFE TO SAY THAT NEARLY ANY CONDITIONS, WEATHER OR PROPAGATION, WILL BE BETTER THAN WHAT CONTESTANTS HAD TO ENDURE THIS YEAR. SCORES NEXT YEAR ARE LIKELY TO BE BETTER THAN 2005, AS THE NORTHEAST SNOWSTORM OF JANUARY 2005 IS NOT LIKELY TO BE REPEATED IN EXACTLY 12 MONTHS. THE JANUARY VHF SS OFFERS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE TO THOSE WHO ENJOY BATTLING AGAINST THE TWIN ‰ FROM PAGE 100 ‰ /351 JA2JNA/344 JA2JPA/340 JA2JRG/341 JA2JSF/353 JA2JW/377 JA2KVD/351 JA2 ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚