‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2009 QST PAGES 77, 78 AND 91 ‰ THE 2008 NUMBER 1 AND NUMBER 2 SPOTS WITH FRANK, W6JTI SF EDGING OUT GARY, N7IR AZ BY LESS THAN 2K POINTS. IN THE HIGH POWER CATEGORY, STEVE, N2IC NM FINISHED AS TOP SCORER IN THE MIDWEST REGION, WHILE SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WENT TO ROY, AD5Q AT WX0B NTX AND STEVE, K0SR MN. LOW POWER FOR THE MIDWEST WAS TOPPED FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR BY MARV, N5AW STX WHO ALSO FINISHED NUMBER 4 NATIONALLY. IN SECOND PLACE WITH A NUMBER 12 NATIONAL FINISH WAS JIM, W0UO NTX. QRP WAS WON BY PHIL, N0KE CO WITH A SUBSTANTIAL LEAD OVER SECOND PLACE JIM, N0UR MN. CENTRAL REGION HIGH POWER WAS LED BY RON, VE3AT, OPERATING AS CG3AT ON WITH 2R363 MILLION VS SECOND PLACE GREG, K8GL MI AT 2R086 MILLION. THIRD WAS JOHN, N8AA OH. LOW POWER WAS TOPPED ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ K5TN/338 K6RO/336 K7NTW/340 K8ER/356 K8IA/346 K8JP/352 K8KR/340 K8MID/341 ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ