‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2009 QST PAGES 77, 78 AND 91 ‰ NEW CALL AREA RECORDS WERE NOTCHED FOR W1 KT1V, NH W4 N4PN, GA, AND W5 K5NA, STX. ON 20 METERS, NEW CALL AREA RECORDS WERE SET FOR W1 KQ2M, CT W2 N2MF, WNY AND W4 VE7ZO, GA. CONTINENTAL RECORDS FOR THE DX SIDE WERE SET IN THE SINGLE OP ASSISTED CATEGORY FOR AFRICA BY D4C YL2KL, OP, SINGLE BAND 20 METERS FOR OCEANIA BY KH7XS K4XS, OP, MULTIOPERATOR SINGLE TRANSMITTER FOR AFRICA BY EF8M AND MULTIOPERATOR, MULTITRANSMITTER FOR AFRICA BY CT9L. W/VE SINGLE OPERATOR AND REGIONAL COVERAGE WEST COAST TOP SPOTS IN THE HIGH POWER CATEGORY WERE LED BY DAN, N6MJ, WHO OPERATED W6YI SDG TO A SCORE OF JUST OVER 2R2 MILLION POINTS AND A NUMBER 15 NATIONAL FINISH. SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WENT TO 2007 WEST COAST HIGH POWER WINNER DENIS, K7GK OR AND BOB, K6XX SCV. LOW POWER WAS WON BY MIKE, KM6Z LAX BY A 27K POINT MARGIN OVER SECOND PLACE FINISHER DAN, N7AN WWA. WEST COAST QRP WAS A REVERSAL OF ‰ FROM PAGE 91 ‰ WS0E/345 K4TNN/340 K4WY/338 K5ALQ/335 K5CWR/331 K5FNQ/343 K5LJ/331 K5SM/341 ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ