‰ NOW 35 WPM ‰ 2006 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CW CONTEST RESULTS IT WAS ONE OF THOSE YEARS SCOTT ROBBINS, W4PA ARRL DX CW 2006 TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THOSE YEARS ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE SUNSPOTS ARE NEVER GOING TO RETURN. ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHEN THE TOP 10 METER W/VE SINGLE BAND ENTRANT MADE 47 QSOS AND THE TOP W/VE MULTI MULTI MADE ONLY 53 ON 10 METERS. ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHEN THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA DXPEDITIONERS HAD TO RACK UP 10 METER CONTACTS FROM A SINGLE 3 HOUR SUNDAY BAND OPENING AN OPENING SOME OF THEM DIDNT HEAR MUCH OF AT ALL. ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHEN THE MULTIPLIER TOTALS FOR THE LOW BANDS SKYROCKET. KRASSY, K1LZ, NEARLY LOGGED DXCC AS AN 80 METER SINGLE BAND ENTRY PAUL, N4PN, HAD AN AMAZING 75 MULTIPLIERS ON 160 METERS EN ROUTE TO POSTING THE HIGHEST USA SCORE EVER RECORDED ON TOP BAND, AND NUMEROUS STATIONS SCORED DXCC IN 48 HOURS ON THE LOW CYCLE WORKHORSE BANDS OF 14 AND 7 MHZ. YET EVEN IN THOSE YEARS, WE HAVE SURPRISES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, THE W/VE HIGH POWER CATEGORY WAS WON BY A STATION OUTSIDE THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF NORTH AMERICA. THE DX HIGH POWER CATEGORY FEATURED ENTRANTS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS MAKING THE TOP ‰ FROM PAGE 96 ‰ JI1FXS/ 339 JI1MNT/341 JI1PGO/343 JI1UHZ/ 340 JI1VVB/ 343 JI2EMF/ 341 JI2KXK/ 341 JJ2RCJ/ 342 JJ3AFV/ 341 JJ3PRT/ 350 JK1OPL/ 356 JL1BLW/344 JL3JTD/340 JL3VWI/342 JM1GAW/ 341 JM1VRW/ 341 JN1MKU/ 341 JO1MOS/ 340 ‰ END OF 35 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ