‰  NOW 40 WPM  ‰  TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2009 QST  PAGES 77, 78 AND 91  ‰

QRP TOP SPOTS GEORGE, K2DM NNJ AND BOB, K3PH EPA.  W/VE UNLIMITED AND
SINGLE BAND CATEGORIES  AN OVERALL SEVENTH WIN AND HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE
WIN IN THE UNMLIMITED CATEGORY HAS BEEN NOTCHED BY CHAS, K3WW EPA.
MULTIPLIERS ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY TO WIN 
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W7AO/361 W7IIT/342 W7MH/331 W7PMV/336 W7QN/340 W7RDX/336 W8ZD/369 W9AJ/338


HAS MADE IT A FOUR PEAT WITH HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WIN IN THE W/VE LOW
POWER CATEGORY.  CHAS, K3WW, HAS TAKEN THE TOP SPOT IN W/VE SINGLE
OPERATOR, ASSISTED FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.  CONTEST HALL OF FAMER
FRANK DONOVANS, W3LPL, MARYLAND STATION HAS SCORED A HAT TRICK IN THE W/VE
MULTI MULTI CATEGORY WITH A THIRD CONSECUTIVE ARRL DX CW WIN.  SETTING NEW
OVERALL RECORDS IN THE DX 80 METER SINGLE BAND AND DX 160 METER SINGLE BAND
CATEGORIES OPERATING FROM THE BAHAMAS WERE KEVIN, K4PG, AS C6APG ON 80
METERS AND BOB, N4BP, WHO OPERATED C6AKQ ON 160.  CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH.
OF THESE FINE OPERATORS ON A JOB WELL DONE.  NEW OVERALL RECORD HOLDER FOR
THE W/VE 20 METER SINGLE BAND CATEGORY IS BOB, KQ2M CT WHO BROKE ONE OF THE
OLDEST SINGLE BAND OVERALL RECORDS DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1992.  CALL
AREA RECORDS WERE SET FROM THE W/VE SIDE IN NUMEROUS SINGLE BAND
CATEGORIES.  ON 160 METERS, NEW CALL AREA RECORDS ARE IN PLACE FOR W1 K8PO,
ME W3 W3GH, EPA W4 W4ZV, NC W5 K5RX, NTX, AND W7 N6TR, OR.  ON 80 METERS,
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WA2UKA/341 WA4FHQ/342 WA5ZIJ/343 WA6GIN/336 WA9WJE/355 WA9YYY/339
WB1ASC/334 B2OSM/332 WB2RAJ/338 WB4CSW/341 WB6L/353 WB6ZUC/350 WJ7R/344

THE 2009 ARRL DX CW CONTEST RESULTS FEBRUARY 21 22, 2009 RECORD SCORES
DESPITE A RECORD SOLAR SLUMP THE OBSERVATION THAT THE SUNSPOT CYCLE IS NOT
COOPERATING WITH THE DESIRES OF THE CONTESTING COMMUNITY HAS BECOME A TAD
TIRED, SO LETS ACCEPT THAT AS THE DEFAULT CONDITION AND GO RIGHT INTO
TALKING ABOUT THE SCORING IN THE 2009 ARRL DX CW CONTEST, SHALL WE?  WHILE
OL SOL REMAINS IN SLUMBER MODE, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SCORES WERE ON THE
RISE FROM THE HORRID BAND CONDITIONS SEEN IN THE 2008 RUNNING.  ALL BAND
SINGLE OP AND MULTI OP SCORES FOR THE TOP SPOTS WERE HIGHER FROM THE DX
SIDE FOR SIX OF THE SEVEN MAJOR SINGLE OPERATOR AND MULTIOPERATOR
CATEGORIES.  SUPERB BAND CONDITIONS ON THE LOW BANDS LED TO A NUMBER OF
RECORD SCORES IN VARIOUS CALL AREAS ON 20 THROUGH 160 METERS AND FOUR
CONTINENTAL CATEGORY RECORDS FROM THE DX SIDE.  NEW OVERALL SCORING RECORDS
WERE SET IN THE W/VE 20 METER SINGLE BAND, DX 80 METER SINGLE BAND AND DX
160 METER SINGLE BAND CATEGORIES.  RECOGNITION IS TRADITIONALLY AFFORDED IN
THE PREAMBLE OF THE CONTEST SUMMARY ARTICLE TO THOSE OPERATORS AND STATIONS
WHO HAVE WON THEIR CATEGORIES MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW.  IN 2009, ED, N1UR,
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K6UNR/333 K7CVL/354 K8ND/337 K8VP/341 K9CT/350 KA0CPY/338 KA4RRU/336
KB0NL/339 KC0DA/338 KD3RR/332 W8JQ/365 W8KEN/332 W8KL/340 W8SYR/360
W9AA/338 W9KIA/336 W9MMZ/361 W9RB/332 W9RY/352 WA1EHK/335 WA2IZN/343
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