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THE 2005 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CW CONTEST FIVE YEARS INTO THE FIRST DECADE
OF THE 21ST CENTURY, WE HAVE ENTERED THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMPUTERIZED
CONTESTING.  COMPUTERS AFFECT OPERATIONS THEMSELVES, THE SOCIAL STRATA OF
THE CONTEST COMMUNITY, LOGGING, DUPING, MULTIPLIER TABULATING EVERY
POSSIBLE ASPECT OF RADIO CONTESTING IS IMPACTED BY COMPUTERS AND BY
EXTENSION, THE INTERNET.  IN THE PRE INTERNET AGE, LEW GORDON, K4VX, RAN A
SERIES OF NOW FAMOUS CLASSIFIED ADS IN THE BACK PAGES OF QST LOOKING FOR
RAW CONTEST OPERATORS TO COME FILL CHAIRS AT HIS MISSOURI QTH.  TODAYS
CONTEST OPERATOR ADS ARE FOUND ON THE INTERNET RENT A DX QTH.  OPS NEEDED
FOR K1TTT MULTI.  RAW SCORE REPORTING USED TO BE LISTS OF STATIONS CALLING
IN ON 3830 KHZ FOLLOWED BY COMPILATIONS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL CONTEST
JOURNAL.  NOW CLAIMED SCORE REPORTING BEGINS ON THE INTERNET WITH THE END
OF THE CONTEST AND CONTINUES FOR DAYS AFTERWARD AND IS ARCHIVED
PERMANENTLY.  THE INTERNET PROVIDES A NEAR REAL TIME COMMUNITY
CONVERSATION.  GONE ARE THE DAYS OF A VOICE CALLING OUT MULTIPLIERS ON 147
MHZ SIMPLEX 20 METERS, 20 METERS, KILO HOTEL 6 ITALY JAPAN, 14012 FROM N2AA
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IK8BQE/341 IK8HJC/336 IK8HJM/339 IN3XAI/342 IT9ZGY/370 IV3TQE/343
JA0UUA/339 JA1BN/363 JA1DJO/337 JA1DOF/340 JA1FHK/351 JA1KQX/342 JA1MOH/345
JA1SHE/339 JA1WSX/351 JA1WTI/353 JA2DLM/345 JA2QCX/343 JA3CMD/349 JA3GM/351
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THAT WERE ONLY AVAILABLE IN MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.  THEYVE BEEN REPLACED
BY THE SEEMINGLY NEVER ENDING SCROLL OF DX SPOTS.  LOG CHECKING IS NOW DONE
BY AUTOMATED SOFTWARE.  DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS PUT IN MANY HOURS OF TIME
WITHOUT MUCH GLORY TO SHOW FOR IT.  LETS GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE K1EA
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOG CHECKING DUTY FOR ARRL DX CW 2005, TAKING OVER
AFTER N6TR PUT IN MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THANKS TO BOTH.  THANKS ARE ALSO
DUE TO BOB, K3PH, WHO HAS QUIETLY MAINTAINED THE RECORD SCORE DATABASE FOR
ARRL DX CW ON THE ARRL WEB SITE.  BOB ALSO QUIETLY SNUCK PAST ALL THE
COMPETITION THIS YEAR TO WIN THE W/VE QRP SCORING TITLE.  IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT TODAY IS THE GOOD OLD DAYS FOR RADIO CONTESTING?  SOME VERY HIGH
SCORES WERE POSTED IN A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES FOR THE 2005 CONTEST DESPITE
A LACK OF SOLID PROPAGATION ON 10 METERS DURING THE EVENT.  NOT
SURPRISINGLY, AS WE APPROACH AN ANTICIPATED SUNSPOT LULL OF LATE 2006 THE
OPPORTUNITY IN MOST CATEGORIES TO SET AN OVERALL SCORING RECORD HAS PASSED
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JA3LDH/340 JA5JUG/345 JA6CDA/344 JA6GXP/350 JA6IVR/338 JA6VA/351 JA6WW/348
JA7BJS/348 JA7JM/351 JA7PL/348 JA8DSO/342 JA8XJF/351 JA9LJS/342 JE1HPM/340

VE3AT ON, FINISHING WITH 3,619,494 POINTS.  TOP SCORE FROM WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI WAS DAVE, K5GN, WHO FINISHED 13TH OVERALL FROM SOUTH TEXAS.
W/VE SINGLE OP ASSISTED RICK, KI1G RI IS THIS YEARS SINGLE OP ASSISTED
WINNER AND TAKES HOME THE SOA CATEGORY W
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K0WK/345 K0XN/349 K1MY/344 K1NY/348 K1ST/346 K1UO/348 K2FL/373 K2JMY/368
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