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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
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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
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10.  THE W/VE MULTI MULTI CATEGORY WAS WON FOR THE FIRST TIME BY A STATION
THAT HAD TRIED FOR MANY YEARS.  DX QRP FEATURED A CLOSE RACE FOR THE TOP
SPOT BETWEEN TWO EUROPEANS THAT WAS DECIDED BY MULTIPLIER COUNT ON 160
METERS.  TWELVE US CALL AREA RECORDS, MOSTLY IN SINGLE BAND CATEGORIES ON
1R8 AND 3R5 MHZ, WERE BROKEN INCLUDING THREE THAT DATED ALL THE WAY BACK TO
1985.  THREE CONTINENTAL RECORDS IN SINGLE BAND CATEGORIES WERE SET FROM
THE DX SIDE.  THE CLOSE FINISHES, NATURALLY, ARE ALWAYS THE ONES THAT KEEP
CONTESTING INTERESTING EACH YEAR.  THE CLOSEST OF ALL OF THEM FOR THIS
YEARS RUNNING TURNED OUT TO BE W/VE SINGLE BAND 20 METERS WITH A LESS THAN
4 QSO MARGIN OUT OF 1600 MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN DETERMINING A WINNER.
ARRL DX CW 2006 ALSO FEATURED A SQUEEZE IN THE W/VE HIGH POWER, W/VE MULTI
MULTI, DX QRP AND DX MULTI MULTI CATEGORIES.  W/VE QRP THIS IS A RECORDING
THE 2005 RESULTS FOR THE W/VE QRP CATEGORY LED OFF WITH THE OBSERVATION
THAT THE TOP 10 WAS GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE TOPPED WITH A CATEGORY WIN BY
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JO1WKO/ 340 JP1IOF/341 JP1NWZ/ 342 JQ1BNA/341 JR1BLX/ 350 JR1CBC/ 344
JR1DUP/345 JR1IZM/ 338 JR1MLU/ 350 JR1MVA/ 341 JR1TNE/353 JR1XIS/ 343

WNY, TAKING AWAY THE 1991 W2 CALL AREA RECORD OF K1ZM/2 WHILE TOPPING THE
40 METER SINGLE BAND CATEGORY WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 414,336 POINTS.  WAIT ILL
LET YOU GUESS THE TOP FINISHER IN THE 20 METER SINGLE BAND CATEGORY ALSO
BROKE THEIR CALL AREA RECORD, CORRECT?  
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K1NY/350 K1RM/363 K1ST/350 K1YT/340 K1ZZ/355 K2CL/363 K2FB/375 K2JLA/348
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