TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2008 QST PAGES 73 AND 82 ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ ‰ NOW 7 1/2 WPM ‰ THE CONTEST PERIOD IS ENCOURAGED. SSB IS THE MODE COMMONLY USED, ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME CW USED AS WELL. POWER LEVELS ARE RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO HF MOST STATIONS RUN SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLIWATTS A STATION RUNNING A FEW ‰ FROM PAGE 82 ‰ /337 K1YT/340 JA1CZI/353 JP1NWZ/344 K9IR/ ‰ END OF 7 1/2 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ