‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ AND 6 PARTICIPATING STATIONS. SECOND PLACE WAS CLAIMED BY THE DELAWARE VALLEY VHF SOCIETY WITH 73K FROM 7 ENTRANTS. THESE TWO GROUPS SWITCHED PLACES FROM LAST YEAR. THE NORTH TEXAS MICROWAVE SOCIETY TOOK THIRD PLACE WITH 55K FROM 5 ENTRANTS. GIVEN THE EXTREMELY UNFAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NORTH AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN CANADA, ITS GREAT TO SEE SUCH A GOOD TURNOUT FOR THIS YEARS VHF SS. THE SCORES WERE GENERALLY DOWN, BUT THE ENTHUSIASM WAS HIGH. CLUB ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ ACTIVITY IN PARTICULAR HELPS TO MOTIVATE MEMBERS TO GET ON THE AIR REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITIONS AND SCORES. GETTING ON THE AIR AND MAKING QSOS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS, AND THE CLUBS DID A FINE JOB THIS YEAR MOTIVATING THEIR MEMBERS UNDER ADVERSE CONDITIONS. ON TO NEXT YEAR GIVEN ‰ FROM PAGE 100 ‰ VN/352 JA1WSK/353 JA1WSX/354 JA1WTI/356 JA2ADY/343 JA2AH/360 JA2AHH/344 JA2AXB/348 JA2BAY/351 JA2BY/369 JA2CXH/349 JA2CYL/345 JA2DSY/357 JA2IVK ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ