‰  NOW 13 WPM  ‰
PREVIOUS YEARS DUE PRIMARILY TO INSIGNIFICANT PROPAGATION ENHANCEMENT
COMBINED WITH THE WINTER SNOWSTORM THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE NORTH CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.  UNDER MORE NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS, ROVERS
ARE KEY TO BIG SCORES IN THE JANUARY CONTEST.  THE SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS GREATLY INHIBITED THE ABILITY OF ROVERS TO ACTIVATE RARE GRIDS
THIS TIME OUT.  SINGLE OPERATOR BOB, K2DRH, OPERATING FROM EN41 IN
NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, TOOK THE TOP SPOT IN THE SOLP CATEGORY FOR THE FIFTH
ƒ  QST DE W1AW  ‰
STRAIGHT YEAR.  BOBS 128K SCORE IS DOWN FROM HIS WINNING EFFORT LAST YEAR
BY 21, WHICH ATTESTS TO THE DIFFICULT 2005 CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH SEVERE
WEATHER ISSUES.  SECOND PLACE AGAIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR GOES TO PAUL,
WA3GFZ, WITH 72K POINTS, DOWN FROM HIS 2004 SCORE BY 42 AND NO DOUBT
‰  FROM PAGE 100  ‰
CDP/347 GW4BLE/348 HA0DU/352 HA5LV/342 HA5WA/341 HA6NF/341 HA8IE/341 HA8UT
/343 HB0LL/359 HB9AAA/362 HB9AFI/353 HB9AQW/355 HB9AZO/345 HB9BLQ/342 HB9
‰  END OF 13 WPM TEXT  ‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ