‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2005 QST PAGES 92, 93 AND 103 ‰ ON TO THE NEXT CYCLE THE ONLY CATEGORY RECORD BROKEN IN THE 2005 RUNNING WAS DX SINGLE OP ASSISTED BY 9Y4W YL2KL, OP. CONTINENTAL RECORDS WERE SET BY TI5N W8QZA, OP FOR NORTH AMERICAN DX QRP EN ROUTE TO A CATEGORY WIN, KH7X KH6ND, OP FOR OCEANIA DX LOW POWER, V26G N2ED, OP FOR NORTH AMERICA SINGLE OP ASSISTED, CU2M FOR EUROPE IN DX MULTIOPERATOR, TWO TRANSMITTER, AND PJ2T FOR SOUTH AMERICA IN DX MULTITRANSMITTER, MULTIOPERATOR. N8II WON BOTH THE CATEGORY AND SET THE NEW W8 CALL AREA RECORD FOR W/VE 20 METER SINGLE BAND. W/VE QRP THE W/VE QRP TOP 10 OFTEN REPRESENTS A GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE GROUP AND 2005 WAS NO EXCEPTION WITH 7 US CALL AREAS AND ONTARIO REPRESENTED IN THE TOP 10. COASTING TO A SOLID VICTORY IN THE W/VE QRP CATEGORY WAS BOB, K3PH, EPA WITH 946 QSOS AND 254 MULTIPLIERS FOR 720,852 POINTS. BOB FINISHED 2 IN THE QRP CATEGORY IN 2004. SECOND PLACE ‰ FROM PAGE 103 ‰ JE2OVG/343 JF1UVJ/341 JF7DZA/339 JH1SJN/340 JH2SON/340 JH2UVL/342 ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ