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THAT WERE ONLY AVAILABLE IN MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.  THEYVE BEEN REPLACED
BY THE SEEMINGLY NEVER ENDING SCROLL OF DX SPOTS.  LOG CHECKING IS NOW DONE
BY AUTOMATED SOFTWARE.  DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS PUT IN MANY HOURS OF TIME
WITHOUT MUCH GLORY TO SHOW FOR IT.  LETS GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE K1EA
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOG CHECKING DUTY FOR ARRL DX CW 2005, TAKING OVER
AFTER N6TR PUT IN MANY YEARS OF SERVICE THANKS TO BOTH.  THANKS ARE ALSO
DUE TO BOB, K3PH, WHO HAS QUIETLY MAINTAINED THE RECORD SCORE DATABASE FOR
ARRL DX CW ON THE ARRL WEB SITE.  BOB ALSO QUIETLY SNUCK PAST ALL THE
COMPETITION THIS YEAR TO WIN THE W/VE QRP SCORING TITLE.  IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT TODAY IS THE GOOD OLD DAYS FOR RADIO CONTESTING?  SOME VERY HIGH
SCORES WERE POSTED IN A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES FOR THE 2005 CONTEST DESPITE
A LACK OF SOLID PROPAGATION ON 10 METERS DURING THE EVENT.  NOT
SURPRISINGLY, AS WE APPROACH AN ANTICIPATED SUNSPOT LULL OF LATE 2006 THE
OPPORTUNITY IN MOST CATEGORIES TO SET AN OVERALL SCORING RECORD HAS PASSED
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JA3LDH/340 JA5JUG/345 JA6CDA/344 JA6GXP/350 JA6IVR/338 JA6VA/351 JA6WW/348
JA7BJS/348 JA7JM/351 JA7PL/348 JA8DSO/342 JA8XJF/351 JA9LJS/342 JE1HPM/340
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