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A CHAMPIONSHIP TIE HAD NEVER OCCURRED IN THE 65 PREVIOUS ARRL SWEEPSTAKES.
THAT CHANGED IN 2000, AND IT WAS A COAST TO COAST FEAT TO BOOT.  FINISHING
IN A DEAD HEAT IN THE MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORY WERE THE OPERATORS AT N6VR AND
W1AW.  BOTH ENDED UP WITH 1288 QSOS, ALL 80 MULTIPLIERS AND A SCORE OF
206,080.  BOTH STATIONS ALSO SET NEW DIVISION MARKS SOUTHWESTERN AND NEW
ENGLAND, THOUGH FALLING SHORT OF THE OVERALL RECORD.  JOINING THEM IN
SETTING A NEW DIVISION RECORD WAS THE CREW AT KL7Y, WHO ESTABLISHED A NEW
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION MARK.  THE AFFILIATED CLUB COMPETITION IS SHAPING UP
TO AN EXCITING CLIMAX.  WILL ONE OF THE TRADITIONAL SWEEPSTAKES POWERS DISH
UP YET ANOTHER VICTORY OR WILL SOME UPSTART DARK HORSE COOK UP A SURPRISE?
RESULTS FOR THIS YEARS CLUB SHOOTOUT WILL BE REPORTED WITH THE PHONE
SWEEPSTAKES RESULTS NEXT MONTH.  PLAQUE WINNERS FOR THE CW PORTION OF
SWEEPSTAKES ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS ARTICLE.  UNSPONSORED PLAQUES MAY BE
PURCHASED BY CONTACTING THE ARRL CONTEST BRANCH.  THE COST IS 60 EACH.
SEASONINGS CHANGE AND EXPERIMENTATION IN THE KITCHEN OCCURS.  WHY NOT TRY
SOME EXPERIMENTATION IN YOUR SHACK WHILE PLANNING FOR THE 2001 RUNNING OF
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93,760 586 80 12 B K4RO 54,896 376 73 7 B N4ZZ 185,120 1157 80 24 A NA4K
156,960 981 80 24 A W9WI 143,360 896 80 21 A N4DW 133,352 844 79 24 A N4ZI
131,456 832 79 21 A WO4O 124,640 779 80 23 A K3CQ 99,698 631 79 17 A K4BEV
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FINAL STEPS BUILD A MOUNTING PLATE USING U BOLTS AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO ON
PAGE 38.  ATTACH THE PLATE TO THE ANTENNA BETWEEN THE DRIVEN ELEMENT AND
THE DIRECTOR.  BECAUSE THE BOOM SAGS WHEN USED AT THE LOWER FREQUENCIES,
EXTEND ANOTHER 3 FOOT SECTION OF MAST ABOVE THE MOUNTING PLATE AND ATTACH
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80 80 14 Q W5TM W5AO 273,920 1712 80 24 M
THE ARRL NOVEMBER CW SWEEPSTAKES, SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 3 4?  MAKE CERTAIN
YOU DONT FRICASSEE A RECEIVER OR OVERCOOK AN AMPLIFIER AS YOU GET READY.
WHO KNOWS?  WITH THE RIGHT RECIPE YOU MIGHT BLEND UP A GREAT ENTRE FOR ALL
TO SEE.  SOAPBOX K2 AT 1 W WITH WIRE.  HAD TO GET ON TO OUTNUMBER THE QRO
GUYS AA2VK IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR SOME OF THE OTHER UNIVERSITY STATIONS ON THE
AIR.  I WAS NO COMPETITION, BUT I DID MANAGE TO CONTINUE SHARPENING MY CW
SKILLS AA8UP THIS WAS MY FIRST EVER SWEEP IN NEARLY A DECADE OF ATTEMPTS.
THANKS FOR A FUN CONTEST AA9RR ONLY USED 80 METERS, GOT LAST FEW STATES FOR
5BWAS AE0Q LOTS OF QRPERS OUT THERE THIS YEAR WORKED 70 OF THEM FOR 11R5 OF
MY TOTAL AE7EE SUPER CONDITIONS MADE A QRP CLEAN SWEEP POSSIBLE.  AF5Z
HIGHLIGHT WAS WORKING WP2Z ON 15 WITH 250 MW.  LOWLIGHT WAS GRABBING THE
WRONG END OF THE SOLDERING IRON JUST BEFORE THE START OF THE CONTEST.  AG0T
WILL I EVER GET A CW SWEEP?  UGH.  SPENT 3 HOURS AT THE END LOOKING FOR THE
LAST 10 MULTS.  ONLY SNAGGED 3 MORE K0IL BY THE WAY, WHO THE HECK IS
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54,750 365 75 22 A K4BX 53,960 355 76 20 A W4HZD 52,744 347 76 22 A W4DAN
32,964 246 67 13 A W4TYU 27,462 199 69 9 A K4YZ 24,160 151 80 19 A N4PQV
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