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DX PARTICIPATION IN 2001 WAS GOOD, THOUGH NOT AT A RECORD LEVEL.  LEADING
THE CHARGE IN THE DX SINGLE OPERATOR QRP CATEGORY WAS JONAS, LY2PAJ,
OPERATING AS LY5A.  HIS SCORE OF 540,216 TOPPED THE SECOND PLACE EFFORT OF
GERARD, F5BEG BY NEARLY 238K POINTS.  JONASS AVERAGE RATE OF 20 QS PER HOUR
WAS A GOOD EFFORT.  TAKING TOP SPOT IN THE DX SINGLE ASSISTED CATEGORY WAS
JANEZ, S51DX WITH A SCORE OF 1,974,708.  THIS EASILY TOPPED THE SCORE OF
YL8M, WITH GIRTS, YL2KL AS THE OPERATOR.  JANEZS RATE OF NEARLY ONE QSO PER
MINUTE 54/HOUR WAS ONE KEY TO HIS DECISIVE WIN.  KURT, VP9/W6PH, LED THE
WAY IN THE DX SINGLE OPERATOR LOW POWER CATEGORY WITH AN AVERAGE HOURLY QSO
RATE OF 57 PER MINUTE AND A SCORE OF 2,109,216.  CATEGORY RUNNER UP PEDRO,
HK3JJH, ENDED UP WITH A RATE OF BETTER THAN ONE PER MINUTE FOR THE CONTEST
PERIOD, BUT ENDED UP TRAILING KURT IN THE MULTIPLIER COUNT BY 51.  THIS IS
A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT WHILE RATE IS IMPORTANT, IT ISNT THE ONLY KEY TO
WINNING THE CONTEST.  THE CHAMPION OF THE DX SINGLE OPERATOR HIGH POWER MAY
HAVE OPERATED FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, BUT PAUL, K9PG, OPERATOR OF WINNING
STATION ZF2NT, IS A RESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO AREA.  PAUL LITERALLY HAD A
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92,736 276 112 B WB1FLA 86,697 247 117 B WA1QGC 70,380 204 115 B KY1B
62,790 182 115 B W1TW 60,606 182 111 B W1EWN 32,964 134 82 B K1RB 26,208
104 84 B N1VI 24,192 126 64 B WA1OLV 13,392 93 48 B KQ1F 1,914 29 22 B N1DD
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