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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
FIELD DAY AVERAGING AN OUTSTANDING 183 QS PER HOUR FOR THE CONTEST PERIOD.
CALCULATE IN 431 MULTIPLIERS AND HIS WINNING SCORE OF 8,981,940 WAS A
RUNAWAY CATEGORY WINNER.  FINISHING SECOND IN A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE, WAS
P40W, WITH JOHN, W2GD, AS THE OPERATOR, WHO EDGED OUT MARTTI, EA8BH BY A
SCANT 85K POINTS.  CONGRATULATIONS GO TO THE DX SINGLE OPERATOR SINGLE BAND
CHAMPIONS OF 2001 BOJAN, S57M 160, RAUL, CO8ZZ 80, ATILLA, YT7A 40, 3E1AA
GUENTER, HP1XVH, OP 20, RAFAEL, CT1BOP 15, AND HC8Z PEDRO, HC1OT, OP 10.
THE DX MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORIES PRODUCED THE TIGHTEST CONTESTS OF THE YEAR,
AS WELL AS STRONG INTEREST AMONG OPERATORS.  THE DX MULTIOPERATOR SINGLE
TRANSMITTER CONTEST CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE, BUT IN THE END THE OPS OF 8P9JA
AT 8P9Z USED THEIR SLIGHTLY BETTER QSO RATE TO OFFSET THE SUPERIOR
MULTIPLIER TOTAL OF VP5B TO WIN THE CATEGORY BY A MERE 41K POINTS 8,389,512
TO 8,348,256.  8P9JAS QSO RATE WAS 178R2 PER HOUR WHILE VP5BS RATE OF 172R5
LEFT THEM CLOSE BECAUSE THEY LOGGED 9 MORE MULTS.  THE DX MULTIOPERATOR TWO
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1,381,248 1408 327 C K5MA 1,110,756 1226 302 C W1RY 952,455 965 329 C W1KRS
683,046 834 273 C W1DO 30,000 100 100 C KE1Y 72,192 376 64 C 80 AA1BU
TELESCOPING SHIELDS HOW DO THEY WORK?  TELESCOPING SHIELDS IS A TECHNIQUE
OFTEN USED BY THE PROFESSIONAL AUDIO INDUSTRY TO PREVENT GROUND CURRENTS
FROM FLOWING IN THE SHIELDS OF BALANCED CABLES INTERCONNECTING VARIOUS
PIECES OF AUDIO EQUIPMENT.  ANY TIME THAT CONDUCTORS, INCLUDING SHIELDS,
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145,125 368 129 A OK2PMG 65,826 283 106 A
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