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Results, 1994 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes It was a hot contest for a cold weekend !-Steven, WA1 EYF By Billy Lunt, KR1R, and Warren C. Stankiewicz, NF1J Contest Manager Assistant Contest Manager T he popularity of the January VHF Sweepstakes is growing! There are many newcomers to Amateur Radio finding out about contesting, and that's exciting for everyone. The number of entries has risen 20% since the codeless Technician license was introduced in February 1991. This phenomenon has helped bring scores up dramatically, with two new overall records and 31 new Divisional records broken this year alone. A big change in this contest has been the dramatic increase in the use of FM. Opera- tors who tuned into the FM frequencies found a lot of people to work. This is also a great way to meet local hams and introduce them to what you're doing. As Leonard, WA6KLK, puts it, "This was the first time we used FM to make contacts in the contest. Boy, it sure helps, especially when working the locals, and it was a lot of fun." Don't overlook this mode when planning your strat- Dan, WB2WHD, takes a break with his mascot in the refreshing -70° wind chill after working on his 1296-MHz antennas 70 feet up. egy ! There are a lot of hams in your area whose only experience with VHF operating has been with their FM hand-held transceiv- ers. Most of these people aren't likely to try weak-signal operating without incentives. Besides, as a lot of people will tell you, it's fun! The record-breaking winter that hit the East Coast raised havoc with the best-laid plans of many hams. It was an incentive to stay inside and operate, instead of venturing outdoors. Others found frozen rotators, ice- loaded beams and miscellaneous equipment failures the order of the day. Some people are overcome by the weather and others overcome the weather! Rich, K3MQH, and crew set a new record in the Limited Top 10 Scores Single Operator, Limited Multioperator category. He notes, "At our site we had four feet of snow, frostbite and multiple weather-related antenna failures, but we still had a good time." Another hardy group were the amateurs who took to the road as rovers. ARRL HQ heard lots of praise, telling how rover activ- ity helped many people post good scores. As Floyd, WQ5S, comments, "I know I won't be the only one to say thanks to the rovers. The contest would have been boring with- out them!" In areas where the ham popula- tion is smaller, roving can help pick up your score. Denise, AJ0E (with help from Tom, K0TLM), overcame a broken radiator cap at the start of the contest, and activated 12 grids. Al, WB5LUA, and Bryan, N5QGH, Single Operator QRP Portable Multioperator Multioperator Rover Call Sign Score Call Sign Score Call Sign Score Cal/Sign Score Call Sign Score WA2TEO 244.120 NM1K 25,758 K3MQH 213,142 N2WK 451,577 NOHJZ 278,698 KA1ZE 222,720 WA4ALJ 6,510 W3ZZ 176,256 W1NY 292,572 WA2MOP 167,076 WABWZG 210,015 NOOY 6,477 N2CEI 155,067 WORSJ 131,852 WB9AJZ 112,068 K1RZ 196,350 KB6MEG 5,772 N2DSY 103,269 AA5C 127,820 AJOE 108,578 WA3NUF 163,170 AA7QZ 4,650 WB2ELB 66,364 W3IP 89,208 KE9QT 105,336 WZ1V 160,016 WX3P 1,947 W1QK 65,254 WQ5S 72,288 WB5LUA 96,844 wouc 124,950 K2DB 784 NBTLZ 59,432 N3EXA 56,848 N5QGH 92,110 N9MKC 106,080 KA2CKI 672 NOSGL 52,496 WBOGGM 54,808 NOLRJ 53,352 K1TR 104,790 KI7NC 504 KUBY 41,814 WB2PSI 54,485 NC7K 52,700 N1DPM 104,325 N2DGI 204 KB2AYU 34,968 N3ITT 52,768 KA1TBS 48,472 We thought they only did this at the airports! Jack, N3DQZ, deices his antennas before the start of the contest. June 1994 109 From June 1994 QST © ARRL

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Results, 1994 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes It was a hot contest for a cold weekend !-Steven, WA 1 EYF By Billy Lunt, KR1R, and Warren C. Stankiewicz, NF1J

Contest Manager Assistant Contest Manager

The popularity of the January VHF Sweepstakes is growing! There are many newcomers to Amateur Radio

finding out about contesting, and that's exciting for everyone. The number of entries has risen 20% since the codeless Technician license was introduced in February 1991. This phenomenon has helped bring scores up dramatically, with two new overall records and 31 new Divisional records broken this year alone.

A big change in this contest has been the dramatic increase in the use of FM. Opera­tors who tuned into the FM frequencies found a lot of people to work. This is also a great way to meet local hams and introduce them to what you're doing. As Leonard, WA6KLK, puts it, "This was the first time we used FM to make contacts in the contest. Boy, it sure helps, especially when working the locals, and it was a lot of fun." Don't overlook this mode when planning your strat-

Dan, WB2WHD, takes a break with his mascot in the refreshing -70° wind chill after working on his 1296-MHz antennas 70 feet up.

egy ! There are a lot of hams in your area whose only experience with VHF operating has been with their FM hand-held transceiv­ers. Most of these people aren't likely to try weak-signal operating without incentives. Besides, as a lot of people will tell you, it's fun!

The record-breaking winter that hit the East Coast raised havoc with the best-laid plans of many hams. It was an incentive to stay inside and operate, instead of venturing outdoors. Others found frozen rotators, ice­loaded beams and miscellaneous equipment failures the order of the day. Some people are overcome by the weather and others overcome the weather! Rich, K3MQH, and crew set a new record in the Limited

Top 10 Scores Single Operator, Limited

Multioperator category. He notes, "At our site we had four feet of snow, frostbite and multiple weather-related antenna failures, but we still had a good time."

Another hardy group were the amateurs who took to the road as rovers. ARRL HQ heard lots of praise, telling how rover activ­ity helped many people post good scores. As Floyd, WQ5S, comments, "I know I won't be the only one to say thanks to the rovers. The contest would have been boring with­out them!" In areas where the ham popula­tion is smaller, roving can help pick up your score. Denise, AJ0E (with help from Tom, K0TLM), overcame a broken radiator cap at the start of the contest, and activated 12 grids. Al, WB5LUA, and Bryan, N5QGH,

Single Operator QRP Portable Multioperator Multioperator Rover Call Sign Score Call Sign Score Call Sign Score Cal/Sign Score Call Sign Score WA2TEO 244.120 NM1K 25,758 K3MQH 213,142 N2WK 451,577 NOHJZ 278,698 KA1ZE 222,720 WA4ALJ 6,510 W3ZZ 176,256 W1NY 292,572 WA2MOP 167,076 WABWZG 210,015 NOOY 6,477 N2CEI 155,067 WORSJ 131,852 WB9AJZ 112,068 K1RZ 196,350 KB6MEG 5,772 N2DSY 103,269 AA5C 127,820 AJOE 108,578 WA3NUF 163,170 AA7QZ 4,650 WB2ELB 66,364 W3IP 89,208 KE9QT 105,336 WZ1V 160,016 WX3P 1,947 W1QK 65,254 WQ5S 72,288 WB5LUA 96,844 wouc 124,950 K2DB 784 NBTLZ 59,432 N3EXA 56,848 N5QGH 92,110 N9MKC 106,080 KA2CKI 672 NOSGL 52,496 WBOGGM 54,808 NOLRJ 53,352 K1TR 104,790 KI7NC 504 KUBY 41,814 WB2PSI 54,485 NC7K 52,700 N1DPM 104,325 N2DGI 204 KB2AYU 34,968 N3ITT 52,768 KA1TBS 48,472

We thought they only did this at the airports! Jack, N3DQZ, deices his antennas before the start of the contest.

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QSO Leaders By Band Single Operator 50 MHz 144 MHz 222 MHz 432 MHz 902 MHz 1296 MHz 2304 MHz 3456 MHz

WA2TEO 239 VE3AKK 432 KA1ZE 93 KA1ZE 167 WA3AXV 44 WA4VHF 57 WA3AXV 26 WA3AXV 13 NY1E 234 K1EIC 428 WA3AXV 93 WA3AXV 155 WB2YEH 39 WA3AXV 54 N2SB 18 WB2YEH 10 WZ1V 201 KA1ZE 425 WA2TEO 87 WA2TEO 149 WA2TEO 35 WA2TEO 52 WA3NUF 18 WA3NUF 10 N9MKC 182 WA2TEO 377 KHA 85 K1FO 133 WB3JYO 35 KA1ZE 48 WA2LTM 16 N2SB 9 W3EP/1 166 WB2QOQ 375 WA3NUF 80 K1AZ 129 WA20NK 35 WA2LTM 47 WB3JYO 16 N1DPM 7 W1WHL 156 WS1C 356 WB2YEH 76 WB3KAW 119 KA1ZE 34 K1AZ 47 W3KKN 16 WB3DNI 7 KHA 154 K1AZ 356 WB3KAW 75 KHA 117 WA3NUF 33 W1AIL 46 WB2YEH 15 N3AOG 6 WA1YHO 152 N2NEP 331 N3FUJ 72 WZ1V 111 WB3DNI 33 WA8WZG 43 WB3DNI 14 KA1ZE 5 K1RZ 150 WA8MZQ 322 WA8WZG 72 WA8MZQ 108 KB3IB 31 N1DPM 42 WA3JUF 14 W1AIL 5 W0UC 149 N9MKC 310 N1DPM 69 WA8WZG 106 N1DPM 29 N2IQU 41 AK30 13 WA2BAH 5 KA1ZE 143 WZ1V 295 WB3JYO 68 WA3NUF 104 N2SB 29 WA3NUF 41 WA8WZG 13 KA2MCU 5 W2HAW 142 N3FUJ 287 K1AZ 65 WA20NK 99 K1AZ 27 WB2YEH 39 WA0BWE 13 WA2LTM 5 N3DQZ 142 KD1DU 280 N2SB 63 N3FUJ 99 WZ1V 26 N2SB 39 WA20MY 12 KB3XG 5 WZ8D 136 N2IQU 267 WZ1V 61 WB2YEH 93 AK30 26 WZ1V 38 N3AOG 12 WA1MBA 4 K1EM 129 W8ULC 266 K3IUV 61 WA2TIF 90 N3AOG 26 WB3JYO 37 K0FQA 12 KB2HQ 4

WA0BWE 90 WA20NK 37 WB3JYO 4

Multi operator WA20MY 4

50 MHz 144 MHz 222 MHz 432 MHz 902 MHz 1296 MHz 2304 MHz 3456 MHz W1NY 256 K3MQH -L 628 N2CEI -L 119 W1NY 231 N2WK 46 W1NY 56 N2WK 25 N2WK 15 N2CEI -L 249 N2DSY-L 597 W1NY 115 K3MQH -L 222 W1NY 33 N2WK 41 AA5C 20 AA5C 12 K3MQH-L 235 W3ZZ-L 523 N2WK 110 N2WK 179 W0ASJ 21 W0ASJ 35 W1NY 11 WQ5S 9 W3ZZ-L 217 N2CEI -L 476 K3MQH -L 97 W3ZZ-L 170 AASC 21 KB2AYU -L 34 W0ASJ 11 W1NY 5 N2WK 190 N2WK 421 N2EZS-L 74 N2DSY-L 144 WQ5S 20 W3IP 31 WQ5S 10 W0ASJ 2 WB2IEY 182 W1NY 374 N2DSY-L 72 N2CEI -L 129 N3EXA 16 AA5C 29 WB2PSI 7 WB2IEY 1 W0ASJ 174 W1QK-L 370 W3ZZ-L 72 N2EZS-L 127 W3IP 13 WQ5S 28 W3IP 1 N2DSY-L 158 W0ASJ 302 WB2ELB-L 70 N3ITT 114 K3EOD 12 N3ADC-L 26 W1QK-L 152 W3IP 289 N3EXA 69 WB2ELB-L 103 WB2PSI 10 N3ITT 23 W3HZU -L 134 WB2ELB-L 262 W0ASJ 66 W1QK-L 93 N3ITT 9 WB0GGM 22 KU8Y-L 134 N1KKM -L 258 W1QK-L 59 WB2IEY 92 WB3LNZ 6 N3EXA 21 KA2PFL -L 118 KB2AYU -L 248 K3EOD 52 KB2AYU ·L 90 NA1L -L 4 WB2PSI 16 WA7KYM -L 111 N3ITT 241 W3IP 49 N3EXA 90 WB2IEY 1 N0SGL-L 16 KA1EKA -L 100 WB4NFS -L 241 W6TAW 49 N3ADC -L 89 K3EOD 14 WB2ELB -L 98 N3ADC -L 227 N3ITT 45 W3IP 83 W6TAW 13 -L denotes Limited Multioperator

Multiplier Leaders by Band Single Operator 50 MHz 144 MHz 222 MHz 432 MHz 902 MHz 1296 MHz 2304 MHz 3456 MHz NY1E 67 WA8MZQ 77 WA8WZG 28 WA8MZQ 49 WA8WZG 17 WA8WZG 18 WA0BWE 10 N1DPM 4 W0UC 62 W8ULC 66 K1AZ 26 WA8WZG 36 K1AZ 14 N0LL 18 K0FQA 10 KA1ZE 3 WA2TEO 60 KE8FD 62 NW3C 26 K4QIF 34 WA2TEO 13 N2IQU 17 WA8WZG 9 W1AIL 3 WZ8D 60 WA0G 60 KE8FD 26 KE8FD 34 KA1ZE 12 K1AZ 17 WA3AXV 8 WA2LTM 3 N9MKC 55 AA8BC 59 KB0ZQ 22 K1FO 33 W1AIL 12 WA4VHF 16 WA2LTM 6 WA3NUF 3 N0LL 52 VE3AKK 56 WA2TEO 21 NW3C 32 N1DPM 11 W0UC 15 W2HPF 6 WA3AXV 3 WZ1V 50 N9MKC 55 W0UC 21 K1AZ 31 WZ1V 10 WA0BWE 14 KA1ZE 4 WA20MY 3 K4TO 50 AA8Q 54 W8ULC 20 WZ8D 31 WB2YEH 10 WA2TEO 13 N1DPM 4 K1CPJ 2 WA8QNA 48 KB8BKS 54 N0LL 20 KC4YO 27 W2HPF 10 WZ1V 13 W1AIL 4 WB1FKF 2 NW3C 47 WZ8D 53 WA3NUF 19 W8ULC 27 WA3NUF 10 N1DPM 13 WB3JYO 4 NA1W 2 WA1YHO 43 KB8NNE 51 N4HB 19 N9MKC 27 WA3AXV 10 W1AIL 13 N2SB 4 WA1MBA 2 KE8FD 43 NW3C 50 WZ8D 19 WA2TEO 26 N2LIV 9 WA3AXV 13 N20DK 4 WB2YEH 2 W3EP/1 41 WA8WZG 49 N9MKC 19 W0UC 26 WA20NK 9 WB0CLL 13 WA3NUF 4 WB3JYO 2 KA1ZE 40 K1AZ 46 WA0BWE 19 N0LL 26 WB3JYO 8 WA2LTM 12 WA3JUF 4 N2SB 2 VE9AA 39 K4TO 45 KA1ZE 18 KB8BKS 25 KB3IB 8 WA0NTT 12 WA4VHF 4 W2HPF 2

K90YD/4 18 KB0ZQ 25 N3NGE 8 K0FQA 12 WB3DNI 2 N4HB 8 WA3JUF 2

Multioperator N3AOG 2

50 MHz 144 MHz 222 MHz 432 MHz 902 MHz 1296 MHz 2304 MHz 3456 MHz W1NY 55 N0SGL -L 64 N2WK 28 N0SGL-L 38 N2WK 17 W1NY 13 N2WK 9 N2WK 6 WA7KYM ·L 51 N8TLZ-L 51 N2CEI -L 23 N2WK 35 W1NY 11 N2WK 13 AA5C 7 AA5C 5 N2WK 48 N2WK 50 K3MQH-L 23 K3MQH-L 34 W0ASJ 8 WB0GGM 13 WB2PSI 5 WQ5S 4 N2CEI -L 44 K3MQH ·L 48 W3ZZ-L 23 W3ZZ ·L 31 AA5C 8 KB2AYU -L 11 WQ5S 5 W1NY 3 W3ZZ-L 43 W3ZZ-L 47 N8TLZ -L 20 N8TLZ ·L 28 WQ5S 7 W0ASJ 11 W1NY 4 W0ASJ 2 KU8Y-L 41 WB2ELB -L 38 W1NY 19 W1NY 27 W3IP 5 N0SGL-L 11 W0ASJ 4 WB2IEY 1 WB9CEP-L 38 N2CEI -L 37 WB0GGM 17 N2CEI -L 23 WB2PSI 4 W3IP 9 W3IP 1 K3MQH -L 37 KE2PM -L 36 WB2ELB-L 16 WB0GGM 22 N3EXA 4 AA5C 8 N8TLZ-L 37 W20W-L 36 W0ASJ 16 KB2AYU -L 21 NA1L ·L 2 WQ5S 8 WB0GGM 36 WB0GGM 36 W3IP 16 W3IP 21 K3EOD 2 N3ADC-L 7 W3HZU-L 27 N2DSY-L 35 WB2IEY 15 WB2PSI 20 WB2IEY 1 WB2PSI 5 KA1EKA ·L 26 K0DAS -L 35 N3EXA 15 K0DAS-L 20 N3ITT 1 N3ITT 5 WB2IEY 26 KU8Y-L 34 WB4NFS-L 15 WB2IEY 17 WB3LNZ 1 W3HZU ·L 5 N2DSY-L 26 W0ASJ 32 AA9AO 14 W0ASJ 17 AA9AO 5 W0ASJ 26 WB4NFS-L 32 W1QK-L 13 KU8Y-L 17 KA2PFL-L 4 K1LL-L 26 AA9AO 17 N3EXA 4

W6TAW 4 •L denotes Limited Multioperator WD0GNK 4

operated on 10 bands from 7 grids, helping Sunday night. If you took a pizza break at central and midwestern US, with contacts scores in the North Texas area considerably. any of these times, you're probably sorry made from as far west as New Mexico to as For the story of the top rover, Rich, N0HJZ, now! Alan, N4VC, remarks, "I found the E far east as Ohio. The band was open briefly, check the sidebar, "Confessions of a Prairie skip to be the best ever in a January con- at about 1345Z Sunday, from New England Rover." Thanks to all who ventured out into test!" Whether you caught the openings or to Alabama and Wisconsin. Some hams the elements in the name of VHF contesting not is probably a determining factor in your reported working tropo on the higher and a good time. multiplier count. bands during the day Sunday, notably in

In the northern latitudes, most contes- Where was the band open? When was the Kansas and Iowa. The real fireworks started tants hope for aurora to enhance propaga- band open? There was an opening on at about 2300Z Sunday night, however, with tion. Unfortunately, there was none this 6 meters Saturday night from the Midwest a big opening from the Midwest to the East Sweepstakes. For the first time in recent into Colorado and Wyoming, and N0SGL Coast for about an hour. That was another memory, we were blessed with good E-skip worked several West Coast stations. Sun- example of why the contest isn't over until openings this year, with the best opening on day afternoon was good to people in the it's over!

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The Affiliated Club Competition re­mains popular in this contest, with 35 clubs participating. In the unlimited category, the Mt Airy VHF RC (better known to mere mortals as the Pack Rats) put forth a strong effort to win the gavel this year, after miss­ing it last year. Could this be a return to its former dominance in club competition? Our congratulations to newcomers the North East Weak Signal Group, which won the Medium Category with a score just below that of the Pack Rats, and to the Bergen ARA, winners in the Local Category. We commend the outstanding job the Roches­ter, Minnesota, ARC, did in turning out for this year's contest. It takes a lot of work and enthusiasm to get members to operate in the contest and turn in logs. Having enough entries to qualify for the Unlimited Category is even more impressive.

This year marks the first listing of regional leaders for each class in this contest. As we've stated before, this is in response to those of you who wished to see more local recognition for your efforts. This certainly gives a better picture of what the competition is like outside the "corridor" on the East Coast. We're also now listing the scores by Division, so that you'll have a better idea of how you fared among stations in your area. Band winners, however, are still tallied by Sections.

We'd like to thank Contest Assistant Anne Jaworski for her help in preparing these results. The rules and dates for the 1995 January VHF Sweepstakes will be in December 1994 QST; start planning now!

SOAPBOX I got so interested and busy during the contest that I forgot to put wood in the stove. It was nice to be back in the groove after five years and I found the operating courtesy during the contest excellent! (K8ZES). Neither freezing cold, ice, snow, wind, nor old age will stop our trying to do well in the VHF SS (W2PAU). The conditions weren't great, but I had a lot of fun (WA2AEY). It appeared that there was reduced activity and fewer grids available this year on the four bands I worked, not just for me, but for many amateurs in the area. It's hard to assign a cause, although it would appear that the severe weather in the region kept some stations off the air because of damaged or iced-up antennas (WA3AQA). It's too bad the ice was a bigger factor than the atmospheric conditions! (KU3A). This was

Affiliated Club Competition Unlimited Category Mt Airy VHF Radio Club Rochester (MN) ARC

Medium Category

1,427,654 53 WA3NUF 20,273 55 N0CKK

North East Weak Signal Group 1,395,826 32 WA2TEO Northern Lights Radio Society 970,569 32 W0UC Northern Texas Microwave Society 458,117 9 K9MK Potomac Valley Radio Club 423,320 9 W6AXX Rochester DX Association 156,462 14 W2HPF Albany ARA 131,463 34 WA2BAH Yankee Clipper Contest Club 130,190 6 K1TR Schenectady ARA 104,842 44 KB2HQ Delaware Valley VHF Society 104,505 6 N3FUJ North Coast Contesters 95,100 3 NW3C South Jersey Radio Assn 87,388 21 K2YY Murgas ARC 76,702 4 WA3YON Xerox ARC 67,714 27 N2KXS Six Meter Club of Chicago 38,572 28 WA9FIH Keystone VHF Club (York, PA) 34,374 3 KA3CCA Brockport AR Klub 30,871 18 WB2VPH Mad River Radio Club 29,423 3 K8MFO Quaboag Valley ARC 27,020 11 Kl ISW Badger Contesters 18,796 11 K9VGE Mount Tom ARA 14,847 5 N1JOH Troy ARA 10,341 14 WM2Y Ventura County ARC 6,459 5 N6QOA Mobile Sixers RC 2,427 9 WA3JMM Michigan City ARC 2,197 3 W9ESU Goddard ARC 1,687 5 N2US Eastern New Mexico ARC 1,244 4 KD4JDT

Local Category Bergen ARA Central Jersey VHF Society Talladega ARC North Shenandoah DX Assn Conejo Valley ARC Rochester Repeater Radio Assn West Park Radio Ops

106,014 96,740

8,846 3,821 3,659 2,140

855

3 N2FWI 4 KA2WKA 4 AD4DA 4 N4MM 5 K1FJM/6 3 N2MXG 5 WB8JBR

my first contest since 1976. I found the contest active and I was surprised at the activity on 432 MHz! (W A4ALJ). This was the best VHF Sweepstakes for me, thanks to rovers! (K5MAT). It was a nice contest. The 6-meter E, was a big sur­prise and all the rovers kept things cooking! (AA9AO). I didn't have much time to operate this year (N4VC). I started with a vertical, but switched to my 40-meter beam when it proved to work better. It's amazing what you can work if you try (K5ZD). Tropo conditions were poor, even for January, but the E, on 6 meters livened things up a bit. It was good to hear a lot of old friends and even better to meet a lot of new ones. I hope that trend continues! (KA2DRH). I found 6 meters as bad as I've ever heard it and I've been working it since 1964! (AD4DG). Despite the iced-up antennas on Sunday, this was by far the best January VHF SS I can remember (K8MD). I had a great time! I found a lot of rover activity. The weather was in the 60s and couldn't have been better for running up and down the towers (KD0DW). This was my first time par­ticipating in a VHF contest and I enjoyed it (VE6DLS). It was another fine contest. I got to renew old local acquaintances. Here in the Denver

area, we were fortunate to have nice, unseasonably warm weather. Those who operated from their homes had the misfortune of having to be indoors! (W60AL). It was a "hot" contest for a "cold" week­end! (WAIEYF). My thanks to the rover stations that helped create a lot more activity, especially because band conditions were so poor (WD5EWD). Saturday was a lot of fun! Sunday was a disaster! (WI FEZ). This has been one of the best January SS in quite a while! The turnout was good (KB0EEB). Two hours before the start of the contest, we found antifreeze flowing out of the engine of the van. Luckily, a new radiator cap fixed the leak and the van was ready to roll for the contest. The weather in Kansas was wonderful. It was nice to have a 6-meter opening to 8-land from central Kansas! (AJ0E). Ice storms prevented me from putting up two antennas. Next year I won't procrastinate! (K3MFI). Good old 6 meters was again the band to be on! Signals were good both days with openings to the west on the first day and to the east on Sunday (KB9FZQ). This was the worst propagation in years because of the effect of two cold fronts colliding above us. We slept two days on the ground without a tent! Some­one offered one, but canceled the offer when we were just about to start the DXpedition (C00FRC). This time, I only tore the muffler off my car once during the contest! The weather conditions for roving were excellent (NK5F). It was a tough con­test and I had to fight for every contact (NI DGF). This was my first contest. Although my score isn't impressive, I accomplished my goal, which was to have fun! (AA3GM). I heard little activity, but the contest was fun. I guess the ice and snow kept the mountain toppers from their usual perches! (N4BG). I noted improved activity this year, but line noise was a problem for me (W9JGV). The activity level in the upper Midwest was good. We had nice tropo conditions from Iowa to the southwest Saturday and Sunday evenings (WR0G). Why not try FM sim­plex? You'd be amazed at what you'll hear, espe­cially when I'm mountaintopping looking for you! (KB7GYS). This was my first contest. I almost fell asleep at the station I was so tired, but I'm looking forward to June (KD4HJM). I raised the antennas to 40 feet and heard WA ?KYM in DN7 l for the first time ever! The activity in this contest gets better every year (K5RHR). I found conditions at the start to be poor, but they changed to good on Sunday. I made my first contact on 902 MHz. This band has promise! (WlAIM). I heard a number of operators complaining that their antennas and rotators were still frozen solid from the recent ice storms. I found it interesting to see the activity pick up during the second football playoff game (KA2IVS). Nothing could keep us from participating in the January VHF SS, even temperatures below zero and 39 inches of snow! I highly recommend the January VHF SS for new hams. It's a great place to get your "contesting" feet wet and it's a perfect remedy for the mid-wintertime blues (WB3IOU). I think the rain hindered the operating time, as there seemed to be very little participation (N6MI). We had a nice one-hour opening on 6 meters! (KB6IGC). Propa­gation was average to below average, but there was much more activity than last year. I was operating

John, NO0Y, went up on the roof to operate QRP portable with this 6-foot dish.

NCJ "VHF Contesting!" Editor Larry, N0LL, seems happy after setting a new Division record in the ARAL Midwest Division.

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from the backyard and it got cold sitting out there for hours (WD9IAB ). Weather conditions were great, the temperature was 31 °F, even though we were snowed in with 18 inches of snow! (KC4JGS). Surprise! 2-meter FM contesting is finally catching on, thanks to the article in the January QST on FM VHF contesting (N7GJD). Three hours into the contest my rotator failed, leaving the beams point­ing southeast. I was still able to work the E, off the back and side of the antenna. It was great to hear Es in January! (N9BJG). Making 33 contacts with EN48 is better than I ever did before in one sitting! (VE3JAR). Activity in the upper-Midwest area was tremendous, with a constant pileup from all my stops. I managed to activate 11 grids and had a blast! (N0HJR). I had a lot of fun on 2 meters. Thanks again for a great time (AJ0K). Activity seemed good, but with noisy conditions, I was forced to a premature withdrawal from this contest (VE3KDH). My score isn't great, but I had fun and I'm looking forward to June when conditions are better and the weather is more conducive to going up on a mountaintop! (VE6KC). This is my first adventure as a rover. Our set-up and tear-down times were less than 20 minutes, except for the time we got the RV stuck in the sand in DM24! We wondered why there was such low activity, but then we remembered that the earthquake was just five days earlier (W6TKV). Despite mediocre conditions, I was glad to see good activity levels (WAILBK). I found activity on 432 MHz the best in years! (Nl6L). I had a great time and a spectacu­lar view. I operated at the base of the world­famous Superstition Mountains, home of the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. I didn't find the gold, but enjoyed it all the same (Kl7LP). This was the first time in 18 years that I experienced sporadic E on 6 meters in the January SS. Two rovers really helped the score. I worked them 68 times! (N0LL). Saturday morning we dug the antennas out of the snow, they were frozen to the ground! We threw them on the tower and made five times more con­tacts than expected (KI LL). After 530 miles through seven grids, I'm not sure we could have covered more grids unless we gave up on microwave con­tacts or sleep! (WB5LUA). The mast was frozen for the entire contest with the antennas pointing east (WAI MBA). There doesn't seem to be much activ­ity in this area, but it's getting better each contest! (KG5MZ). It seemed like everyone came out of the woodwork for the last three hours! (N0MMU). I needed my four-wheel drive to make it up to Over­look Mountain because of an ice storm! Coming down the mountain was, at best, a controlled slide (WAIMKE). Who says there's no activity on FM? (NI KNW). The opening to the northwest was great! I worked seven or eight new grids in the Great Lakes area. My equipment held up under the ice load and

Regional Leaders Northeast Region Southeast Region (New England, Hudson and (Delta, Roanoke and

performed flawlessly. I'd like to thank the stations that made this first full effort a success (N2TNN). 6 meters and NFL championship games just don't mix! (WB4NFS). This was my first contest. I cross­country skied five miles to Butte Lookout, at 4600 feet elevation, which I had rented from the US Forest Service. Because of many problems, I didn't get on the air until six hours into the contest. I was pleased to discover the distances I could work (N7WNC). Running 3 W powered by C batteries didn't blow anyone's doors off, but I was pleased to get 25 QSOs here in Kansas (Kl7NG/0). I'd like to thank the rovers out there. They did a great job (KD40IG). There were short-duration openings to

Confessions of a Prairie Rover By Rich Westerberg, N0HJZ

I spent the weeks before the contest getting ready for my trip. What else could I do? The tempera­ture outside was -30°F! The weather warmed up to 32°F for the contest, which was ideal.

I set up in EN 15 to start the contest and found great signals into the Minneapolis area on all bands up through 2304 MHz! My antennas were mounted on a rack made of 2x2s on the roof of my car. I rotated antennas by turning my car. I could do some additional peaking with the rotator for 6 meters, 1296 MHz and 2304 MHz.

The activity in the upper Midwest was tremendous, with constant pileups from all my stops. I activated 11 grids and had a blast! The biggest thrills were working WA0BWE and K0FQA from 10 grids on 2304 MHz and working WD9EGE, more than 300 miles away, on 1296 MHz! The only disappointment was not being able to make many QSOs with other rovers over long distances. My final tally was 590 QSOs, 238 grids and 631 miles. I can't wait for the ARAL Spring Sprints and the June VHF QSO Party!

the south, southwest and west on Saturday evening, most of which I missed! But I was lucky enough to catch a good opening from Ohio to WI- and VEl­land during the early evening on Sunday. It was interesting (N8LOT). This event showed a whole new world to one of our ops who had only experi­enced 2 meters with a hand-held FM rig until this point (N8KOL). Murphy struck in a big way! It was difficult to rotate the antennas because of a bent mast caused by high gusts of wind the night before the contest. Then the computer monitor started smok­ing! These things can slow down a guy's QSO rate (K2UOP/8). The 6-meter rig decided to smoke just as the contest started. Subsequent investigation re­vealed a short in the driver-biasing circuit. With no drive, results were poor (VE30IL). Nice to hear so many people giving ita try with FM (WSIO) I enjoy roving and the challenges it presents (NQ20). I'm not allowed to have antennas in my neighborhood, so I got by with a 6-meter X-beam, and small quads on 144 and 432 MHz sitting on my second-floor deck, driven by a barefoot transceiver (N3JPU). Once I started, I was hooked! 2 meters was average to slightly above. The two short Es openings on 6 meters livened things up. I had to contend with intermittent power-line noise throughout the con­test (W A9PWP). It was a great contest with good activity, but the QRN on 6 meters was terrible! (AA8Q). After record cold, the record thaw kept line noise up over S9 on Sunday, and football made the band seem even worse! (N80QZ). Local activ­ity and weather were both good (KE9QT). Having everyone over to the house to operate under the club call sign was a job in itself, but everyone had a great time. It was encouraging to see a significant in­crease in activity on the 222- and 440-MHz bands. The codeless license has helped (W A3RKB). Brav­ing the remnants of a snow and ice storm, and record cold temperatures, we returned to Duck, North Caro­lina, to put FM26 on the air. Except for brief spo­radic E on 6 meters, propagation was a big disap­pointment (W4PRO). It was too bad there were no 6-meter openings! Still, I did have a lot of fun as

' usual (WA6RAY). I've been away from Amateur Radio for years, too many, and just got back into it this past summer. I had forgotten how much enjoy­ment and pleasure can be had from so many differ­ent facets of this hobby! (KF9RW). I almost made my goal of 100 QSOs, which is unreal for a January contest in the sparsely populated area of west Texas! (WS5R). We made this contest short and sweet because it was freezing, even at our clubhouse. This January stuff is a test of winter endurance! (KIDS). 6 meters opened up briefly twice, and if you didn't go searching, you didn't get a piece of the action! (N2MSS). Lots of activity made up for flat condi­tions. FM contacts helped with my QSO total. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait for June! (N2NSY).

Central Region Midwest Region West Coast Region (Central and Great Lakes (Dakota, Midwest, Rocky (Northwestern, Pacific and

Atlantic Divisions; Maritime Southeastern Divisions) Divisions; Ontario Section) Moutain and West Gull Southwestern Divisions; and Quebec Sections) Divisions; Manitoba and Alberta, British Columbia,

Saskatchewan Sections) Northwest Territories and Yukon Sections)

WA2TEO 244,120 s K2UOP/8 51,230 s WA8WZG 210,015 s WAOBWE 101,394 s KCSWLC 17,524 s KA1ZE 222,720 s N4HB 47,022 s wouc 124,950 s KBOZQ 66,355 s WSGGV 14,036 s K1RZ 196,350 s KC4YO 39,809 s N9MKC 106,080 s NOLL 61,776 s K7ND 13,250 s WA3NUF 163,170 s K9OYD/4 35,376 s KE8FD 97,240 s WAONTT 61,674 s WASRAY 12,285 s WZ1V 160,016 s KA2DRH 31,428 s W8ULC 82,795 s KOFQA 42,656 s KE7SW 11,382 s NM1K 25,758 a WA4ALJ 6,510 a N8AXA 110 a NOOY 6,477 a KBSMEG 5,772 a WX3P 1,947 a KD4VGD 3 a N8ZAT 78 a NOWCB 108 a AA7QZ 4,650 a K2DB 784 a NOVUR 105 a Ki7NC 504 a KA2CKI 672 a NOVUQ 100 a N7WNC 184 a N2DGI 204 a NOMGY 45 a N6TCZ 16 a N2WK 451,577 M W4PRO 16,320 M AA9AO 20,336 M AA5C 127,820 M W6TRW 14,610 M W1NY 292,572 M W2XL 5,719 M VE3NPB 1,577 M WQ5S 72,288 M KC6TJV 2,280 M WORSJ 131,852 M WBOGGM 54,808 M W3IP 89,208 M WDOGNK 6,864 M N3EXA 56,848 M

K3MQH 213,142 L N8TLZ 59,432 L KU8Y 41,814 L NOSGL 52,496 L WA7IQH 795 L W3ZZ 176,256 L WB4NFS 26,112 L N2BJ 21,533 L WA7KYM 18,105 L KB7CRT 744 L N2CEI 155,067 L AC4OP 10,740 L WB9CEP 15,600 L KODAS 13,230 L KE6BGH 220 L N2DSY 103,269 L WA8DQR 6,528 L WD9EXD 14,229 L KB5KYJ 9,955 L WSAB 160 L WB2ELB 66,364 L WB4VFT 3,325 L N8KOL 13,050 L AJOK 6,579 L

WA2MOP 167,076 R AC4HG 21,186 R KE9QT 105,336 R NOHJZ 278,698 R WB9AJZ 112,068 R KA1TBS 48,472 R KC4YCK 2,349 R K9JK 10,048 R AJOE 108,578 R NC7K 52,700 R N2ULL 29,392 R AD4DY 2,112 R WB9GKA 2,232 R WB5LUA 96,844 R KD7TS 42,100 R

(WD4RDZ,op) N9DEX 980 R N5QGH 92,110 R K6LMN 20,252 R N1NOE 17,097 R WA9LZM 56 R NOSUO 17,319 R NGOX 8,208 R

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Scores Scores are listed by Divisions. Withi_n each Diyision, single-operator ;=IC!)res are listed fir~t. followed by QRP Portable, Multioperator and Limited Multioperator scores. From left to nght, each line lists: call sign, score, QSOs, multipliers, class (S = Single Operator· M = Multioperator· L = Limited Multioperator Q = QRP Portable; R = Rover), Section (or, if a rover, the number of grids activated) and band (A= 50 MHz, B;,, 144 MHz, C = 222 MHz, D = 432 MHz, 9 =•902 MHz, E_= 1296 MHz, F = 2._3 GHz, G = 3.4 GHz, H = 5,? G_Hz! I =.10 GHz, J = 24 GHz, K = 47 GHz, L = Light). Among single-operator stations, the single-band Section winners are noted with band letter(s) in bold pnnt ind1cat1ng the band won. Bold also denotes a new Division record.

Atlantic WB2LOU 1,888 59 32 s WPA AB WB2EFL 100 20 5 s SNJ AB N2SUL 6,931 166 29 A 4 ABCDE K1AZ 196,350 774 165 s MDC ABCD9E N3BBI 1,785 85 21 s EPA AB N2KMM 100 25 4 s WNY B KB3PW 1,854 74 18 A 2 ABCD WA3NUF 163,170 658 126 s EPA ABCD9EFGI KE2GZ 1,750 104 14 s WNY ABCD N3CJN 96 24 4 s MDC B WA1MKE 1,495 55 23 A 4 ABD W2HPF 104,064 456 128 s WNY ABCD9EFG N30PM 1,730 173 10 s MDC B K3BPP 90 25 3 s EPA BC N3KTU 770 110 7 A 4 B WB2YEH 101,200 572 88 s SNJ ABCD9EFG K2QWQ 1,703 131 13 s SNJ B N2VML 84 28 3 s WNY B N2TWI 520 39 13 A 3 ABD WB3JYO 93,060 522 90 s SNJ ABCD9EFG N2DEQ 1,624 116 14 s SNJ B N3AFT 78 13 6 s MDC B N2UIO 351 38 9 R 2 BO NW3C 93,000 470 155 s WPA ABCD K2HPJ 1,508 116 13 s SNJ B NJ2L (FN13) 72 3 3 s WNY FGI KE3KY 270 69 3 R 3 BCD WA3AXV 91,584 394 72 s EPA CD9EFGHI N2UIO 1,472 145 8 s WNY BCD N2PKE 69 18 3 s WNY BO K2DB 234 34 6 A 2 BO N2SB 83,895 461 85 s SNJ ABCD9EFGH K3PHY 1,472 134 8 s EPA BC9 WA3NAO 68 17 4 s EPA AB N2PEB 231 51 13 A 3 ABO WB3DNI 72,884 453 76 s EPA ABCD9EFGHI W2WGL 1,426 62 23 s WNY B W9GC 68 14 4 s MDC BC WB3KRW 62,350 531 86 s EPA ABCD AA2LQ 1,424 143 8 s WNY BD N2TLW 66 22 2 s WNY BO Central KB31B 51,714 357 78 s EPA ABCD9E KB2PBR 1,424 178 8 s WNY B N31XR 65 13 5 s WPA B weuc 124,950 510 170 s WI ABCD9EFG WA3JUF 51,612 365 66 s EPA ABCD9EFG W3HK 1,392 73 16 s EPA ABCD N30VD 57 19 3 s MDC B N9MKC 106,080 586 156 s IN ABCD WA3YON 48,906 352 99 s EPA ABCD9E N2TUK 1,336 140 8 s WNY BD K3VEQ 56 14 4 s EPA AB WB9FWC 23,925 267 55 s IL ABCD9E N21QU 46,575 380 81 s WNY BOE KA1MX 1,320 134 8 s WNY BD KE2DX 54 18 3 s WNY B WA9FIH 13,959 238 47 s IL ABCDE N3FUJ 44,191 578 59 s EPA ABCD N2DML 1,300 83 13 s SNJ BO N2LPP 51 17 3 s WNY B W9JGV 13,719 246 51 s IL BO AK30 43,491 388 57 s EPA ABCD9EF KB3YL 1,292 76 17 s EPA A N2DJY 48 24 2 s SNJ B K9LCR 11,928 163 56 s IL ABCD WA20MY 43,470 332 63 s EPA BCD9EFGH K2VV 1,235 65 19 s WNY AB N3AHP 48 10 4 s EPA ABC WB8YFE 11,573 138 71 s IN ABCD N20DK 42,688 368 64 s WNY ABCD9EFIL N2HYU 1,148 125 7 s WNY BO N3GSA 44 22 2 s EPA B N3AJX 10,696 151 56 s IN BO W3KKN 41,764 394 53 s EPA ABCD9EF W2EBF 1,144 143 8 s WNY AB W3AJF 36 9 2 s EPA C K9DZE 10,584 157 56 s IN ABO W2HAW 36,180 440 67 s SNJ ABCD N3JPU 1,121 48 19 s MDC ABD N3MJQ 36 15 2 s WPA BD N9NJS 10,206 149 63 s IL ABO KA2WKA 35,948 347 76 s SNJ ABD9E KF2SJ 1,118 86 13 s WNY B KA2NBK 34 17 2 s WNY B N9LMU 9,261 143 49 s WI BOE WA20NK 35,310 327 55 s SNJ BD9E N2WOZ 1,096 110 8 s WNY BO N2UDM 26 13 2 s SNJ A K9MBX 9,212 153 49 s IL BO N2LBE 32,412 277 73 s WNY ABC09EF N2TUE 1,064 38 28 s WNY AB WA2CVJ 22 11 2 S SNJ B WA9CCQ 8,384 216 32 s IL ABCD K2YY 26,880 377 56 s SNJ ABCDE N2JVQ 1,027 79 13 s SNJ B WB01WG 21 7 3 S WPA AB KB9GLS 7,700 140 55 s IN AB K2AN 26,676 309 52 s WNY ABCD9E N2PEB 1,008 112 9 s WNY AB N2LSZ 14 7 2 S WNY B KB9FZQ 7,018 99 58 s IN ABO KB3QM 26,103 263 77 s DE ABCDE N2TOY 1,008 105 8 s WNY BD K2ANC 7 7 1 s WNY B WD9EGE 6,439 82 47 s WI ABDE WB3FAA 25,636 290 68 s EPA ABCD9E KS2T 1,005 65 15 s SNJ AC N3EVV 6 3 1 s EPA C WA9LWJ 6,432 106 48 s WI ABDE N3DQZ 25,114 378 58 s EPA ABO KB2BLS 980 196 5 s WNY B AG2Y 5 5 1 s WNY B K9VGE 6,228 173 36 s WI B KB3PD 24,024 262 66 s DE BCDE W3HMU 944 57 16 s EPA ABC N21GS 5 5 1 s WNY B WA9PWP 5,764 131 44 s WI AB NU2U 23,712 370 48 s WNY ABCD KB2NFS 896 96 7 s WNY BO KC31E 5 5 1 s EPA B KC9AT 5,700 150 38 s IN B K8ZES 23,478 267 78 s WNY ABD N2UNH 832 96 8 s SNJ BD NS9E 3 3 1 s WNY B K09PW 5,310 87 45 s WI ABCD K31UV 22,126 307 46 s EPA ABCDE KA1CNF 814 45 11 s WNY ABCD W3TDZ 3 3 1 S EPA B KA9QFK 5,005 143 35 s WI B N3AOG 21,888 262 36 s EPA ABC9EFGHI WA2GFP 804 105 6 s EPA BC K3LVO 3 3 1 S WPA B KA9YZP 3,552 79 37 s IL BO WC2F 19,943 238 49 s SNJ ABCDEF KA3CCA 792 62 12 s EPA BO N9SOR 3,336 89 24 s IL BCDE K3MFI 18,003 312 51 s EPA ABCDE W3KJM 779 41 19 s WPA AB WX3P 1,947 142 11 a WNY BCD WD8KHE 2,943 86 27 s IL BD W2EIF 17,250 214 46 s SNJ ABCD9EF KF2JC 770 103 7 s WNY BD K2DB 784 103 7 a WNY BO K9GJU 2,839 132 17 s IL ABCD WA3AQA 16,264 321 38 s EPA ABCD N2WWK 768 118 6 s WNY BO KA2CKI 672 100 6 a WNY BO WB91FM 2,800 110 25 s IL ABO WB8ZAR 16,224 247 48 s EPA ABCDE W3CXU 760 67 8 s EPA AC WA9HCZ 2,652 81 26 s WI ABD W2PAU 16,185 346 39 s SNJ ABO WA3JMM 756 82 7 s EPA ABC N2WK (+KA2ADO,KB2SE,KD2KQ,KE2WK, KF98 2,475 75 33 s IL B WA3EHD 16,029 329 39 s EPA ABCD W2FGY 747 83 9 s SNJ B NJ2L,WA2TMC,KD5RO) KF9AW 2,375 125 19 s IL B K3DMA 15,660 298 36 s EPA ABCDE KA2KFO 711 79 9 s SNJ B 451,577 1055 217 M WNY ABCD9EFGHIJ N9BJG 2,345 57 35 s IL ABCD W3GXB 14,469 256 39 s EPA ABCD9 N20NX 710 71 10 s SNJ AB W0RSJ (+Wl PV,WB20NA,WA3YUE,WU3M) KA9UZW 2,144 61 32 s WI ABCD WA4VHF 14,280 120 35 s MDC DEF N3BPJ 684 72 9 s EPA BO 131,852 688 119 M EPA ABCD9EFGIJL W9ESU 2,100 63 28 s IN BO N2NEP 14,233 331 43 s WNY B WA3CKA 665 35 19 s EPA AB W31P (+K3YDX,K03YU,N3CBJ,WA3TID,WG3A, N9UDO 2,000 80 25 s WI B W3IIT 13,545 303 35 s EPA ABCD KA2J 660 55 12 s WNY A WB6VGI) W9YCV 1,943 61 29 s WI BD N3NGE 13,200 157 50 s 'EPA ABC09 W3AWA (WA3KFT·,op) 89,208 548 108 M MDC ABCD9EFI WA9KVS 1,914 65 29 s WI ABO N2KXS 12,555 277 31 s WNY ABCDE 649 57 11 s EPA ABC N3EXA (+KB3AOX,KY3T,N3GSA) W9NHX 1,870 110 17 s IL AB W2EA 12,218 247 41 s SNJ ABO KA3MGB 636 46 12 s EPA ABC 56,848 478 76 M EPA ABCD9E W9VA 1,804 82 22 s IL AB WB2VPH 11,795 245 35 s WNY ABCD KB2KJV 630 46 10 s WNY ABCD WB2PSI (AA2JN,KE2CP,WA2s VEZ,ZKD,WB2s BYP, WB9TAE 1,782 54 33 s WI AB KT2B 11,594 165 34 s EPA ABC09F N2MYM 620 62 10 s WNY B QCJ,ops) NY1V 1,755 65 27 s IN B AF2K 11,556 340 27 s WNY ABCD N3JES 616 66 7 s EPA BCD 54,485 387 85 M WNY ABCD9EFI W9AVB 1,638 103 13 s IL ABCD KB3ZS 11,484 260 33 s EPA BDE N2PSH 600 120 5 s WNY B N3ITT (+K3FMQ,N3s OZO,PER,WQ3X) KB911 1,554 66 21 s IL ABC NM2J 10,440 206 36 s WNY ABCD9L W20RA 570 92 6 s SNJ BO 52,768 521 68 M EPA ABCD9E AK9Y 1,460 125 10 s IL BO KB3XG 10,224 126 24 s EPA CD9EFGH KE2MK 570 114 5 s WNY B K3EOD (+WA31AC) WF9X 1,352 40 26 s WI BCD WA2ZNC 10,220 220 35 s WNY ABCD WA3CSP 532 38 14 s EPA A 25,200 399 42 M EPA ABCD9E WA9QYX 1,309 72 17 s IL ABO N2SCJ 9,724 309 26 s SNJ ABO N30GF 518 37 14 s EPA B WB3LNZ (+KB3HE) WA1UJU 1,298 59 22 s WI B N2HJD 9,154 259 23 s WNY ABCDIL WW2J 516 129 4 s WNY B 17,865 300 45 M EPA ABC09 WA9CJZ 1,290 113 10 s IL ABO N2BYE 8,700 245 30 s SNJ BD WA2YSW 515 96 5 s SNJ BD W09BGA 1,276 46 22 s WI ABO KA2ENE 7,524 279 22 s WNY ABD KB2CHY 496 57 8 s WNY ABO K3MQH (K3s IXD,LYW,KF3P,N3s SYB,GKP, KD9TH 1,180 59 20 s WI B K20EQ 7,128 191 33 s WNY ABO N2BKS 496 31 16 s WNY B ND3A,W3EKT,ops) NA9N 1,044 58 18 s IN B AA210 7,004 165 34 s WNY ABC09 N31PM 492 56 6 s EPA BCD 213,142 1182 142 L EPA ABCD W9XT 1,029 49 21 s WI B KE2T 6,925 209 25 s WNY ABCD KB2HRH 488 122 4 s WNY B W3ZZ (+KH2F,K3RA,N3HIH,WA6GVC,WD81SK) K9ZWV 1,026 85 9 s IL ABCD KA3SDP 6,594 157 42 s WPA B W3HOH 448 28 16 s WPA A 176,256 982 144 L MDC ABCD K9ZWU 1,026 85 9 s IL ABCD WY2Z 6,510 217 21 s WNY ABCDE W20MV 444 111 4 s WNY B WB2ELB (+N2VRJ) WD91AB 980 41 20 s WI BO NW2M 6,119 211 29 s MDC B N2WXX 426 48 6 s WNY ABCD 66,364 533 94 L WNY ABCD WB9HOJ 936 78 12 s IL B K3GNC 5,825 217 25 s EPA BC K2010 396 96 4 s WNY BC KB2AYU (+WA2TOP) WB9MXX 900 50 18 s IL AB W3GAD 5,760 192 30 s EPA AB KE20W 380 64 5 s WNY BC 34,968 372 62 L SNJ BDE N0AKC 860 42 20 s WI ABC K3EBZ 5,566 167 22 s EPA BCDE N2XDO 380 95 4 s WNY B W3HZU (AA3s BJ,HB,K3s GDl,IIB,KA3LJL, W9NSP 712 75 8 s IL BC KC2TA 5,539 191 29 s SNJ AB N30ZO 370 33 10 s EPA BO KC3PS,KE3CW,N3s JOQ,KDS,LSN,LZS,NBT, N9TUP 594 84 6 s IL BO K3KEL 5,425 155 35 s EPA B WA2UBD 365 61 5 s WNY BO QL,RBP,RBT,RMl,WA3USG,WB3CQN,WS3G,ops) WA90KB 560 35 16 s WI AB N3LKI 5,346 135 33 s EPA ABO N3DZK 350 26 10 s EPA BCD 33,232 401 67 L EPA ABDE WA9AXA 525 67 7 s IL BC KU3A 5,103 152 27 s EPA ABCD N2US 350 50 7 s MDC B N2EZS (+KB2UW,WR2T) N9LTJ 481 37 13 s WI B

WA3YUE 4,853 121 23 s EPA ABCD9E WJ2W 332 83 4 s WNY B 30,668 496 44 L WNY ABCD N9TUQ 445 74 5 s IL BO

WA2BPQ 4,849 280 13 s WNY BCD N2UEG 325 58 5 s WNY BO N2HL T ( +KB2DMK) WA9GQK 415 83 5 s IL B K2JIQ 4,836 156 31 s WNY B KB2SE 312 78 4 s WNY B 27,903 325 71 L WNY ABCD N9TVP 320 55 5 s IL BO

K3ESJ 4,800 156 24 s EPA ABCD WB5NLJ 306 31 9 s WPA BC N3ADC (+KA2RRK,AA3Al,KA3ZXA,N3s LBT,NFB,K0LSE) K9YHB 315 31 7 s IL ABCD K3CNH 4,620 132 35 s DE AB W3FG 304 38 8 s MDC AB 27,777 424 47 L EPA ABDE W9ZZU 272 68 4 s IL B

WA3BZT 4,590 170 27 s DE B N30WE 297 33 9 s EPA B KE2PM (+KB2JAG, N2s PBU,PBX,QYN,QYP,VBN,WKT) K9USW 252 63 4 s IL B W6AXX 4,525 181 25 s MDC B NJ2L (FN03) 288 9 4 s WNY FGI 23,943 321 69 L WNY ABCO N0BSH 220 19 10 s WI BO

KA3JWJ 4,428 123 36 s WPA B WB2REM 276 23 6 s SNJ D KA2PFL (+KD21,N2s FUU,NFH) K910G 216 54 4 s IL B

KA3KHZ 4,160 160 26 s DE B N2RUA 272 59 4 s SNJ BO 19,552 300 52 L SNJ ABDE KA9MGS 195 38 5 s IL BO

N3KSE 4,082 141 26 s DE ABD KB2PWK/N 272 34 4 s WNY C W20W (AA2EQ,N2s NFS,SOY,QEW,NK2H, WA9ZBC 192 48 4 s IL B

WB2VLA 4,000 122 25 s SNJ ABCD W2HG 268 67 4 s WNY B WA2VCS,WE2K,WB310U,ops) K9SM 180 14 10 s IL ABO

N2UQE 3,936 184 16 s WNY BCDI WB2MKN 265 53 5 s WNY B 14,906 257 58 L WNY AB K9ENZ 165 33 5 s IL AB

W3HFY 3,780 105 20 s EPA ABCD9E WA2ZZX 264 64 4 s SNJ BD NV3Z (+N3AUQ,NA3T) W9PMJ 164 41 4 s IL B N2HXJ 3,510 208 13 s WNY BCD N2TUF 260 20 13 s WNY AB 9,922 210 41 MOC BO W9CEJ 164 41 4 s IL B

K2SA 3,107 173 13 s WNY BCD W3LMC 256 32 8 s MDC B N3QYA (+W3MR) N9ROX 160 14 10 s WI ABO

WB2JFL 2,880 144 20 s WNY B AA3GM 253 20 11 s WPA ABO 3,666 137 26 MDC ABO N9DSP 156 39 4 s IL B

KE2DI 2,860 201 13 s WNY ABC W21FR 250 47 5 s SNJ BO N2SFY (+N3MQP) WC9D 144 48 3 s IL B

WB4U 2,808 107 24 s MDC BCD N2TGM 230 46 5 s SNJ B 2,478 141 14 EPA BO N9APT 144 18 8 s WI B

WA2ROW 2,736 153 16 s WNY ABD KE2LU 204 68 3 s WNY B WB3JSU (+NA20) N9MCQ 140 35 4 s IL B

W3FUH 2,720 85 32 s WPA B N2SZE 204 68 3 s WNY B 1,000 38 20 L WNY BC W9RZW 104 13 8 s WI B

WA31AC 2,716 112 14 s EPA BC09 KB2NU 200 50 4 s WNY B WA3SFJ (KK3D,N3S NRC,OBO,PDF,PME,W03F,ops) W9REC 102 34 3 s IL B KB2HVL 2,565 119 15 s WNY ABCD N2TWI 195 65 3 s WNY B 708 59 12 L MDC B K9DKI 99 33 3 s IL B N2RYU 2,522 97 26 s WNY A WA3TUL 185 23 5 s EPA BC WA3NAN (KB3AZF,N3s KWU,QIQ,ops) NY9B 91 12 7 s IN ABD

N21JI 2,387 168 11 s WNY BCD N2VPN 183 61 3 s SNJ B 414 46 9 L MDC AB W9YB (KC9RG,op)

WB8YGG 2,355 157 15 s WNY B W3UQC 174 29 6 s EPA B N31XR (+N3BGV) 88 11 s IN B

WA2AEY 2,340 90 26 s WNY B WR3P 170 28 5 s EPA BC 126 14 9 L WPA B K90SH 81 9 s WI AB

N3DAX 2,300 108 20 s MDC BD WK2N 144 48 3 s WNY B KC9AH 72 12 s WI B N21ZW 2,214 177 9 s WNY BCD N2LPQ 144 48 3 s WNY B WA2MOP (K9PW,NS9E,ops) NE0P/9 70 10 s IL AB

N2NNB 2,145 143 15 s SNJ B WR3L 140 20 7 s MDC B 167,076 430 163 A ABCD9EFGH K9DQU 16 8 s IL B WM3D 2,120 208 8 s WNY BD N3HSH 120 15 8 s EPA A N2ULL (WD4RDZ,op) WA9GOB 12 12 s IL B

WA2LCC 2,070 138 15 s WNY B Wl3S 114 38 3 s EPA B 29,392 180 88 A 8 ABCD9EFG W9DYX 6 6 s IL B

W2UAD 2,040 85 24 s WNY B WA2DUE 108 54 2 s SNJ B NQ20 13,553 85 67 A 8 ABCD9E WB9YAH 6 6 1 s IN B WA2YTM 2,037 85 21 s WNY ABD N3KSB 105 15 7 s WPA AB WD5BAP 10,038 201 42 R 3 ABCD N2MXG 2,004 129 12 s WNY ABD KV2X 102 34 3 s WNY B N2HKD (+K1JUL) AA9AO (+KA9BXG)

K3MD 1,998 74 27 s WPA A K3UA 102 17 6 s WPA A 9,450 233 27 A BCD 20,336 180 82 M WI ABCDE

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N2BJ (+N2CIX) Delta WA2KPD 6,380 183 29 s ENY ABCD N2DSY (+KB2s LCA,MBA,0KN,KF2NS,N2s MFD, 21,533 275 61 L IL ABCD KC4YQ 39,809 247 121 s TN ABCD9E WB2YLR 6,136 193 26 s ENY BD OVD,PBY,PMD,PPR,PPS,RBJ,VLF,VVE,XER)

WB9CEP (+N9s KZJ,LRR,OBT,W9SU) WB4JGG 18,642 194 78 s TN ABD WB2WIH 6,068 116 37 s NNJ BCD 103,269 971 87 L NNJ ABCD 15,600 177 78 L IN ABD WB4VYH 12,462 160 62 s TN ABDE KC20F 5,797 157 31 s ENY ABD K2AE (N2s LBT,QJY,011,SOO,TJM,UID,WDL,

WD9EXD (+W9RVG) AA4H 10,812 125 68 s TN ABCD WB2VVO 5,550 160 30 s ENY ABCD W2ARO,WB2EAR,WA3RKB,ops) 14,229 232 51 IL ABCD N4VC 6,206 101 58 s TN ABD KA21VS 4,620 210 22 s NNJ B 8,766 274 23 L ENY ABCD

WK90 (+KA9KLZ) KC4QWZ 5,586 98 49 s TN ABD WB2MRX 4,524 156 29 s ENY AB KF2MR (+N201P) 351 27 13 WI B WB5KYK 4,329 93 37 s MS ABC WM2Y 3,870 156 18 s ENY ABCD 6,233 219 23 L ENY ABD

N40YS 3,744 60 39 s TN ABDE N2MSS 3,510 111 26 s ENY ABCD WB2CRZ (KF2PJ,N2s Qll,RIZ,RPX,WA2HJW,ops) KE90T 105,336 367 209 R 8 ABCDE AD4F 1,176 56 21 s TN AB N2GZD 3,473 151 23 s NLI B 4,136 145 22 L ENY ABCD K9JK 10,048 117 64 R 5 ABCD W5FYZ 990 45 22 s LA B KA2MCU 3,367 66 13 s ENY ABCD9EFGHIJ K5NA (+NET) WB9GKA 2,232 52 36 R 5 ABCD WA4TKR 608 32 19 s TN A N20GU 3,350 130 25 s NNJ ABCD 3,161 109 29 ENY AB N9DEX 980 98 10 R 4 B KG5MZ 504 26 18 s MS ABD N2KFC 3,234 147 22 s NLI B KG2H (+AA2PS) WA9LZM 56 8 7 R 4 B N4XXJ 20 10 2 s TN B NN2T 2,625 125 21 s NNJ B 2,737 119 23 ENY AB

Dakota W2KHQ 2,354 78 22 s ENY BDE N20UM (+N2PPV)

KD4VGD Q TN B N2NSY 2,295 135 17 s NLI B 1,800 110 15 L NNJ BCD WA0BWE101,394 432 131 s MN ABCD9EFI N20HS 2,090 96 19 s NLI ABD WB2JTE (+KC2KE,N2s TBJ,UCH,W2WCF) KB0ZO 66,355 365 115 s MN ABCDEFI

N5MYH (+KB5SUI) N2LDU 2,044 146 14 s NNJ B 1,428 75 17 L NNJ BCE WA0NTT 61,674 366 114 s MN ABCDE

1,768 55 26 L LA BD KA2VNP 1,572 106 12 s ENY ABD KB20NP ( +N2RKC) K0FQA 42,656 264 86 s MN ABDEF W5GAD (N4VTT,KB5GA,N5UXT,WA9TMC, WA21WW 1,490 127 10 s ENY BD 790 62 10 ENY BCD KB01KP 20,586 207 73 s MN ABCD

WB9VTN,ops) N2LMU 1,485 124 11 s NNJ BD KU20 (+NET) K0GJX 14,756 189 62 s MN ABDE

374 33 11 LA ABO K2RI 1,452 94 11 s ENY BCD 120 15 8 ENY AB KA0RYT 14,100 207 50 s MN BD WA2WQZ 1,391 99 13 s ENY ABC K2CT (N2s VID,WDL,ops) WB0MLL 12,276 214 44 s MN ABD AC4HG (+AC4HH) WA2UDT 1,320 57 20 s NNJ ABCD 82 31 2 ENY BD WA2HFl/0 8,450 135 50 s MN ABC 21,188 175 84 R ABCD9E NY2U 1,304 125 8 s ENY BD KB0NR 6,520 120 40 s MN BDE N2UAH 1,278 71 18 s NNJ A N1NOE 17,097 191 41 R ABCD9EFGHI K0JO 4,108 97 26 s MN ABCDE Great Lakes KB2JZJ 1,133 103 11 s ENY B KB2NAV (+N2NSW) N0CKK 4,061 106 31 s MN ABD WA8WZG KB2HPW 1,056 68 11 s ENY ABCD 16,264 221 38 R 4 ABCD9EFGHIJ W0AUS 3,840 104 24 s MN ABDEi 210,015 810 195 s OH ABCD9EF N2AQZ 1,001 66 11 s ENY ABCD W2JVF 1,162 56 14 R 3 BCD WD0CJM 3,848 67 32 s MN BDE KE8FD 97,240 437 170 s OH ABCDE N2PEQ 896 128 7 s ENY AB WB2BEJ 324 34 6 R 2 BCD WB0KEK 2,784 71 32 s MN ABD WBULC 82,795 463 145 s OH ABCD KB2KFV 864 91 8 s ENY ABCD N2UID 145 22 5 R 2 BD KG0GX 2,574 83 18 s MN ABD9E WZ8D 76,560 372 165 s OH ABCDE N20JY 854 54 14 s ENY ABD WB2FWK 84 21 4 R 2 B N0BSG 2,331 105 21 s MN BD WA8MZO 67,788 430 126 s OH BD K2ANL 750 50 15 s ENY A N2S00 81 27 3 R 2 B N0POY 2,244 102 22 s MN B K8MD 43,120 295 110 s Ml ABCD9E WA2WYR 676 52 13 s NNJ B N2WDL 40 6 4 R 2 BD WB0UC 2,016 95 16 s MN ABDE KB8NNE 40,339 304 107 s Ml ABCD WG21 588 49 12 s NU B N0UZA 1,717 85 17 s MN ABD K0BI 37,698 302 103 s Ml ABDE KE2XB 580 55 10 s ENY ABCD Midwest N0SPE 960 68 12 s MN ABD K4TO 36,652 261 119 s KY ABD N2TTA 530 84 5 s ENY BD N0LL 61,776 270 156 s KS ABCDE N0MWE 780 78 10 s MN AB AA80 29,388 307 93 s OH ABD KB2HPX 516 73 6 s ENY BC WB0CLL 18,542 159 73 s MO ABDE KA0EWQ 728 56 13 s MN B K8MFO 25,009 250 89 s OH ABD N2QIP 512 51 8 s ENY ABD W0EKZ 16,443 133 81 s KS ABCDE WB0HHM 612 24 18 s SD ABCD NBGHU 24,064 197 94 s OH ABCD WA2YBM 448 62 7 s ENY BD WR0G 11,160 186 60 s IA B W0PHD 602 29 14 s MN BDE WA80NR 23,316 268 87 s OH AB WA2UYL 429 33 13 s ENY AB WB0RMO 7,526 114 53 s NE ABD N0PGO 416 52 8 s MN B KBBBKS 19,276 192 79 s OH BD KB2QDA 414 58 6 s ENY BD NOOFX 4,343 101 43 s MO B W00HU 384 39 8 s MN BD WB8TGY 19,099 181 71 s Ml ABDEFG N2WSW 375 15 5 s ENY B9EFG KF0RB 4,095 105 39 s KS B N0MGY 360 50 6 s MN BD WB8K 16,055 187 85 s OH ABD N2UIA 360 40 8 s NU BD N0MMU 3,876 91 38 s MO BCD NJ0C 380 60 6 s MN B WZ8T 15,825 178 75 s Ml ABD N2SMU 330 55 6 s NNJ B KW0A 3,612 84 43 s MO B N0EJP 246 37 6 s MN BD AA8BC 15,045 255 59 s OH B KB2KDY 292 73 4 s ENY B WB0YFL 3,570 71 35 s IA BCDE N0NUO 196 49 4 s MN B N8LOT 14,508 201 62 s OH ABD WB2LXC 290 51 5 s ENY BC N01GZ 3,483 73 43 s KS ABO N0PDD 165 33 5 s MN B NBFUJ 7,728 130 48 s Ml ABCD K2PK 279 31 9 s ENY AB W0RT 3,458 91 38 s KS B N0VUO 148 37 4 s MN B KBBO 7,216 176 41 s Ml B KB2JZI 260 50 5 s ENY BD KD0PY 3,321 123 27 s IA B N0VUR 136 34 4 s MN B KB8EAP 6,549 177 37 s Ml B WD2AJS 236 59 4 s ENY B W0BJ 3,108 50 42 s NE ABDE WD0HHH 129 43 3 s MN B NBPVT 5,865 101 51 s Ml ABD W2ARO 220 32 5 s ENY ABCD KR01 2,916 66 36 s MO ABD N0WYK 123 36 3 s MN BD NBCCC 4,896 86 48 s OH ABCD KA2EXB 216 24 9 s ENY AB W0YPT 2,660 58 28 s IA BCDE W9RXJ 120 30 4 s MN B K8WW 4,350 150 29 s OH B KB2KTZ 210 22 7 s ENY ABCD WD0BOM 2,564 58 38 s NE ABD N0KLV 116 29 4 s MN B NIST 4,320 120 36 s OH B KA2TJZ 210 26 5 s ENY BCD AA0DW 2,380 70 34 s NE B KF0JD 115 23 5 s MN B KC4JGS 4,251 95 39 s KY ABD WB2FOB 195 31 5 s ENY BD W0JRP 2,232 59 36 s MO ABC N0SRO 112 14 8 s MN B NZBO 4,128 129 32 s OH B KA2AUQ 190 38 5 s ENY B N0RJJ 2,146 74 29 s IA B WB5MJK 112 28 4 s MN B N8VEA 3,500 106 28 s OH ABD WB2AMU 189 27 7 s NU A W0RAP 1,680 32 20 s IA DE KA0CRO 100 20 5 s MN B NBYWY 3,264 85 32 s OH BD N2QFH 180 20 6 s ENY ABCD N0YYO 1,550 62 25 s KS B KB01XC 96 24 4 s MN B KN40L 2,910 97 30 s KY B N2LOD 180 45 4 s ENY B K0JQA 1,512 56 27 s IA B KC0ZC 92 23 4 s MN B K2YAZ 2,560 80 32 s Ml B WB2ZCM 165 55 3 s ENY B KD0HE 1,344 34 28 s NE ABD N9CIQ 84 8 7 s MN ABD WABRCN 2,072 74 28 s OH AB WB2CLN 162 18 9 s ENY AB K0GCJ 1,044 22 18 s NE DE K0TS 84 19 4 s MN BD KD4SZJ 1,932 69 28 s KY AB WB2EAR 152 33 4 s ENY BD WY0C 574 30 14 s KS BD WB0LSG 72 18 4 s MN B KBBKVJ 1,775 71 25 s OH A KB2DJD 135 25 5 s ENY ABCD N0SIN 468 52 9 s MO B K0FVF 72 16 4 s MN BD NBRPA 1,380 69 20 s OH B N2COU 133 19 7 s ENY AB KM0L 336 28 12 s MO B K0MHC 66 22 3 s MN B W1FEZ 1,260 83 20 s OH B KA2JKA 132 32 4 s ENY BD KD0BT 270 24 9 s IA BD N0CET 58 14 4 s MN B NBRAH 1,160 58 20 s OH B KF2PJ 132 25 4 s ENY ABO K17NG/0 250 25 10 s KS AB N0ZDY 48 16 3 s MN B N8JMK 1,159 33 19 s OH AD WA21LD 126 13 6 s ENY BCD N0YUB 77 11 7 s KS AB N0PGQ 46 23 2 s MN B N81VW 1,080 60 18 s Ml B N2JJE 124 31 4 s ENY AB AB4CR/0 1 1 1 s MO B KB0S 39 13 3 s MN B N8LGP 988 52 19 s OH B WB2FOL 123 41 3 s ENY B WB0SOK 34 17 2 s MN B KABNRC 840 49 15 s OH ABCD N2FWI 120 12 8 s NNJ ABCD NOSY 6,477 83 51 Q KS BDE K0EN 33 11 3 s MN B WB8JBR 803 71 11 s OH BD WV2C 114 19 6 s NLI B KG0KJ 30 15 2 s MN B N800Z 720 40 18 s OH B KA2MLX 108 25 3 s ENY BCD NDSGL (+KBDDXL,WAIITKJ,WBDDRL) KB0YI 26 13 2 s MN B N8QYW 561 33 17 s Ml B N2LUD 100 18 4 s ENY BD 52,496 276 138 L KS ABDE N0ZSY 22 11 2 s MN B WA4GPM 495 45 11 s OH B KF2AB 88 20 4 s ENY BD K0DAS (+AA0MQ,N0s CIH,LNO) WD0M 18 9 2 s MN B WD8MMA 450 30 15 s OH B N2KJM 88 22 4 s NNJ B 13,230 158 63 L IA BCD WF0H 16 4 4 s MN B N8SSH 444 37 12 s OH B WA2ASQ 84 21 4 s NNJ B N0YYB (+KF5D0) N0HBK 15 5 3 s MN B N8QXC 403 28 13 s OH ABC N2XGB 75 24 3 s ENY BD 2,156 77 28 L KS B W0PLD 12 6 2 s MN B N8LMT 378 27 14 s Ml B AA2CW 60 19 3 s ENY BD KB0EEB (N00VT,WV0s R,S,ops) KF0PT 10 5 2 s MN B N8GRW 345 23 15 s OH B N2XKF 58 29 2 s ENY B 990 49 18 L KS BD WB0YEE 10 5 2 s MN B K8MR 286 22 13 s OH AB WB2KDD 50 22 2 s ENY BD N0XPI (+KA00GU,N0s XAR,XKU) K0TS 10 5 2 s MN B KBBODS 135 27 5 s Ml B N2RPX 50 7 5 s ENY BD 861 41 21 L MO AB WE0K 3 3 1 s MN B W81DM 26 14 2 s OH B WB2VJC 40 20 2 s ENY B W0CJ 2 2 1 s MN B KB80BM 16 8 2 s OH B KA2JHX 39 13 3 s ENY B AJDE (+K0TLM) NOOWB 2 2 1 s MN B WBXT 15 5 3 s OH A N2WJG 39 12 3 s ENY BD 108,578 291 233 R 12 ABCDE N0XOZ 1 1 1 s MN B KEBXK 10 5 2 s OH B N2LBT 38 17 2 s ENY BC WD0BWQ 738 26 18 R 2 BCDE N0VVA 1 1 1 s MN B WB80RV 9 9 1 s OH B KF2LW 36 13 2 s ENY BD

New England N00WC 1 1 1 $ MN B AFBC 5 5 1 s OH B N2LBZ 38 12 3 s ENY B W0PKA 1 1 1 s MN B N2WYN 33 11 3 s ENY B WA2TE0244,120 939 170 s CT ABCD9E

N8AXA 110 11 10 a OH A KE2JJ 26 13 2 s ENY B KA1ZE 222,720 925 145 s CT ABCD9EFG N0WCB 108 27 4 a MN B N8ZAT 78 13 6 a OH AB N2FNH 24 6 3 s ENY BCD WZ1V 160,016 732 146 s CT ABCD9E N0VUR 105 21 5 a MN B N2011 22 9 2 s ENY BD KHA 104,790 661 105 s NH ABCD9E N0VUO 100 20 5 a MN B KU8Y (+KA8TBW,KZ8E,KA9KIM,N9TOX) N2AIF 20 10 2 s ENY B N1DPM 104,325 478 107 s WMA ABCD9EFG N0MGY 45 14 3 a MN BD 41,814 364 101 L Ml ABCD AB2N 20 10 2 s NNJ B W1RIL 102,588 537 103 s WMA ABCD9EFGH N0PGQ 16 8 2 a MN B N8KOL (+N8s ICH,WHY) KE2VF 18 18 1 s ENY B WA1YHO 85,644 509 108 s NH ABCD9EF WB00AJ 6 3 2 a ND B 13,050 190 58 L OH ABCD WB2ECL 14 7 2 s ENY B W3EP/1 56,212 455 94 s CT ABDE

N6VKE (+NBUUR) W2XM 10 10 1 s ENY B K1EM 47,215 476 71 s CT ABCDE WBDGGM (WA2PHW,KA8JWC,opo) 5,977 127 43 L OH ABD N2RPU 7 7 1 s ENY B KD1DU 41,580 496 66 s CT ABCDE

54,808 291 124 M MN ABCDE NBSSE (KB8s ID,OBM,N8SSH,W8MVN,WB80VC,ops) KB2CWX 6 3 2 s ENY AB W1AIM 29,656 258 88 s VT ABCD9EI WD0GNK (K0TS,W00HU,ops) 4,142 109 38 L OH AB KE2XF 6 3 2 s ENY B N1BWT 26,015 316 55 s EMA ABCD9EI

6,864 118 39 M MN ABCDE N6WAC (+N8s SPB,WGB,WWM,XSF,WBBs MZZ,VJD) KA2HTU 6 6 1 s ENY B WB1 FKF 25,575 204 55 s EMA ABCD9EFGHI

3,498 106 33 L OH AB N2UOB 5 5 1 s ENY B N1MUW 23,666 361 52 s WMA ABCD AJDK (+NDROX) N5ACP ( +NET) N2PZP 5 5 1 s ENY B K1EIC 20,240 444 44 s CT BD

8,579 150 43 MN ABC 416 30 13 OH ABC KA2MLW 4 2 1 s ENY C WA2TIF 17,766 333 42 s WMA BD K1LL (+WB70,WV0H) N8NJE (+N8MMF) N2XGK 2 2 1 s ENY B NA1W 17,760 203 40 s WMA ABCD9EFG

3,999 93 43 SD AB 154 14 11 Ml AB N2EKU 2 2 1 s ENY B K11SW 17,644 290 44 s WMA ABCDE N0TCN (+N0TCH) WB2FLX 2 1 1 s ENY B AA1AK 16,155 338 45 s CT ABO

3,680 111 32 MN ABD Hudson KB2NRW/N 2 1 1 s ENY C NY1E 15,678 234 67 s ME A N0HZO (+KC0P) N2LIV 59,598 433 86 s NLI ABCD9E WA2FME 1 1 1 s ENY B K1FO 15,224 173 44 s CT CD

18 MN B WA2BAH 57,834 413 61 s ENY ABCD9EFGHIJ KX1C 11,970 208 42 s EMA ABCDE WB2VVV 33,792 345 66 s NNJ ABCD9E N2DGI 204 18 a ENY BC9E WA1VVH 10,260 239 30 s EMA ABCDE

N0HJZ 278,698 590 238 R 11 ABCDEFI W3HHN 30,095 329 65 s ENY ABCDEI KM1X 10,257 255 39 s RI ABD N0SUO 17,319 198 69 R 5 ABD KB2HQ 28,469 294 49 s ENY ABCD9EFGHIJ WB21EY (+KD21X,N2s DHH,FMC,GCZ,GDY,GKM, KB1KM 10,197 203 33 s EMA ABCDE WA2VOI 15,808 169 64 R 4 ABCD WB2WHD 21,648 290 48 s ENY ABCDE HTT,NOX,OLW,OVO,WB2s NHC,NVR,VVS) WA1LBK 10,044 186 36 s EMA ABCDE KC0P 7,353 171 43 R 5 B WA2VYA 13,482 291 42 s NNJ ABD 52, 152 479 82 M ENY ABCD9GHI N1FUS 9,734 261 31 s WMA ABCD N0MSB 648 56 9 R 2 BD WB2000 12,750 375 34 s NNJ B K1CPJ 8,580 137 30 s CT BCD9EFG NJ0C 389 41 9 R 3 B N2TNN 10,526 235 38 s NNJ ABD N2CEI (+N2a BOW,EOC) K5MA 8,398 160 38 s EMA ABCD WD0HHH 175 25 7 R 3 B KB2KIR 8,760 210 40 s NNJ ABCD 155,087 973 127 L NNJ ABCD N1LZC 8,190 279 26 s WMA ABC K0MHC 96 12 6 R 3 BD WA2LTM 7,476 68 21 s NNJ EFG WS1C 8,188 356 23 s WMA B WB0UC 72 4 4 R 2 Bl WA2EIO 7,018 165 29 s NLI BDE WA1MBA 7,776 113 27 s WMA BD9EFGI

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N1JOH 7,676 202 38 s WMA AB N7MWV 1,653 65 19 s WWA ABO K5MAT 9,108 139 46 s NM ABCDE KD6VEX 324 36 6 s LAX BCD KA1VED 7,104 153 32 s CT BCDE KA7YOU 1,540 80 14 s WWA ABCDE K5RHR 3,048 79 24 s NM BCDE KV6J 312 32 8 s SB BD Al1K 6,642 225 27 s RI BO N7DB 1,116 57 18 s DR ABO NJ7A 2,916 73 27 s UT ABDE KE6BBP 235 32 5 s SB BC WB1CMG 6,032 139 29 s NH ABCD9E N7RZA 1,040 68 13 s WWA BD WA7PIB 2,650 73 25 s UT ABCDE N7GJD 155 31 5 s t,;z. AB KA1DLK 6,025 206 25 s VT BD N7JGD 840 32 20 s EWA ABCD W5FF 2,415 69 35 s NM A WB6AXW 85 15 5 s SDG ABO N1EJG 5,751 210 27 s WMA ABO K7DJB 2,068 63 22 s UT ABCDE WA6FIT 48 12 4 s ORG B WAH 5,709 144 33 s NH ABCD AA7QZ 4,650 96 31 Q OR BCDE N5YYX 1,936 77 22 s NM ABO Kl7LP 45 15 3 s AZ B WC18 5,400 126 40 s EMA ABO Kl7NC 504 42 12 0 WWA B K5WJY 1,920 59 24 s NM ABCD KD6AEJ 24 4 4 s SB ABCD W1WHL 5,148 156 33 s CT A N7WNC 184 23 8 0 OR B N7KA 1,596 57 19 s NM BCD AC1J 4,732 152 26 s NH ABCD W60AL 1,564 70 17 s co ABDE KB6MEG 5,772 162 26 0 SDG ABCD K1VYU 4,422 201 22 s CT B WA7IQH (+KE7IK) W7VXW 1,240 48 20 s UT ABO N6TCZ 16 4 2 0 LAX C N1MHH 4,350 135 29 s WMA ABCD 795 45 15 OR ABCD N0VSB 1,100 55 20 s co B WA1ZUH 4,300 172 25 s WMA AB W5D0 1,008 49 14 s NM BD W6TRW (AB6UP,KD6s AUN,DYK,GKL,IGl,PRO,WYO, KA1FVG 4,272 155 24 s EMA ABO KOTTS 42,100 339 100 R 7 ABCD N0YGM 768 34 16 s co ABDE KE6BJB,KK6LV,KN6s XFL,OW,N6s MEL,RH,ZAY, AA10 3,927 103 33 s EMA ABO KD4JDT 693 49 11 s NM ABO WA6s JOK,MPF,ops) K1WVX 3,150 132 21 s CT ABO Pacific KB5FWD 693 49 11 s NM BD 14,610 327 30 M LAX ABCDE KD1SH 2,992 176 17 s CT B AJ6T 18,720 263 52 s scv ABCDE N7MLD 686 40 14 s UT BO KC6TJV (+KD6YNG,KN6WV) WA100E 2,850 94 30 s EMA ABC WJ6T 6,018 144 34 s SJV BO KB5ZDV 572 30 11 s NM BDE 2,280 97 19 M SB ABCDE N1KNW 2,784 195 12 s WMA BC N6KBX 5,600 160 35 s sv AB W51XR 532 27 14 s NM ABCD N10XV 2,727 209 9 s WMA BCD KB61GC 5,418 105 43 s $JV ABCD KB5ZSK 336 42 6 s NM ABO KE6BGH (+KE6BGN) WA1EYF 2,250 105 18 s WMA ABO Nl6L 5,249 141 29 s scv BD NZ7T 217 31 7 s UT B 220 44 SDG B KA1VY 1,980 83 22 s EMA ABO NR6E 3,538 100 29 s EB ABCDE N7VOW 210 21 10 s UT B KB7CRT (+WB70HF) K1LPS 1,925 56 25 s VT ABCD9 AA6HA 2,825 72 25 s scv ABDE AA5UR 152 29 4 s NM ABO 744 51 12 L t,;z. ABCD W1NMO 1,734 102 17 s WMA AB WN6W 2,268 82 21 s SF ABCD WB7REL 133 14 7 s UT BD W6AB (KB500,KC6BAY,KF6Ll,Kl6XG,KA7MGM,ops) WE1U 1,660 70 20 s VT ABO WA6TKV 1,242 64 18 s SJV BO KB5TTS/N 63 21 3 s NM AB 160 17 8 L SB BD N1PTG 1,545 101 15 s CT BC KA6AMD 1,230 82 15 s $JV AB WA10FR 1,539 81 19 s EMA AB WF6J 1,024 64 16 s sv B WA7KYM (+op) K6LMN 20,252 235 61 R ABCDEL KD1KJ 1,376 69 16 s EMA BD KD6WVL 1,020 68 15 s SJV B 18,105 183 85 L WY ABCD KD6EFO (+N7TTO) W1CJK 1,284 97 12 s WMA BD KF7UV 980 47 20 s NV ABC KB0JB (+N0s POH,RRL) 8,136 164 36 R ABCD K1JBS 1,250 70 18 s CT AB AC0P 480 40 12 s SF AB 1,276 58 22 co AB W6TKV (+N6CFO) WA1GTP 1,134 56 18 s CT ABC N6YBZ 410 32 10 s sv ABCD 5,002 97 41 R 5 ABO AF1T 1,079 69 13 s NH BFI WA5YWC 290 29 10 s sv B N0LRJ 53,352 235 156 R ABCDE KH6CP/1 1,050 27 15 s CT ABCD9EFGHI N4DLA/6 287 41 7 s EB B NK5F ( +N51TZ) West Gulf KB7YC 1,020 85 12 s CT B K7NV 160 16 10 s NV AB 36,120 202 86 R ABDI K9MK 29,470 296 70 s NTX ABCD9E W1AW (KA1NCN,op) N6PGO 54 12 3 s sv BC KE7NS 6,762 113 46 R ABO KB51UA 16,590 190 70 s STX ABCDE

1,020 78 10 s CT AC N2ALE 10 5 2 s scv B WB7REL 1,215 35 27 R ABO WD5EWD 12,810 179 61 s NTX ABO K1ZZ 1,020 59 15 s CT ABC W6ROR 125 16 5 R ABC WA5TKU 10,434 149 47 s NTX ABEFI N1MIA 999 111 9 s WMA AB WA6YDI (+WB61TM) N7MLD 12 4 3 R B K5LLL 10,152 169 47 s STX ABDE K100G 928 58 16 s CT B 3,538 85 29 M $JV ABCDE K5SW 6,552 83 56 s OK ABCDE K1JDH 928 116 8 s WMA B Southeastern W5KFT 1,770 59 30 s WTX B KB1MU 777 97 7 s WMA BD WA6KLK (+WD6HDY) KA2DRH 31,428 242 97 s AL ABCDE KC5CCT 1,596 76 21 s STX B N1NOZ 762 110 6 s WMA ABO 8,280 194 36 SF ABCD WS4F 18,720 149 80 s GA ABCD9EFG W50ZI 910 35 26 s STX AB WA1JEX 742 91 7 s VT BD Nl6G (+KN6TT) WD4MBK 6,888 100 42 s GA ABCDE AJ4F 396 33 12 s STX B KD1PV 728 94 7 s WMA BD 686 49 14 $JV B N4TWX 4,830 91 46 s NFL ABD KC5FP 112 11 8 s STX ABO W1TSJ 702 54 13 s CT B WD4AFY 4,738 84 46 s GA ABD W8EP 105 15 5 s NTX BD KA1TFU 636 106 6 s WMA B WB9AJZ (+N5XSA) WD41XD 4,329 97 37 s NFL ABDE WD5T/1 630 70 9 s CT B 112,068 443 198 R 7 ABDI W4WDH 3,420 86 38 s GA ABO AA5C (+KCSCBJ,N50SG,WA5s JAT,VJB, N1EPE 616 78 7 s WMA BD NC7K 52,700 326 155 R 13 ABO KB4PBM 2,781 77 27 s AL BD N6CL, WB0CGH) WA1NIE 560 35 10 s NH BFI NG0X 8,208 125 54 R 3 ABO WD4MGB 2,516 65 34 s SFL ABO 127,820 394 110 M NTX ABCD9EFGHIJL N8WXO 550 50 11 s CT AB KB7GYS 1,040 90 8 R 2 BO WA410B 1,775 59 25 s GA ABO W05S (+AA5AM,KY5M) WA2TJR 480 38 12 s CT ABC NIGG (+KN6TT) W9GWT 1,375 49 25 s NFL ABO 72,288 322 96 M NTX ABCD9EFGHL KD10N 462 63 6 s WMA BD 510 34 15 R B KD401G 1,368 57 24 s AL AB N10MT 352 44 8 s CT B

Roanoke KE4GAI 1,326 51 26 s GA B

N1JHJ 340 30 10 s NH BO N4UKF 1,100 55 20 s AL AB KB5KYJ (+KB5WON,KC5EJX,N5ZXE) N1FOW 315 31 7 s WMA BCD9 K2UOP/8 51,230 307 109 s WV ABCD9EFI KD4HJM 936 72 13 s SFL B 9,955 140 55 L WTX ABDE K1UJT 287 41 7 s WMA AB N4HB 47,022 321 102 s VA ABCD9E N4ATM 925 34 25 s NFL ABO K52D 282 47 6 s WMA B K90YD/4 35,376 250 88 s VA BCD9E KD4010 448 23 14 s AL BO WBSLUA 96,844 260 124 R 7 ABCD9EFGHIJL W10P (K1DS,op) WB4DBB 31,411 223 101 s VA ABCD9EI K04PI 408 21 17 s NFL ABO N50GH 92,110 255 122 R 7 ABCD9EFGHIJL

275 38 5 s RI BC WA1EHL 28,500 225 95 s NC ABCDE N40H 385 42 7 s GA ABDI KA5BOU 14,112 141 48 R 4 ABCDEIL N1JZO 270 45 6 s WMA AB W8CM 24,436 226 82 s VA ABCD9E W2VDl/4 250 25 10 s SFL AB N5PGH 6,228 77 38 R 4 ABCDEHI WA1SMH 260 50 5 s WMA BO N4KWX 16,640 205 64 s VA ABCDE K4Kt.;z. 207 23 9 s GA A KB5YZO 6,228 77 36 R 4 ABCDEHI WX1M 250 25 10 s RI B N4AW 16,080 170 80 s NC ABO KD4VDR 140 20 7 s AL B KB5UBE 4,887 83 27 R 3 ABCD9EFHIJL N1DGF 248 31 8 s ME B K401F 13,482 117 63 s VA BOE AD4DA 120 14 8 s AL ABO WS5R 2,552 99 22 R 8 BD N1JOG 245 26 7 s WMA BCD9 AD4DG 9,282 150 51 s VA ABO W4NTI 119 17 7 s AL AB

Canada KJ4KB 240 6 6 s CT 9EFGHI N4YZJ 8,639 122 53 s NC ABCDE AD4DB 104 12 8 s AL ABO N1NOD 232 25 8 s CT BO K8UC 6,700 112 50 s WV ABO WA4VUG 35 7 5 s AL B VE3RKK 24,192 432 56 s ON B K1TPK 222 37 6 s RI B K4FTO 6,437 137 41 s VA ABO VE3WCB 8,241 124 41 s ON ABDEF N1NGJ 198 30 6 s WMA BO W4D0 5,796 95 42 s VA ABCDE WA4ALJ 6,510 154 35 Q AL ABO VE3KDH 7,566 194 39 s ON B N10KR 196 98 2 s WMA B KV8S 5,500 85 50 s WV ABCD VE3RM 5,332 106 43 s ON ABCD KA1SWK 123 41 3 s WMA B W4FSO 3,720 78 40 s NC ABO AC40P (+K04s EYE,HLG,HME,MSB,KASWZY) VE3BFM 5,084 70 41 s ON ABCD9EF N1LZE 118 59 2 s WMA B N4MM 3,616 103 32 s VA ABO 10,740 151 80 L GA ABO VE3FGU 5,074 103 43 s ON ABO KA1UIV 100 50 2 s WMA B K3JT 2,635 70 31 s WV ABO WB4VFT (+WA5RKR) VE3GBA 4,992 156 32 s ON B N1PDX 93 31 3 s VT B WA3HOK 2,600 100 26 s WV B 3,325 75 35 L NFL BO VE3TMG 4,329 111 39 s ON AB W10JL 90 18 5 s CT A N3JT 2,337 123 19 s VA B W4HAW (WA2STA,WB2FKR,KC4HDK,KD4s LXB,OHI, VE9AA 4,134 106 39 s MAR A K1KBU 51 17 3 s WMA B AD4KE 2,077 56 31 s VA ABDE UCS,VBl,WA4HXZ,ops) VE2XX 3,128 69 34 s PO ABCDE AE1D 48 15 3 s NH BO WA40VW 1,500 53 25 s VA ABC 1,044 102 SFL ABC VE6XT 2,682 110 18 s AB ABDE W9KDR/1 1 1 s ME B WA1ECF 1,264 59 16 s VA ABDE KE4DYX ( +KE4DYY) VE4KO 2,664 77 24 s MB ABCDE

K4ME 1,260 60 21 s VA B 560 56 10 GA B VE3SXE 2,280 67 30 s ON ABO NM1K 25,758 329 54 Q CT ABCD9E WG8T 855 45 19 s WV B KD41DK (+KD41DG) VE3LL 1,520 76 20 s ON B KA1ZTU 52 9 4 0 EMA BC K4UO 735 35 21 s VA B 39 AL BO VE3URS 1,320 46 22 s ON ABCD KA1ZCYIN 24 6 2 0 CT C K4YYL 592 26 16 s SC BO VE6CMM 1,260 66 15 s AB ABDE

KB4DFK 555 25 15 s VA AD9 KC4YCK (+AA4CW) VE3DSS 689 36 13 s ON ABCDE W1NY (AC1T,K1GX,N1KBY,NC1s B,l,WA1UOC,ops) WB8BEL 540 30 18 s WV A 2,349 67 27 R 3 BD VE6KC 662 49 11 s AB BO

292,572 1081 162 M WMA ABCD9EFG KE4HXV 528 33 16 s NC B AD4DY (+KD4BHH) VE3VHB 629 37 17 s ON B W1ZGP (+K1TG) K4MSG 520 65 8 s VA B 2,112 64 33 R AB VE7RCN 561 51 11 s BC A

14,235 270 39 M CT ABCDE N4BG 480 31 15 s VA BO VE3JAR 442 34 13 s ON B W1BD (KA1s KA0,LDL,KD1s KB,RX,N1s HRS, W4LMJ 312 24 12 s VA ABO Southwestern VE4GLS 434 27 14 s MB BO HUM,IOL,MAM,PTR,WA1YNU,ops) KD4ZJH 273 21 13 s NC B KC6WLC 17,524 268 52 s SB ABCD VE4ZK 300 22 12 s MB ABO

5,883 115 37 M VT ABCDEI W3FTG 180 36 5 s VA B W6GGV 14,036 223 44 s LAX ABCDE VE2UG 294 16 14 s PO ABCD K3ZNV/8 168 20 8 s WV BO WA6RAY 12,285 213 39 s LAX ABCDE VE2LC 225 18 9 s PO ABO

W10K (+KA1SYG,N1s ABY,NRP,OFZ,WA 1PMA) W4PSJ 136 15 8 s VA ABCD WB6FCS 9,550 160 50 s ORG ABCD VE7GNR 65 12 5 s BC ABD 65,254 674 79 L CT ABCD N4YKD 78 13 6 s VA B W6RDF 7,228 188 26 s SDG ABCDI VE7KPB 54 6 6 s BC ABCD

KA1EKR (+KA1CLV,WA1UDH) K800L 54 9 6 s WV AB N6MI 7,128 160 33 s ORG ABCDE 23,364 323 59 L EMA ABCD N4SLR 15 5 3 s VA B N7WLS 6,944 179 31 s LAX ABCD VE2PIJ 36 0 PO BD

N1KKM (AA1GK,KA1BOJ,KD1EU,N1BPD,WK1S,ops) W9LT 8 4 2 s WV B KD6FSM 6,048 176 24 s LAX ABCD 17,507 377 41 L CT ABO W81J 4 2 2 s WV AB K1CT 4,860 140 27 s SDG ABCD VE3NPB (+VE301L)

NR1L (+N1s FOW,IJK,KBY) KD6PIT 2,584 116 19 s LAX ABO 1,577 61 19 M ON BCDL 3,810 191 15 WMA BCD9 W4PRO (+AD4NJ,KB4WYR,KC4WTT,KD4s AUR,SVL, K6HLH 2,060 103 20 s LAX B

KA1VMG (+N1HKA,N9LYE) KM4EM,WB4GCS,KB60WP,WH9AAF,KD0E,KE0YG) W7GZ 1,995 77 19 s AZ ABCDE VE3SAU (VE3s FHU,GOG,IGM,OJN,XJX,ops) 1,155 77 15 L CT AB 16,320 184 68 M VA ABCDE N600A 1,767 60 19 s SB ABCDE 7,852 127 52 L ON ABCD

N1NCI (+WA1LNP) W2XL (+KD2NE,N2MCl,AB4SL,KE4END,KB9MS) K1FJM/6 1,656 92 18 s SB AB 108 27 NH B 5,719 9843MNC ABCDE NSHC 1,548 129 12 s ORG AB VE6DLS (VE6VEM,op)

WA3ELA 1,316 75 14 s SB ABCD 792 44 18 R B KA1TBS (+KA10FE) N8TLZ (+WA8CXI) KK60U 1,248 81 13 s LAX ABCD

DX 48,472 417 73 R ABCD9EF 59,432 348 136 WV ABCD KN6WL 1,212 101 12 s ORG B W1KK (+K1CYD) WB4NFS (+K04FM) KC6JLW 1,098 83 9 s SB BC KE4BXTIMM 56 28 s B

306 46 R BD 26,112 345 68 L VA ABCD K6VMN 1,079 69 13 s SB ABCD WA8DOR (+K8LG,N8DIR,WA8YCG,WD8AFJ,WF8X) W6PFE 1,053 81 13 s SDG AB C00FRC (CO2& JA,KG,KK,OJ,PL,YY,ops)

Northwestern 6,528 136 48 L WV AB KC6UIX 1,024 64 16 s ORG B 30 6 5 L AB K7ND 13,250 180 50 s WWA ABCDE N8ROR (+KD4WKD) KD6LUL 1,020 85 12 s SDG B

Checklogs KE7SW 11,382 185 42 s WWA ABCDE 1,212 79 12 NC ABO K6AWO 909 69 9 s LAX BD W7FI 3,844 124 31 s WWA AB N4JOO (+NET) W60YJ 864 55 12 s SDG BCD N2TTT, WA3GYW, KD6PLN, WB6DFE, N8DJB, KE7CX 3,708 71 36 s OR ABCDE 468 39 12 L VA B N6RVC 770 77 10 s LAX B WB81MY, WA9FIH, VE7XO. KB7UWC 2,548 79 28 s EWA ABD K61BY 544 20 17 s DAG BCD N7AUV 2,324 66 28 s EWA ABDE Rocky Mountain KD6UIH 440 55 8 s ORG B N7YAG 2,268 92 21 s OR ABO KD0DW 23,545 198 85 s co ABCDE KD6B10 351 39 9 s SB AB K7VNU 2,140 87 20 s WWA ABCD W2CRS 15,038 149 73 s co ABCDE WD6GAD 340 88 5 s LAX B

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