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N6TEB GLENN ALLEN, KE6HPZ, OP WAS IN THIRD PLACE WITH 292,000, COVERED 11
GRIDS WITH PAUL ST JOHN, N6DN, ON A SIMILAR ROUTE IN FOURTH PLACE WITH
261,000 POINTS.  THE FIFTH PLACE HONOR WENT TO BILL ROGERS, K2TER, FROM THE
ROCHESTER VHF GROUP WITH A SCORE OF 197,
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58 2 1 212 EPA AA3II 53 2 1 212 WPA WB0SMX 105 2 1 210 AZ WA6GFR 51 2 1 206

RECORD.  IN THIRD PLACE, CURT ROSEMAN, K9AKS, FROM MICHIGAN SHOWED UP WITH
66,000 POINTS.  GARY HEMBREE, N7IR, FROM ARIZONA WAS FOURTH WITH 40,000
POINTS, AND IN 5TH PLACE, WITH A FULL 10 BAND EFFORT WAS ZACH WIDUP, W9SZ,
FROM ILLINOIS.  MULTI OPERATOR ONE OF THE PERENNIAL MULTI OP WINNERS,
W2SZ/1, THE MT GREYLOCK EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, EXPERIENCED WINDS AND RAIN FOR
THE ENTIRE WEEKEND, ACCOMPANIED BY FLAT CONDITIONS FOR THE MICROWAVES THEY
SLIPPED BACK INTO SECOND PLACE.  A LIGHTNING STORM ON SATURDAY LIT UP THE
MT GREYLOCK SKIES AND WAS A PHOTO OP FOR TOURISTS.  THE EXTREME WEATHER
TWISTED THEIR MICROWAVE ANTENNAS BY 20 DEGREES AND WROUGHT HAVOC WITH THEIR
ABILITY TO POINT THEM ACCURATELY.  BRIAN JUSTIN, WA1ZMS, CLIMBED THE TOWER
IN DARKNESS AND THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM TO SECURE A LOOSE ROTATOR WITH NEW
BOLTS.  ASCENDING TO THE TOP SPOT WERE THE GRID PIRATES, THE DELMARVA VHF
AND MICROWAVE SOCIETY, K8GP, MULTI OP TEAM WELL SEASONED, WELL EQUIPPED AND
DEDICATED OPERATING FROM SPRUCE KNOB, WEST VIRGINIA.  IN THE PROCESS, THEIR
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NC KB1CKT 109 2 1 274 NH WR8Y 68 2 1 272 GA W2BZR 132 2 1 264 MDC K5RKS 208
1 1 258 OK AB1BW 89 2 1 256 CT N2GT 51 2 1 252 NNJ W5VDM 65 2 1 246 STX

OPERATORS ALL SCORED WITHIN 25,000 POINTS OF EACH OTHER IN THE 368,000
390,000 POINT RANGE.  CAN THE 1,000,000 POINT GOAL EVER BE REACHED BY A
SINGLE OPERATOR?  WILL CONDITIONS EVER BE THIS GOOD AGAIN FOR SUCH AN
EXTENDED PERIOD DURING A VHF CONTEST?  I AM FORECASTING THAT THIS SINGLE OP
SCORING RECORD WILL STAND FOR SEVERAL DECADES.  IT CERTAINLY WILL BE A
TARGET THAT WILL BE HARD TO BEAT.  LOOKING OVER THE SOAPBOX FROM THE SINGLE
OPS, THE WORD FANTASTIC WAS USED IN ABOUT EVERY OTHER COMMENT WHEN
DESCRIBING THE 6 METER CONDITIONS.  QRP QRP OPERATORS ARE TO BE
CONGRATULATED FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION, AS THEY ADDED SO MUCH CHALLENGE.
THERE ARE STILL 16 ARRL SECTIONS THAT HAVE NOT YET HAD A QRP STATION
OPERATING THE JUNE QSO PARTY, SO THERE ARE RECORDS TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR
THOSE OPEN SLOTS.  OUR TOP QRPER THIS YEAR WAS CHRIS MERCHANT, KA1LMR, WHO
WITH 120,000 POINTS SET A NEW HAMPSHIRE QRP RECORD, MOVING INTO FIRST PLACE
THIS YEAR, UP FROM HIS SECOND PLACE FINISH IN 2005.  JOHN MORRICE, K6MI,
WHO WAS CHRISS TOP COMPETITION LAST YEAR, SQUEEZED BACK INTO SECOND PLACE
WITH HIS 84,000 POINTS, BUT HE ALSO SET A NEW QRP SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
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NJ3B 120 2 1 290 WPA K0VM 145 2 1 290 IA WD8LQB 73 2 1 288 OH K0JJR 34 2 1
286 MN W4DDR 117 2 1 284 TN W5NL 233 1 1 283 NTX N2BZP 58 2 1 282 ENY
Wellesley ARS W1TKZ 80 2 16 282 EMA KB7HDX 114 2 1 278 EWA K4CZ 207 1 3 277
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