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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:03:48
-0000<BR>From: "Randy Thompson K5ZD" <<A
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New WPX Contest Plaque Sponsors<BR>To: <<A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In early December I posted a message on cq-contest
asking if anyone was interested in sponsoring a plaque for the CQ WPX CW
contest. We had a number of outstanding efforts from the 2008 contest that
were not going to receive the recognition they deserved.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Plaque manager K1DG and I were extremely gratified
to receive such incredible response from the contest community. The result
is 17 new plaques for the 2008 and 2009 WPX CW Contests!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>New WPX plaque sponsors include:<BR>USA Low Power:
Ken Boasi, N2ZN<BR>USA Zone 3 High Power: Northern California Contest
Club<BR>AFRICA: Chris Terkla, N1XS<BR>NORTH AMERICA: Louisiana Contest
Club<BR>WORLD 7 MHz: 6Y1V Contest Station<BR>WORLD 1.8 MHz: Dusko Dumanovic,
ZL3WW<BR>USA 7 MHz: Darin Divinia, WG5J<BR>USA 3.5 MHz: Wes Printz,
W3SE<BR>WORLD QRP/p: Chris Kantarjiev, K6DBG<BR>USA QRP/p: John T. Laney,
K4BAI<BR>WORLD Rookie: Tim Duffy, K3LR<BR>NORTH AMERICA Rookie: Chris
Kantarjiev, K6DBG EUROPE Multi-Single: Andy Russe, YO3JR/YR1A NORTH AMERICA
Multi-Single: Jim George, N3BB EUROPE Multi-Two: Tom Georgens, W2SC EUROPE
Multi-Multi: David Robbins, K1TTT USA Combined Score (CW+SSB): Bill Fisher, W4AN
Memorial (sponsor KM3T)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My sincerest thanks to all of them for suporting
their fellow contesters and the CQ WPX Contest!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We now have more plaques for the WPX CW contest
than we do for SSB. See a complete list of WPX awards at <A
href="http://www.cqwpx.com/plaques.htm#CW">http://www.cqwpx.com/plaques.htm#CW</A>.
If you see something missing that you would be interested in sponsoring,
please<BR>contact the plaque manager Doug, K1DG, at <A
href="mailto:k1dg@cqwpx.com">k1dg@cqwpx.com</A>. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes to all for the new year. Wishing
you more sunspots and bigger scores in 2009.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV><BR>Randy Thompson, K5ZD</DIV>
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<DIV>Director - CQ WPX Contest</DIV>
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<DIV>email: <A href="mailto:k5zd@cqwpx.com">k5zd@cqwpx.com</A><BR>web: <A
href="http://www.cqwpx.com">www.cqwpx.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>