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WHERE LOGS ENTERED INCREASED FROM 191 TO 550.  FOR 2011 THE BIG CATEGORY
NEWS WAS THE CREATION OF THE MULTIOPERATOR, LOW POWER MOLP CATEGORY.
FILLING THE ROLE OF BOTH A TRUE MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORY AS WELL AS A SINGLE
OPERATOR MIXED MODE ASSISTED CATEGORY IT PROVED TO BE QUITE POPULAR WITH
512 LOGS SUBMITTED WORLDWIDE.  FROM FIRST IMPRESSIONS IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
A REAL WINNER HERE.  WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MULTIOPERATOR, HIGH POWER MOHP
CATEGORY IT PROPELLED TOTAL MULTI OPERATOR ENTRIES AHEAD OF TOTAL SINGLE
OPERATOR, MIXED MODE ENTRIES.  DURING THE PREVIOUS 38 RUNNINGS OF THIS
CONTEST THE MULTIOPERATOR CATEGORY WAS ALWAYS A DISTANT LAST PLACE TO THE
OTHER THREE.  LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD, LOGS WERE RECEIVED FROM MORE THAN
230 DIFFERENT DXCC ENTITIES AND W/VE/XE SECTIONS.  THIS IS TRULY A GLOBAL
CONTEST.  MORE LOGS WERE RECEIVED FROM THOSE QUINTESSENTIAL CONTESTERS IN
JAPAN WITH 267, MORE THAN ANY OTHER LOCATION.  THEY WERE CLOSELY FOLLOWED
BY GERMANYS 242 LOGS AND EUROPEAN RUSSIAS 239 LOGS.  LOOKING FOR THE MOST
ACTIVE W/VE/XE SECTIONS, HONORS GO TO VIRGINIA WITH 106 LOGS RECEIVED
FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA WITH 92.  OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ASIA WERE THE 50
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