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MIKE SUBMITTED THEIR LOG FROM SJV ALTHOUGH THE TEN GRIDS THEY EACH VISITED
ALSO INCLUDED THE LAX AND ORG SECTIONS.  THE THIRD OVERALL SPOT IN LIMITED
ROVER WAS CLAIMED BY DARRYL, WW7D/R, WITH 476 QSOS ON FOUR BANDS FROM 10
WESTERN WASHINGTON GRIDS, BUT TWO THIRDS MIKES MULTIPLIER TOTAL.  WITH 85
LOG SUBMISSIONS, THE SOUTHEAST CLAIMED THE THIRD SPOT AMONG THE REGIONS BUT
DIDNT YIELD ANY OVERALL CATEGORY TOP SCORERS.  NOTABLE, HOWEVER, WERE THE
ROVING GRID PIRATES, K8GP/R, OPERATED BY TERRY, W8ZN, AND ANDY, K1RA, WHO
CLAIMED THE THIRD SPOT IN THE CLASSIC ROVER CATEGORY OVERALL.  ANDY
PREPARED AND POSTED QUITE AN INTERESTING TRAVELOGUE OF THEIR EFFORTS ON HIS
WEBSITE AT WWW. K1RA. US/ ROVING/ K1RA K8GPROVER ARRL JAN VHF SS 2014,
INCLUDING SOME VIDEOS.  TERRY AND ANDY COMPILED 900 QSOS ACROSS THE 10
BANDS IN THE ROVER VEHICLE OF RICH, N3UW.  THEY SUBMITTED THEIR LOG FROM
THE VIRGINIA SECTION BUT THE EIGHT GRIDS THEY VISITED ALSO INCLUDED
MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA.  THE CENTRAL REGION WAS THE SOURCE OF 81 LOGS
AND HOME TO THE SINGLE OPERATOR, LOW POWER LEADER, BOB, K2DRH.  BOB SHARED
THE STORY OF THE MANY CHALLENGES HE HAD FOR THIS JANUARYS CONTEST IN THE
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