[NLRS] W0AUS CONGRATS! and History of Multi-Op Top Scores by Division

[John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK]

Confirming what Jon noted...Outside of the Atlantic and New
England Divisions (though Marshall and the operating crew at
K5QE deserve some notice for at least topping 100k), this is
an **EXCEPTIONAL** score for "elsewhere".

Well deserved 'kudos' to the team!

And to have worked 27 different Rovers....WOW!

Below are the Multi-Op Top Scores by the 15 ARRL Divisions plus
Canada for the UHF Contest (part of what the Contest Branch
provided to me to assist in preparing the results article for
QST and I've been updating it since 2005). These are spaced to
line up in columns if viewed in a "monospace" font. ("View > 
Text Size > Fixed" does that for me in Outlook Express 6, your 
mileage in 'less antiquated' e-mail client programs may vary.)

ATLANTIC        K2DH      649,740  1998
CENTRAL         KI9R       85,860  2008
DAKOTA          N0HJZ      86,136  2005
DELTA           AG4V       29,394  2008
GREAT LAKES     NM8X       28,380  1989
HUDSON          N2CEI      64,050  1990
MIDWEST         NJ0X        8,844  1986
NEW ENGLAND     W2SZ      906,153  2002
NORTHWESTERN    NU7Z       41,382  2000
PACIFIC         W6TE        6,930  2003
ROANOKE         W3CCX/8    65,664  1985
ROCKY MOUNTAIN  W2CRS/5     5,481  1993
SOUTHEASTERN    W4EUH       1,785  2001
SOUTHWESTERN    K6TZ       24,921  1989
WEST GULF       K5QE      161,784  2007
CANADA          VE3LNX     50,424  1987

"We" can only imagine what might have resulted had the condtions
as occurred in 2008 had happened this year.

And...to Rich or any of the other ops...I'd WELCOME a "sidebar"
article on the W0AUS effort (hopefully with some good pictures!)
for the Web Report as the KI9R Multi-op team provided last year,
check their report out at
http://www.arrl.org/members-only/contests/results/2008/aug-uhf/sidebar3.html
(sorry, you must be an ARRL member and 'registered' on the
arrl.org web site to view this).

73, JK