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PEOPLE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN MOST EVENTS THERE ARE ALWAYS A SMALL
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WHO STAND ABOVE OTHERS BY THEIR WILL AND
DETERMINATION TO EXCEL.  WITH THE GOOD CONDITIONS FOR THE 2011 CONTEST
THESE EFFORTS RESULTED IN NEW ALL TIME CATEGORY RECORDS.  LETS TAKE A LOOK
AT TWO OF OPERATIONS THAT LED TO NEW ALL TIME WORLD RECORDS AND ONE THAT
LED TO A W/VE/XE RECORD.  THE D4C STORY FABIO, I4UFH THOUGHT 2011 WOULD BE
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GO AFTER THE WORLD MULTIOPERATOR, HIGH POWER RECORD
SET BY VP5K IN 2000.  AS HE SAID I LOVE THE ARRL 10 METER CONTEST FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS AND ALREADY HOLD MANY RECORDS.  THERE IS NO CONTEST AS THE
ARRL 10M CONTEST.  FABIO INVITED SOME FRIENDS GIORGIO, I2VXJ DONATO,
IK2EGL, AND MAX, IZ4DPV TO THE D4C STATION AT MONTE VERDE IN THE CAPE VERDE
ISLANDS.  TO SAY THAT THE D4C STATION IS IDEAL FOR A 10 METER CONTEST IS A
VAST UNDERSTATEMENT.  MONTE VERDE IS THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE ISLAND OF SAO
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