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With 10 meters providing a small surprise to contesters in the US and Canada, Dan Craig N6MJ staked himself to a big lead in the 2008 January NAQP CW contest, knocking out over 350,000 points from W6YI's station in California. The QRP leader is KC5R, while in Multi, the difference between first and second place is just seven contacts.

With controversial new rules in place for Rovers, the 2008 January ARRL VHF Sweepstakes arrives, bringing with it the usual hope for good conditions and questions about how a three-tiered Rover category will work.

Team NX5M remains the overall leader in the 2007 ARRL 10 Meter Contest, as their claimed score in the multi-op cateogry has held up as the high tally at the ARRL log deadline. LR2F is the top DX multi. The overall single op leader is WD5K. LU5WW has the top single op score outside the US.

For the second time in three years, Jeff Briggs VY2ZM/K1ZM looks to be the winner in the 2007 ARRL 160 Meter contest, as he holds a strong lead in the final claimed scores. In the low power category, defending champ Fred Helwig K8FH leads in his bid to repeat as the titleholder. The QRP leader is W3TS; the Multi-Single lead goes to W8JI's team.