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HAD OUR ANTENNA CREW TAKEN THIS STEP, WE WOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED
TO BRING IN THE ADVICE AND COUNSEL OF SOMEONE FAMILIAR WITH THE ANTENNA
SYSTEM.  EVEN IF WE HAD AN EXPERT IN THE GROUP, STOPPING TO TALK THROUGH
EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN DURING THE TAKEDOWN WOULD HAVE ASSURED
EVERYONE WAS IN THE CORRECT PLACE DOING THE CORRECT THING.  HASTE  AS MY
GROUP LEARNED AT FIELD DAY THIS YEAR, HASTE DOES, WELL AND TRULY, MAKE
WASTE.  AS MUCH FUN AS EVENTS SUCH AS FIELD DAY ARE, WHEN THEY ARE OVER,
THEY ARE OVER.  FOLKS WANT OR NEED TO GET ON WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR
LIVES.  ALL TOO OFTEN, WE FALL UNDER THE SPELL OF BELIEVING THAT IT IS
EASIER TO TAKE THINGS DOWN THAN IT IS TO PUT THINGS UP.  FOR EXAMPLE,
ROLLING UP A LENGTH OF COAX IS MUCH SIMPLER THAN TAKING THE TIME TO PLAN
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