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OCCUPYING A LOCAL HOSPITAL ROOFTOP.  SLAMS MEMBERSHIP BEGAN TO GROW WITH
MEL WHITTEN, K0PFX JIM CONLEY, N0OBG MIKE RAGOUZIS, N0OBI, AND RICH
ROBERTSON, N0PQU.  WORD SPREAD, AND SOON ZACK WIDUP, W9SZ RON OCHU, KO0Z,
AND HARRY HAEUSSER, WA0CNS, CAME ON BOARD.  SOON, THERE WERE 10 FUNCTIONING
10 GHZ STATIONS ON THE AIR.  SLAMS MEMBERS SPONSORED THE 2010 ST. LOUIS
CSVHFS CONFERENCE AND EVEN PARTICIPATED IN THE MUD CONFERENCE IN ST. LOUIS
IN 2016.  SOME MEMBERS BOUGHT EXTRA EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS HEAVY DUTY TRIPODS,
FEEDHORNS, SMA CONNECTORS, AND HARDLINE AT BARGAIN PRICES TO OFFER TO NEW
MEMBERS, MAKING ENTRY INTO MICROWAVING LESS FINANCIALLY INTIMIDATING.
ACCOMPANYING IT WAS GOOD, FREE ADVICE.  LIKE MOST CLUBS, SLAMS MEMBERSHIP
NUMBERS FLUCTUATE.  MEMBERS MOVE, DEVELOP DIFFERENT INTERESTS, FACE
OCCUPATION AND FAMILY COMMITMENTS, AND SADLY, EVEN BECOME A SILENT KEY.  A
WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC SURELY DOESNT HELP.  STILL, WE HAVE A CORE GROUP WHO
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