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SITTING ON THE GROUND.  CELL PHONE SERVICE WASNT GREAT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO
CONTACT A BUDDY OF MINE WHO AGREED TO ADD MY SPOT INFORMATION TO THE POTA
WEBSITE.  WITHIN 5 MINUTES, I BEGAN CONTACTING STATIONS ON 20 METER CW.
LOCAL NOISE WAS S 0, AND THE HARDEST PART OF THE ENTIRE ACTIVATION WAS
TRYING TO FIND A CLEAR FREQUENCY TO CALL CQ.  SIGNALS WERE LOUD, AND THE
FADING SIGNAL WAS AT A MINIMUM.  AFTER ABOUT 40 MINUTES OF OPERATION, I HAD
MADE 34 CONTACTS ON CW, RUNNING 50 W.  I DECIDED TO SWITCH TO SSB BEFORE WE
HAD TO PACK UP AND LEAVE.  FOR THE NEXT 25 MINUTES, I CONTACTED 34 STATIONS
ALL OVER THE US AND CANADA ON 20 METER SSB.  I FINISHED OPERATING AT 0045
UTC, ENDING WITH A 40 METER SSB CONTACT WITH JOHN BERTRAM SMITH, VE3KZT,
WHO WAS ACTIVATING A PARK IN CANADA.  IN TOTAL, I MADE 69 CONTACTS.
STATIONS IN THE LOG WERE FROM ALL CORNERS OF NORTH AMERICA AND INCLUDED DX
CONTACTS, SUCH AS DANIEL PONCE, WP4F, IN PUERTO RICO, AND JOHN SHAW,
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