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RADIO CONTESTING COMMUNITY.  IT NOW HAS 11 OPERATING POSITIONS, 26 BOOMS,
164 TRANSMITTING ELEMENTS, 11 HOME BREW 1,500 W AMPS, AND 13 ICOM IC 7851
AND IC 7850 TRANSCEIVERS.  SURPRISED AND EXCITED, TIM IMMEDIATELY AGREED TO
HAVE AN ALL YOUTH TEAM COMPETE FROM K3LR, AND THE TWO STARTED SERIOUSLY
PLANNING WITH THE AID OF DX ENGINEERING TEAM MEMBER TERI GRIZER, K8MNJ.
THE TEAM LINEUP FORMED LITTLE BY LITTLE TIM SUGGESTED SOME YOUNG HAMS WITH
CONTESTING EXPERIENCE, SOME OF WHOM VIOLETTA AND DAVID ALREADY KNEW AND HAD
OPERATED WITH, AND THOSE YOUNG HAMS KNEW OTHERS THAT THEY THEN INVITED.
EVENTUALLY, THEY GATHERED SIX SOLID TEAMMATES FROM ACROSS THE US, CANADA,
AND HUNGARY, COMBINING A MYRIAD OF RADIO SKILLS AND BACKGROUNDS.  MARTY
SULLAWAY, NN1C, BELIEVES TEAM EXUBERANCE IS THE FIRST SERIOUS CONTESTING
TEAM IN NORTH AMERICA THAT IS COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF YOUTH.  A WELL KNOWN
VETERAN OF SEVERAL WINNING CONTESTING TEAMS, 17 YEAR OLD MARTY QUICKLY TOOK
ON A CO LEADER ROLE AFTER HE JOINED TEAM EXUBERANCE EARLY LAST YEAR.  ALSO
ON THE TEAM ARE 19 YEAR OLD TOMI VARRO, HA8RT, A HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY
STUDENT, PROGRAMMING ENGINEER, YOUNGSTERS ON THE AIR YOTA CREW MEMBER, AND
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