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USEFUL PREPARATION, AS ONE UNNAMED OPERATOR MANNING THE FOUR STATIONS OF A
LIMITED MULTI OPERATOR STATION IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING WAS FOUND
ASLEEP AT 530 AM WITH ALL FOUR VOICE KEYERS ON A CONTINUOUS LOOP CALLING
CQ.  THE BANDS WHAT BANDS DO I NEED TO BE ACTIVE ON FOR THIS EVENT?  THE
ANSWER IS YOU MUST HAVE 6 M CAPABILITY.  THATS WHERE EVERYONE WILL BE IF
THAT BAND IS OPEN.  AND SINCE THE BAND WAS OPEN FOR A LONG TIME ON BOTH
DAYS OF THE WEEKEND, THERE WAS THE POST CONTEST COMPLAINT ON THE VARIOUS
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REFLECTORS THAT SCORES WERE DOWN ON THE HIGHER BANDS.  WHILE IT HAS BEEN
SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN EVENT WITHOUT 6 M, THE MIDWESTERNERS
RESPONDED THAT WITHOUT 6 M, THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY.  WE
HAVE THE AUGUST UHF QSO PARTY, ON 222 MHZ AND UP, FOR THAT TYPE OF A
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SJV VE9JT 72 2 1 194 MAR WA9AFM/5 36 2 1 194 OK K5KWR 71 2 1 192 STX KF4ZNL
94 2 1 188 GA N5KJ 90 2 1 186 STX K2FEO 68 2 1 186 WNY KD7IIC 68 2 1 186 MT
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