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IS 222 MHZ HOWEVER, THE MAIN FOCUS OF ACTIVITY IS 432 MHZ.  THERE IS ALSO
ACTIVITY ON 1R2 GHZ AND HIGHER.  MOST CONTEST OPERATIONS WILL BE ON SSB/CW,
BUT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF FM ACTIVITY FOR THIS EVENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU
LIVE NEAR AN AREA WITH A LARGE POPULATION.  THE CONTEST EXCHANGE
INFORMATION IS YOUR MAIDENHEAD GRID SQUARE.  IVE DISCUSSED GRID SQUARES IN
MY JUNE COLUMN, BUT BE SURE TO CHECK OUT WWW. ARRL. ORG/ LOCATE/ GRIDINFO.
HTML IF YOU NEED A REFRESHER ON GRID SQUARES.  FOR SSB AND CW, MONITOR THE
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CALLING FREQUENCIES 222R1 MHZ, 432R1 MHZ AND 1296R1 MHZ.  HORIZONTALLY
POLARIZED ANTENNAS SHOULD BE USED IF ATTEMPTING TO MAKE QSOS ON SSB/CW.  IF
YOURE TRYING YOUR HAND AT FM, MONITOR THE FM SIMPLEX CALLING FREQUENCIES OF
223R5 MHZ, 446R00 MHZ AND 1294R5 MHZ.  VERTICALLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS ARE
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BPT/349 AJ3K/345 K4JLD/350 PY2RO/342 WA9CVK/346 DL8UP/353 I5IGQ/342 JA4
RED/344 K1EFI/356 JA1BNL/346 JJ1TEA/343 K8SL/342 PY2XB/344 W5FI/349 CX3
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