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MY OPERATION AS EI/N7OU/P.  THE DOG DAYS OF QRP AS I WALKED DOWN TO THE SEA
CLIFFS, TWO FRIENDLY DOGS JOINED ME.  THE DOGS AND I FOUND A GOOD SITE NEXT
TO A MEMORIAL TO THE SAILORS OF THE SPANISH ARMADA WHO PERISHED NEAR HERE
IN 1588.  I LASHED MY ANTENNA TO A NEARBY POST AND LISTENED HARD ON 20
METERS, BUT ONLY HEARD A FEW WEAK STATIONS, ALL OF THEM IN EUROPE.  I
MANAGED TO RAISE BERT GAY, F6FLH, BUT COPY WAS DIFFICULT, MADE EVEN MORE SO
WHEN I HAD TO EXPLAIN WHAT I WAS DOING TO A VAN OF GERMAN TOURISTS.  MAYBE
IT WAS THE MEMORIAL, BUT THEY ALL HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT BERT WAS
SOMEWHERE OUT ON THE STORMY SEA AND IN DISTRESS.  I DID MY BEST TO REASSURE
THEM THAT HE WAS OKAY.  MEANWHILE, EVERY TIME I WENT TO SEND WITH THE
PADDLE, MY TWO CANINE FRIENDS WOULD AFFECTIONATELY LICK MY FACE.  GO HOME
WAS CLEARLY A COMMAND THEY DID NOT KNOW.  WHEN A PERSISTENT DRIZZLE TURNED
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KF6SHU 98 N7IE 97 W7VSE 96 W5GKH WD9FLJ 95 WG8Z N1LKJ N3ZOC KF7GC WB6OTS
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