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CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY.  MUCH OF OUR EDUCATIONAL FOCUS
IS ON GAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.  THE
ROLE OF AMATEUR RADIO AS A CREATIVE OUTLET FOR INQUISITIVE YOUNG MINDS,
EQUIPPING THEM TO GO ON TO BIGGER THINGS, IS A RECURRING THEME OF OUR
ADVOCACY MESSAGES.  AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT IS THROUGH OUR MASTERY OF
TECHNOLOGY AND OUR IMPROVISATIONAL ABILITY HONED BY YEARS OF PRACTICAL,
HANDS ON EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC EVEN
WHEN NOTHING ELSE IS WORKING.  BUT THE PART THAT TECHNOLOGY PLAYS IN
AMATEUR RADIO IS FAR MORE THAN JUST A SUPPORTING ROLE.  TECHNOLOGY CAN BE
AN END IN ITSELF, NOT SIMPLY A MEANS TO AN END.  FOR MANY AMONG US IT IS
THE VERY ESSENCE OF AMATEUR RADIO.  IT IS THE SHARED LOVE OF RADIO AND
WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY, RADIO WOULD NOT EXIST THAT BINDS US TO ONE ANOTHER AND
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