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YOU HAVE.  IN THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE VISITED MANY OF THE CLUBS THAT HAVE
MEETING OR CONVENTIONS.  EACH OF THEM FILLS A SPECIFIC NICHE FROM FOCUSED
SPECIALIZATION TO ALMOST THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THE WEAK SIGNAL WORLD.  LET
ME SHARE A FEW OBSERVATIONS WITH YOU.  FIRST ARE THE FULL SERVICE CLUBS.
THEY COVER A RELATIVELY COMPACT GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND HOLD REGULAR IN PERSON
MEETINGS.  IN ADDITION THEY OFTEN COMMUNICATE BY NEWSLETTER AND INTERNET
REFLECTOR.  AMONG THESE DO EVERYTHING CLUBS ARE THE MT. AIRY VHF CLUB
BETTER KNOWN AS THE PACK RATS, THE ROCHESTER VHF GROUP, THE NORTHEAST WEAK
SIGNAL GROUP, THE NORTHERN LIGHTS RADIO SOCIETY AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
VHF SOCIETY.  SOME, LIKE THE RATS AND ROCHESTER, HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR
MANY DECADES.  OTHERS HAVE EXISTED FOR MUCH LESS TIME.  ALL OF THEM HAVE
MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN ONE PHASE OF THE VHF WORLD OR ANOTHER.  THEY ALL
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OE2GEN/341 OE2VEL/347 OE3EVA/351 OE3WWB/358 OE6DK/349 OE7SEL/343 OE7XMH/341
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