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RECORD.  IN THIRD PLACE, CURT ROSEMAN, K9AKS, FROM MICHIGAN SHOWED UP WITH
66,000 POINTS.  GARY HEMBREE, N7IR, FROM ARIZONA WAS FOURTH WITH 40,000
POINTS, AND IN 5TH PLACE, WITH A FULL 10 BAND EFFORT WAS ZACH WIDUP, W9SZ,
FROM ILLINOIS.  MULTI OPERATOR ONE OF THE PERENNIAL MULTI OP WINNERS,
W2SZ/1, THE MT GREYLOCK EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, EXPERIENCED WINDS AND RAIN FOR
THE ENTIRE WEEKEND, ACCOMPANIED BY FLAT CONDITIONS FOR THE MICROWAVES THEY
SLIPPED BACK INTO SECOND PLACE.  A LIGHTNING STORM ON SATURDAY LIT UP THE
MT GREYLOCK SKIES AND WAS A PHOTO OP FOR TOURISTS.  THE EXTREME WEATHER
TWISTED THEIR MICROWAVE ANTENNAS BY 20 DEGREES AND WROUGHT HAVOC WITH THEIR
ABILITY TO POINT THEM ACCURATELY.  BRIAN JUSTIN, WA1ZMS, CLIMBED THE TOWER
IN DARKNESS AND THE MIDDLE OF THE STORM TO SECURE A LOOSE ROTATOR WITH NEW
BOLTS.  ASCENDING TO THE TOP SPOT WERE THE GRID PIRATES, THE DELMARVA VHF
AND MICROWAVE SOCIETY, K8GP, MULTI OP TEAM WELL SEASONED, WELL EQUIPPED AND
DEDICATED OPERATING FROM SPRUCE KNOB, WEST VIRGINIA.  IN THE PROCESS, THEIR
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NC KB1CKT 109 2 1 274 NH WR8Y 68 2 1 272 GA W2BZR 132 2 1 264 MDC K5RKS 208
1 1 258 OK AB1BW 89 2 1 256 CT N2GT 51 2 1 252 NNJ W5VDM 65 2 1 246 STX
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