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UNCOOPERATIVE AS POSSIBLE WITH SUNSPOT.  I GUESS WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS
THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS BANDS THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE, REGARDLESS OF TIME OF DAY
OR PROPAGATION.  9 AMATEURS ARE LIKE US BUGS YOU FIND THEM EVERYWHERE.
EVERYWHERE PERCY WENT, WE RAN INTO AMATEURS PARTICIPATING IN FIELD DAY.  IN
FACT THERE WERE A RECORD 2,331 FIELD DAY ENTRIES SUBMITTED 4 MORE THAN THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 2,241 IN 2004.  AND THAT RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES
CONTAINED YET ANOTHER RECORD AS AN ALL TIME HIGH OF 34,833 OPERATORS,
HELPERS AND VISITORS WERE REPORTED AT FD SITES.  MODEST NUMBERS WHEN
COMPARED AGAINST THE NUMBER OF LICENSEES IN THE US, BUT REMEMBER, NOT EVERY
GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL THAT PARTICIPATES IN FIELD DAY PARTICULARLY HOME
STATIONS SUBMITS ENTRIES TO DOCUMENT THEIR PARTICIPATION.  8 YOU GOTTA GOTA
PERCY WAS WELL AWARE OF THE TWO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PART 97 RULES
MADE SINCE FD2006, AND HE WAS PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT BESIDES PARTICIPATION
IN GENERAL BEING UP, THERE WAS ALSO AN ALL TIME RECORD NUMBER OF GET ON THE
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990 WTX BLOUNT CO ARC W4BLT W4BBN 223 2 12 980 AL COFFEE CO ARES N0EUU 287
2 7 954 TN PRESTON CO ARES NN8W 201 2 5 952 WV TILLAMOOK CO ARES/RACES
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