‰ NOW 30 WPM ‰ 2005 ISSUE OF QST, PP 47 48. LOCAL RESPONSE CONTINUES I WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT PAUL AND BEN HAD DONE UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. MARK CONKLIN, N7XYO, CALLED ME AND TOLD ME ABOUT BEN AND THAT BEN WAS HEADED BACK TO THE RED CROSS THAT MORNING FOR A SECOND DAY OF TRAFFIC HANDLING ON THE SATERN NET ON 14R265 MHZ. THE RED CROSS REQUESTED THAT HF OPERATIONS CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. THAT DAY I WENT THROUGH MY ADDRESS BOOK AND THE TRO CLUB ROSTER, AND SENT A MASS E MAIL TO EVERY HF OPERATOR I HAD A LISTING FOR. OF COURSE, THE NEED FOR HF OPERATORS CAME UP DURING THE TUESDAY EVENING TULSA AREA ARES/RACES NET. STEVE MILLER, AA5V, ALSO PUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 146R940 TRO REPEATERS DVR. MARK, N7XYO, DID THE SAME THING ON THE CLUBS 146R880 MHZ REPEATER. HARRY MUELLER, KC5TRB LOU HINSHAW, WB0NRU, AND PAUL KING, N5XJW, AGREED TO COVER WEDNESDAY. BY THE END OF WEDNESDAY, I HAD EVERYTHING COVERED THROUGH FRIDAY. MARK CALLED ME AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THE RED CROSS ALREADY HAD DECIDED TO EXTEND OPERATIONS ‰ FROM PAGE 43 ‰ KC7ZUH W8MQ W8XF KG9NG WB0EGR N0TRK KC5LUB KG6QBE K7EVE W7QY WI7Z KC8MST N8XKM KB9NGM KB0EMB KA0TTY WB5LWP 6 WB6QGH KA7FDG W7RAI KD7ZWI K8NIO N8XUA ‰ END OF 30 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ