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THE VHF COMMUNITY LEADING BY EXAMPLE, DOING HIS/HER BEST TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AS WE SEE IT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO APPLY PEER PRESSURE
AS NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.  BUT JUST AS WE NEED TO BE
REMINDED AT TIMES OF WHAT A CONTACT IS, SO DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
ETHICS OF WHAT WE DO.  AS TABLE 1 STATES DONT DO ANYTHING YOU WOULD NOT
WANT TO BE MADE PUBLIC.  ON THE BANDS THIS MONTHS HIGHLIGHTS ARE A SEMINAL
ACHIEVEMENT ON 432 MHZ AND A STRONG ES OPENING ON 2 METERS.  THANKS TO MY
CORRESPONDENTS INCLUDING W2BVH, K6LMN AND N7DB NOT OTHERWISE MENTIONED.
FIRST 432 MHZ DXCC.  VIA AL, K2UYH, COMES A MESSAGE FROM JAN BRUINIER,
DL9KR ZDENEK AT Z3/OK1DFC HAD ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A BEACON AND WHEN
PAUSING TO LISTEN TO MY ECHOES, HE SUDDENLY APPEARED WITH A 549 SIGNAL THUS
GIVING ME DXCC ENTITY 100 AFTER MORE THAN 30 ACTIVE YEARS OF CW, RPT CW,
EME ON 432 MHZ.  A HUGE THANKS TO OK1DFC AND OK3RM.  THUS ON JUNE 6, JAN
BECAME THE FIRST OPERATOR TO COMPLETE 432 MHZ EME.  THIS WAS ALL DONE ON
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YV1TO/340 K9SG/331 WR6O/334 N0JZ/336 AF2C/346 K6YRA/370 W7OM/363 OE2SCM/338
AA4XR/341 K5EO/342 W4PKU/333 IK8AUC/336 N1RR/338 YV5ANT/338 K9US/338
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