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MICROWAVELENGTHS GETTING STARTED IN MICROWAVES W1GHZ  YOUVE BEEN READING
MICROWAVELENGTHS IN QST FOR A WHILE, AND NOW YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT
MICROWAVES ARE REALLY LIKE.  HOW CAN YOU GET YOUR FEET WET YES, WE OPERATE
IN THE RAIN ON OCCASION AND SEE FOR YOURSELF?  SUMMER IS A GOOD TIME FOR
PORTABLE OPERATION, SO IT IS THE HIGH SEASON FOR MICROWAVE ACTIVITY.  YOU
JUST HAVE TO FIND SOME.  MICROWAVE BEGINNERS WORKSHOP THIS PAST APRIL IN
NEW ENGLAND, WE HELD A MICROWAVE WORKSHOP AT THE EASTERN VHF CONFERENCE FOR
FOLKS INTERESTED IN GETTING STARTED IN MICROWAVES THIS WAS PATTERNED AFTER
SEVERAL MICROWAVE WORKSHOPS HELD RECENTLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
FACILITATORS INCLUDED DALE CLEMENT, AF1T MATT REILLY, KB1VC CHIP TAYLOR,
W1AIM, AND MYSELF.  OUR AUDIENCE RANGED FROM OLD TIMERS TO YOUNG BAHNOU
UPTON, KB1OIS, WHO RECENTLY PASSED HER GENERAL LICENSE INCLUDING CODE AND
THEN WANTED TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, PERSUADING HER FATHER DAVID, WB1CMG,
TO COME ALONG.  THE WORKSHOP EMPHASIZED SIMPLE AND LESS EXPENSIVE WAYS TO
GET ON MICROWAVES.  FOR SOME REASON, MOST BEGINNERS WANT A 6 FOOT DISH TOO
BIG TO POINT AND A 10 W TWT AMPLIFIER TOO POWER HUNGRY FOR PORTABLE
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CONNECTICUT 101 NEW LONDON SKYWARN W1SSN 42 HARTFORD, TOLLAND SKYWARN K1PAI
32 LITCHFIELD SKYWARN KA1TCH 27 MAINE 180 MAINE EMERG COMM K1HZU 180 NEW
HAMPSHIRE 54 W ROCKINGHAM KA1UVH 54 VERMONT 279 VERMONT PHONE NET KF1Z 106
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