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THREE MARS ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE UNDER THE SAME DEFENSE DEPARTMENT MANDATE
TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY ARE
INDEPENDENTLY MANAGED UNDER REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THEIR PARENT ARMED
FORCE.  THIS YEARS MOVES TOWARD OPERATIO
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W6GR/365 W6IEG/350 W6IS/342 W6KPC/368 W7CL/343 W7DQ/355 W7EKM/359 W7GN/375

CONTACT THEIR ARMY AND AIR FORCE COUNTERPARTS TO COORDINATE FREQUENCIES, HE
MESSAGED.  WE WONT BE ABLE TO PROMULGATE A NEW POLICY IN TIME SO I TRUST
YOUR JUDGMENT TO SET UP A SYSTEM THAT WORKS.  FOR DON POQUETTE, CHIEF OF
AIR FORCE MARS SINCE LAST YEAR AND EQUIPMENT CUSTODIAN BEFORE THAT, THIS
WAS THE FINAL MEETING BEFORE RETIRING AFTER 26 YEARS USAF ACTIVE DUTY.  HE
EXPRESSED OPTIMISM ABOUT THE CHANGES AND WON A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT THE
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FORUM HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HAMVENTION.  YES, FULL
INTEROPERABILITY IS IN SIGHT, POQUETTE SAID.  HOPEFULLY WITHIN ONE YEAR, IF
EVERYONE KEEPS WORKING AT IT.  ALE IS ALREADY INTEROPERABLE.  THE VHF
NETWORKS ARE INTEROPERABLE WE JUST HAVE TO GET FOUR SETS OF FREQUENCIES
ESTABLISHED.  STU CARTER, WITH 2600 HAMS IN ARMY MARS, WAS MAKING HIS DEBUT
AT THE CHIEFS CONFERENCE BARELY SIX MONTHS AFTER ASSUMING THE POST AT FORT
HUACHUCA.  IT HAD BEEN A PERIOD OF DYNAMIC CHANGE SOME WOULD SAY DYNAMITE
CHANGE.  HEADQUARTERS STAFF WAS REALIGNED, AN ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTED
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SM7HCW/347 SP3E/342 SP5EWY/346 SP6IXF/343 SV1LK/343 TG9NX/349 UA0CW/345
UX0UN/347 VE3EJ/348 VE3XN/364 VE7AHA/347 VE7IU/342 VE7JO/340 VE7VF/340
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WITH THESE ENHANCEMENTS AGREED, NAVY MARINE CORPS MARS SIGNED ON TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE NEW MESSAGING SYSTEM.  CHIEF LINDFORS INDICATED HIS
INTENT TO ESTABLISH A HEADQUARTERS WL2K GATEWAY.  A SEPARATE MEETING
BROUGHT MARS LEADERS TOGETHER WITH STEVE WATERMAN, K4CJX AAA9AC, VICTOR D.
POOR, W5SMM AAA9WL, AND STEPHEN HICKS, N5AC, OF THE WINLINK DEVELOPMENT
TEAM.  IN ADDITION TO PLANNING THE SOFTWARE UPGRADES, THEY COMPLETED WORK
ON THE DOCUMENT PROVIDING MARS ACCESS TO THE WDTS SOURCE CODE.  MARS ALE AT
THE MAIN CONFERENCE OF LEADERS, NAVY MARINE CORPS MARS AFFIRMED READINESS
TO OVERSEE THE AUTOMATIC LINK ESTABLISHMENT PROJECT PREVIOUSLY UNDER ARMY
SPONSORSHIP, AND TO REPLACE THE ARMY MARS FREQUENCIES IN THE ALE POOL.  IT
WAS AGREED, HOWEVER, THAT MEMBERS OF ALL THREE MARS SERVICES WILL CONTINUE
THEIR SUPPORT OF THE MARS ALE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.  LINDFORS, N9UH,
WHOSE NAVY MARINE CORPS MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS JUST OVER 1600, HAD BARELY
RETURNED TO HIS WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, HEADQUARTERS BEFORE INITIATING
CHANGE.  HE NOTED THAT THE HURRICANE SEASON WAS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY.  I ASK
THAT ALL REGION DIRECTORS ON THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS IMMEDIATELY
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ON4ADN/343 ON4UN/366 ON7EM/346 OZ1BTE/343 OZ1LO/362 PA0CLN/346 PA3FQA/342
PA8A/345 PT7AZ/343 PY2OMS/349 PY2YP/347 SK7AX/341 SL0ZG/343 SM0AJU/373
SM4CTT/350 SM4DHF/355 SM5CZY/373 SM5KNV/343 SM6CVX/361 SM6GZ/354 SM7CRW/356
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