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EXCITING TO SEE THAT 1450 OF THE ENTRIES RECEIVED WERE FROM GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS IN CLASS A OR B THE TWO CATEGORIES THAT REQUIRE SETUP AWAY FROM
YOUR NORMAL SHACK.  IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT A TOTAL OF 1847
RECEIVED ENTRIES WERE OPERATING FROM NON COMMERCIAL POWER MAINS THATS AN
OUTSTANDING 85 PERCENT OF ALL ENTRIES.  THE LESSONS WE LEARN FROM OPERATING
AWAY FROM THE COMFORT OF THE HOME SHACK AND COMMERCIAL POWER REALLY ARE ONE
OF THE PRINCIPAL FOCUSES OF THIS OPERATING EVENT.  AND DONT SELL SHORT
THOSE OPERATING FROM THE HOME SHACK WITH COMMERCIAL POWER IN AN EMERGENCY,
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, WHETHER THEY ARE CLASS A OPERATING ON BATTERY
POWER QRP FROM A TENT AT THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, OR SITTING IN FRONT OF
THE WELL EQUIPPED SHACK AT HOME.  ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM LAST
YEARS HURRICANES IS THAT EVERY STATION HAS A TASK TO PERFORM AND FIELD DAY
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152 5 1 1,570 NNJ N4UFP 437 2 2 1,564 SC W5ORM 153 5 1 1,530 NTX K0GEO 316
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