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REMAIN ENTHUSIASTIC, AND OUR PERSEVERANCE IS PAYING OFF.  WE SOCIALLY
DISTANCE, WEAR MASKS, AND MEET OUTDOORS.  SOME SLAMS MEMBERS HAVE OPERATED
ON 24, 47, AND 76 GHZ, AND WE EVEN HAVE SEVERAL 122 GHZ STATIONS AMONG US.
WE KEEP IN CONTACT WITH OTHER MICROWAVE GROUPS, AND WE MUTUALLY MAKE
EXCURSIONS TO NEARBY STATES DURING CONTESTS.  ANCHOR STATIONS ARE A BIG
ASSET FOR A MICROWAVE CLUB.  GEDAS VYSNIAUSKAS, W8BYA, OPERATES FROM HIS
INDIANA LOCATION, AS DOES RON STEFANSKIE, W9ZIH, FROM ILLINOIS.  THESE TWO
GENTLEMEN ARE BOTH RETIRED AND AVAILABLE FOR MICROWAVE CONTACTS.  MEMBERS
IN ST. LOUIS ARE MOBILE OR PORTABLE ON THE HIGHER MICROWAVE BANDS, BUT IF
THE LOCALS ARE UNAVAILABLE, USUALLY GEDAS AND RON CAN GET ON THE UPPER
MICROWAVE BANDS.  THESE FB OPERATORS ENSURE SOMEONE WILL BE THERE TO
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