Dayton
ka9fox at aol.com
ka9fox at aol.com
Tue Apr 12 19:43:42 EDT 1994
> WX9E has informed me of some sort of
> alcoholic affair on thursday night in Dayton
> sponsored by you, our friends up north. Is
> there truth to this rumor and where and when
> may we stop by to visit this happening?
> Mark, AG9A
Yep, Chad WE9V, Mike N0BSH and me are hosting a covert-operation mini party
suite in our room. We'll have Beavis & Butthead reruns on the VCR, PED and
N6TR contests with really useless prizes, cheap cold beverages (by donations
- naturally), and of course good converation (BELLLCCHH!)
It'll be in Stouffer's somewhere... look for the ugly posters. By the way,
we could still use one more person to share the room with - if anyone out
there will put up with our antics.
73 Scott KA9FOX
(back down to zero babes... any contests this weekend?)
KA9FOX at AOL.COM
>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> Wed Apr 13 01:16:13 1994
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:16:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: SO -vs- SOA
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9404122034.A21241-0100000 at world.std.com>
But if Packet is REALLY such a BIG advantage, why are the SOA guys not
beating the single ops? So far, the top SO has nearly always beat the
top SOA. If the difference was more than just 10 or 15%, then this could
not possibly happen.
We can't say the SOA are not good ops or have good stations. They do!
The real difference is that the top SO really concentrate on doing the
right thing to increase their score ALL the time. The SOA guys are
really DX chasing... I saw it when I checked SOA logs for CQWW. All the
top SOAs were going for the ego trip of max multiplier rather than max score.
Maybe we should divide into two categories:
- Single op trying for best score
- Single op trying for most multipliers
Makes about as much sense. And it would create two competition
categories that actually have significant (worthwhile) differences.
Randy, K5ZD
On Tue, 12 Apr 1994, KEVIN - WA8ZDT wrote:
> KR0Y is rite .... a serious SOA effort should surpass a single-op.
>
> HOW FAR???
>
> That depends on condx. If bands are "super hot" run style, packett won't
> be much help. Your too busy running, and the mults will likely come to you
> anyway.
>
> If condx are marginal - ala ARRL DX '94 - the packett advantage is more
> significant. EU and JA runs are down, sometimes to just a few hours per
> day. The rest of the time its search and pounce. Packett spots are a BIG
> help on phone, where there is greater DX activity from all continents and
> therefore more countries on the air.
>
>
>From Dieter Dippel" <UNRZ45 at daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de Wed Apr 13 11:34:31 1994
From: Dieter Dippel" <UNRZ45 at daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de (Dieter Dippel)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:34:31 MET
Subject: CQWW-WPX SSB qsl-infos (9kByte)
Message-ID: <72256347F0 at daphne.rrze.uni-erlangen.de>
DXNEWS @WW de:OM3EI 12.04.94 22:07 30 9974 Bytes
Contest news Nr5 - WPX QSL info
From: OM3EI @ OE3XBS.AUT.EU
To : DXNEWS @ WW
Hallo contesters!
This is a special contest bulletin containing information before and after
main world's contests.
Many thanks: Hilario EA2AM, Flavio IK2IQD, Steve OM3JW
---------------------------
CQWW WPX Phone Contest 1994
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QSL info
3G1I - CE1YI GX6YB - G3SWH RU3A - RZ3AZO
3G3R - CE3FIP HB4FG - HB9ALM RU3R - RA3RQT
3G4B - CE4ETZ HC8A - WV7Y RU6L - RK6LWZ
3Z0ZDA - SP6ZDA HC8KU - DK5VP RV9C - UA9CAW
4F1IR - DU3DO HG275BCS - HA8PO RX1AA - UV1AA
4K4POL - UA0KCL HG73DX - HA6KNB RX4ASK - UZ4AWE
4K500W - DL6KVA HH2PK - KA9RLJ S21ZG - W4FRU
4K8DYL - RD8DYL HS0ZAU - WB6MZL S50A - YT3AA
4K8F - UA9AB HZ1AB - K8PYD S50C - S53CAB
4K9C - UD6DC IB0C - IK0AZG S50E - S59AB
4M1DX - YV1EQW IB4M - I4ABF S50K - S57EK
4M5I - I2CBM II1A - I1RBJ S56A - S57MM
4M7I - I2CBM II1D - IK1OUK S57W - S53AA
4N1A - YU1FJK II1L - IK1LBL SK0HB - SM0THN
4N1Z - YU1AVQ II4M - I4MES SN1I - SP1PEA
4N70AT - YU1SZ II6I - IK6GZM SN7L - SP7PGK
4N70AV - YU7AV II7I - IK7RWD T91A - DJ0QJ
4N70BB - YT1BB II7M - IK2SGC T91ENS - DJ0JV
4U1UN - W8CZN II9E - IT9JOF T92A - S52MX
4U9ITU - DK7UY IL3Z - IK3SSJ T92X - KA9WON
4X50R - 4X4BE IO2A - IK2RZP T93M - DL8OBC
5B0A - 9A2AJ IO4IB - IK4QIB T94CR - SM5AQD
5H3JB - NK2T IO4LEC - I4LEC T94ON - DL8OBC
5N0MVE - ON7LX IO5A - I5OYY T95X - 9A2AA
5N3ALE - DJ2VZ IQ1A - I1JQJ T97M - DL8OBC
5N6ZHM - WA5TUD IQ2A - I2UIY T97T - SM5AQD
5U7Y - JC3UPM IQ2H - IK2ILH T99A - I4QGU
5W0XA - ZL1AFA IQ4A - IK4QJH T99Z - 9A2NR
5X1C - WB1DQC IQ8X - IK8UGM TA2DS - WA3HUP
5Z4FO - KB4EKY IR1A - IK1GPG TA2ZI - WB6FQX
6D2X - K5TSQ IR1T - IK1NAO TL8NG - WA1ECA
6W7OG - F2YT IR2W - I2EOW TM0K - F5MXH
7S7CA - SK7CA IR3DX - IK3STG TM1C - F6CTT
7Z1AB - WB2QMP IR3O - IK3ORD TM2O - F5MUX
8P6AM - KU9C IR4G - I4GHW TM2P - F6CYV
9A1A - 9A2RA IR4T - IK4IEE TM2T - F6KDF
9A5Y - 9A1CCY IR6L - I6FLD TM2Y - F6BEE
9A7A - YU2HDE IR8A - I8ACB TM3M - F6KLS
9I2A - DL7VRO IU0A - IK0HWI TM3UN - F5PYI
9I2M - DL7VRO IU1R - I1ZQD TM4U - F6DZU
9I2Z - DL7VRO IU2X - IK2GSN TM7C - F6CTT
9J2BO - W6ORD IU4U - I4AUM TT8OBO - WA4OBO
9K2MU - WB6EQX IU6F - IK6BOB TU4EI - W3HCW
9K2ZC - KC4ELO IU9A - IT9BCC TZ6FIC - F6KEQ
9Q5TR - IK0PHY IU9S - IT9BLB UA2FEK - I0WDX
9X5DX - F2VX J31K - W8KKF UE40G - RK3GXB
A45ZN - G4KLF J87BZ - DL7FT UE9WAA - RW9WA
A61AD - WB2DND JA1WCR/6 - JR6YPY UE9WAJ - RW9WJ
A71CW - SP5EXA JY9ZK - KA5ZMK UI0A - G3LZK
A92EJ - K0LST KC6KT - JR6IQI UK8AQ - F6FNU
AH0T - JA6BSM KP2A - W3HNK UM2A - G3LZK
AM4URE - EA4URE L20A - LU4AA UN0AA - DL6ZFG
AM9URE - EA9LZ L3D - LU6DTS UN6P - RL8PY
BV4MU - KA6SPQ L4D - LU1EYW UN7BY - F6FNU
C21MI - JR2KDN L6ETB - LU6ETB US0GR - UA9AB
C21YI - JR2KDN LP4H - LU4HH US7W - UY5XE
C49C - 5B4NC LR0A - LU1ARL UT6E - UB5ECE
C4YY - 5B4YY LR1I - I0WDX UT6Q - RB5QF
C91J - W8GIO LS6E - LU6EJP UT7W - UT7WZA
CG1B - VE1AL LT1N - LU2NI UU9JX - UT5JAJ
CK7K - VE7ETK LT1V - LU1VV UX2HO - I2PJA
CQ1A - WA1ECA LT2A - LU2ATR V31LM - W0IIM
CQ5M - CT1EOX LT5F - LU1FC V63SD - K7ZSD
CQ6E - CT1EAT LU4D - LU4DXU V73C - OKDXA
CQ6P - WA3HUP LX4A - LX1NO V85CQ - JH1QQN
CQ8C - CT1EGW LX4B - OH2PQ V85PB - G3ZSS
CQ9M - G3PFS LY6K - LY3BS VD2DQ - VE2DQ
CR5A - CT1AHU LY7A - LY2ZO VD2QK - VE2QK
CR6EDX - CT1EDX LZ5G - LZ1KCP VD2ZP - VE2ZP
CR7A - CT1ELP LZ5W - LZ1YE VE9ST - VE1ANJ
CR8BWW - CT1BWW LZ6C - LZ2KLR VP2EC - N5AU
CS1D - CT1AHU LZ6R - LZ2KRU VP2EEE - KK3K
CS7WT - CT1EHT NP4Z - WC4E VP2MH - KC4DWI
CT5P - CT1AHU OC4EI - OA4ANR VP5P - WB3DNA
CT7E - CT1EEN OD5PL - HB9CRV VP8GAV - GM0LVI
CT8T - CT1DVV OH1EH/OH0- OH1EH VQ9BB - KO4A
CZ7Z - VE7ZZZ OI1AY - OH1AJ VQ9LV - KY3V
D2EV - DL3KBQ OI3AI/1 - OH3GZ VR2IH - G4RGK
D2EGH - CT1EGH OI5AY - OH5LLR VS6WO - K9EC
D3C - F6FNU OI6AY - OH6RV VS6WV - K0TLM
D44AB - CB OL3A - OK1AYP X5BYZ - YU7KMN
D73DX - HL1IE OL5A - OK1FYA X5ZP - YU1FW
DA0RG - DL8OBC OL5PLZ - OK1DRQ XE1L - WA3HUP
EC9BH - EA9IB OM0W - OM3CGN XE2MX - K6VNX
ED1WWE - EA1EPB OM2I - OM3CTA XJ6ITT - VE6ITT
ED2BFM - EA2BFM OM5A - OM3LA XU7VK - HA0HW
ED3RKG - EA3BOX OM5M - OM3KFF XX9TZ - KU9C
ED3TT - EA3TT OM5R - OM3TGT YI2HH - JY5DK
ED4RCT - EA4RCT OM7V - OM3YCL YI9CW - SP5AUC
ED5WPX - EA5YJ OM8A - OM3RM YM94KK - TA2KK
ED8BWW - EA8BWW OT4A - ON7LR YP6F - YO6KAF
EF3CIL - EC3CIL OT4L - ON6NL YS1RDD - W3HNK
EF3CR - EC3ACR OT4V - ON4AWK YS1X - DJ9ZB
EK4JJ - GW3CDP OX3GX - WA3KSN YT0T - YU1FJK
EK6LF - N7RO P39P - 5B4ES YT70X - YU7KMN
EL2PP - N2CYL P40V - AI6V YT7P - YU7AOP
EM0F - RB5FF P43A - P43ARC YT9C - YU1PJ
EM2I - NA3O PA6WPX - PA3CAL YU70F - YU1EA
EN6Q - RB5QF PI4CC - PB0AIU YU70HA - YU1HA
EO5U - PA3BUD PI4COM - PA3CAL YZ7A - YU7JDE
ER3ED - UO5OE PJ8AB - K1NA Z30B - YU5CEF
ES1J - ES1WW PJ8NA - K1NA Z30M - YU5GBC
ET3JR - F5OYK PQ0MM - PP5JR Z31VP - DJ0LZ
EU6MM - YL1XZ PQ0Z - PY1NEZ ZA1AJ - OK2PSZ
EU7SA - RC2SA PV2A - PT2BW ZD8Z - VE3HO
EV0A - F6AML PW0W - PP5JR ZF1CQ - W8BLA
EW4WL - UC1IWL PZ1DY - PP2RR ZK1NC - VK4CRR
EX8DX - F5OJO R1FJV - RW3GW ZP0Y - ZP5JCY
EX8MF - UM8MFO RA3A - RA3AWO ZP94B - ZP5XHM
EZ8AX - RH8AX RK6A - UA6BGB ZW4Y - PY4OY
FG5FG - F6FNU RN1NC - UA1NAP ZX0F - PY5EG
FK8GM - WB2RAJ RS3A - RK3AXX ZY2APQ - PY2APQ
FM5DN - N3ADL RT1U - UT4UXW ZY3F - PY3AA
GC3CSA - G0IEQ RU0L - UW0LI
GX6CW - G6CW RU1A - KC1WY
4D3HSP - P.O.Box 52505, Malolos, 3000 Bulacan, Philippines
73 de Roman OM3EI @ OE3XBS.AUT.EU
>From Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs at twg.com Wed Apr 13 17:54:04 1994
From: Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs at twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 9:54:04 PDT
Subject: NCCC Hospitality Suite at Visalia
Message-ID: <9404131653.AA01729 at eco.twg.com>
As my last official act as the outgoing treasurer of the Northern California
Contest Club, I am putting on the Hospitality Suite for the NCCC. This will
be held in one of the hotel rooms (mine!) at the Holiday Inn in Visalia. I
don't know exactly which room yet and won't know until I check into the
hotel (maybe next door to K7JA's room?). The location is usually one of the
worst kept secrets at the convention. Keep your ears open for the room #,
then come on up after Saturday night's banquet and share YOUR war stories
with us. The bathtub will be amply supplied with cold beer to keep it all
going. This is THE hospitality suite at the convention, and we usually take
over the whole floor until at least 2 a.m. Just pray you're not my neighbor
in the hotel!!
Bruce/AA6KX
>From Steven.M.London at att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) Wed Apr 13 19:05:00 1994
From: Steven.M.London at att.com (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763) (Steven M London +1 303 538 4763)
Date: 13 Apr 94 18:05:00 GMT
Subject: KH6IJ Obituary
Message-ID: <9404131803.AA07164 at bighorn.dr.att.com>
I know we're not suppose to repost articles from rec.radio.amateur.misc, but
not everyone has access to usenet news ... Steve, N2IC
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It is with deep regret that I inform the amateur community on here
that the well-loved Katashi Nose, KH6IJ, passed away.
The following newspaper article appeared in the Honolulu-Star Bulletin.
Please forgive the length of this article.
In his 60 years on the air he was truly an ambassador to the world for
amateur radio.
Jeff NH6IL
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KATASHI NOSE, KH6IL, DIES AT AGE 78
The former UH professor wrote a radio comumn for many years.
By Harold Morse, Star-Bulletin.
Katashi Nose, Star-Bulletin radio columnist for 50 years and a
retired university of Hawaii physics professor, died Thursday
in St. Francis Hospital. He was 78.
A longtime ham radio operator born in Honolulu, who won a number
of awards, Nose learned the Morse Code overnight in 1931 and
qualified as an operator in 1932. He made his own radio set from
odds and ends that same year.
His radio activity got him locked up for having radio equipment
at his home for a class he was teaching at Kauai High School at
the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. He was released 10 days later
after notable people, including Joseph Farrington, territorial
delegate to Congress and Star-Bulletin publisher, vouched for him.
Both his parents worked for the Farrington family.
Daughter Elizabeth Nose recalled that although her father was
always busy, he still had time for family.
``Whenever possible, he'd always take his family with him on
his travels,'' she said.
Daughter Frances McKenney said: ``My most vivid memory of him is how
he hand-carried me thrugh my math and science courses when I was
in high school.''
Her father was a celebrity in the ham radio world, she said. ``When
we would go to Japan, for example, there would be a whole group
of hams meeting him, and I remember they met him at the airport
with a miniature antennae. This was in Japan.''
Nose's ham activity helped in rescues at sea and enabled him to
communicate with other operators in 365 countries, using his call
letters, KH6IJ.
He said his greatest thrill was to hear his voice bounce back the
the word ``one'' in one-third second from a satellite 53,000
miles up. He was using bargain-basement equipment he put together
at the University of Hawaii while teaching there.
A UH graduate, he earned a master's degree at Harvard on scholar-
ships and did graduate work at Stanford, also on a scholarchip.
He taught radio, science and chemistry and a class of gifted
students at Kauai High School, and made extra money doing radio
repairs before moving to the University of Hawaii in 1962. He
later designed, built and installed PeaceSat ground terminals in
Saipan, Fiji and American Samoa.
Nose suffered a stroke in March 1979 and retired from the univer-
sity, although he continued to produce his column. He was very
determined and made a real comeback from his stroke, his family
said.
He wrote his final Star-Bulletin column early last year. His first
had appeared in 1936.
By the 1970's, the column, ``With Hawaii's Radio Amateurs,'' had
become the newspaper's longest-running continuously published column
(with a break during WW II years). Nose also wrote numerous articles
for amateur radio magazines with international circulation. Honpa
Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin [a Buddhist association. J.H.] named him
a ``Living Treasure'' in 1985.
Nose is survived by wife Matsuyo; son Joseph; and his two daughters.
There will be a memorial service at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hosoi
Garden Mortuary. Casual attire. No Flowers.
>From gswanson at arrl.org (Glenn Swanson) Wed Apr 13 21:45:36 1994
From: gswanson at arrl.org (Glenn Swanson) (Glenn Swanson)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 16:45:36 edt
Subject: Info wanted - IC736
Message-ID: <117 at gs>
Hi, Awhile ago someone posted some detailed info on the new Icom IC-736.
If available, could that party e-mail this data to me? Thanks in
advance! (I sent my copy to the bit-bucket all too soon it seems).
73, Glenn KB1GW gswanson at arrl.org
>From Carmel Bailey <cbailey at calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> Wed Apr 13 22:06:42 1994
From: Carmel Bailey <cbailey at calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> (Carmel Bailey)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 18:36:42 -0230 (NDT)
Subject: UNSUBSCRIBE
Message-ID: <Pine.3.05.9404131842.A18069-4100000 at calvin.stemnet.nf.ca>
unsubscribe
>From Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs at twg.com Wed Apr 13 22:21:11 1994
From: Bruce B. Sawyer" <zf8bs at twg.com (Bruce B. Sawyer)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 14:21:11 PDT
Subject: Resolution of Yaesu CAT Problems
Message-ID: <9404132120.AA16175 at eco.twg.com>
Following suggestions I received off the reflector, I took the MAX232-based
interface I built from the Feb '93 QST plans and--
- Added a 2.2K resistor between TxD and ground. It still didn't
work.
- Added a 2.2K resistor between RxD and ground. It still didn't
work. Not only that, but thereafter it would not speak to an Icom
rig either.
- Removed the .01 bypass caps on both TxD and RxD. No effect.
Today I packed up my rig and laptop and went to see the very friendly folks
at HRO, where they let me try the Yaesu interface as an experiment. The "
radio" interface in CT then worked flawlessly. This is running CT v.8.52.
Everything behaves perfectly with Yaesu's own interface. So, for $99.99
plus some outrageous CA sales tax, my problem is solved. Not explained, but
at least solved. I'll dig for explanations later, when I have the time.
But for now, I hereby publicly take back all negative aspersions about K7JA'
s maternal lineage and will state for the record that with CT8.52 this FT990
works perfectly well with the Yaesu CAT interface.
--Bruce, AA6KX
>From modular!eric at cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) Thu Apr 14 01:23:29 1994
From: modular!eric at cs.arizona.edu (Eric Gustafson) (Eric Gustafson)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 17:23:29 MST
Subject: Who Needs Front-to-Back?
Message-ID: <9404140023.AA12068 at modular>
Roy,
This isn't exactly an opposing viewpoint. However I will try to explain
why I optimize for front to back as opposed to max forward gain.
First, I should clarify the term "front to back ratio" (FBR) a bit. For my
purposes, I use the ratio of response in the nose of the main lobe to the
response in the nose of the largest sidelobe behind the first pattern
null. Many antenna analysis programs simply use the response 180 degrees
behind the main lobe for this number. While this permits very large
reported FBRs, it is not a particularly useful measure of what I want the
antenna to do.
Using my definition of FBR, physically realizable HF antennas of reasonable
numbers of elements cannot be expected to do much better than 23 - 25 dB
FBR. But if optimized to this level, they are typically superior receiving
antennas to those (of the same number of elements and boom length) which
have been optimized for the extra dB of forward gain.
Most of the discussion about FBR on here has been oriented to rejecting
localized noise sources (QRM) but not to reducing the antenna's response to
distributed random noise (QRN from galaxy and atmosphere). A surprising
amount of noise is induced in the antenna from side and back lobe response
to the distributed sources. Optimizing for FBR seeks to minimize the
volume of the sphere around the antenna from which the distributed sources
can induce noise into the system.
I know this isn't particularly relevant to a contester since his localized
sources are almost always above the background noise level anyhow. But
most of the time (99.99%) I'm not contesting. When I'm not contesting, I
almost never have any trouble getting a station I can hear to hear me (even
with low power). But I frequently wish to work DX stations I can barely
hear in there with the background noise. So I optimize Yagis and arrays
for FBR rather than for the extra dB of gain.
73, Eric
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Eric Gustafson N7CL | The mountains are high and the Emperor
6730 S. Old Spanish Trail | is far away.
Tucson, AZ 85747 |
INTERNET: modular!eric at cs.arizona.edu | You can't work 'em
CI$: 71750,2133 | if you can't hear 'em.
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>From tim.ellam at logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam) Wed Apr 13 13:15:00 1994
From: tim.ellam at logical.cuc.ab.ca (Tim Ellam) (Tim Ellam)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 07:15:00 -0500
Subject: 1994 RAC Convention
Message-ID: <11076.1000.uupcb at logical.cuc.ab.ca>
Let me put in a plug for the 1994 Radio Amateurs of/du Canada National
Convention in Calgary-July 29-31
There are a few contest orientated seminars-huge(for Canada) fleamarket
and dealer displays
It should be a bargain for anyone south of the border with the present
exchange rate(almost 40%) and no sales tax!
More info from:
RAC Convention 94
2023-41 Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2T 2M2
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Logical Solutions Computer Systems Inc. Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Internet: logical.cuc.ab.ca (403)-299-9900 24 Lines |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>From drs at ccd.harris.com (Doug Snowden) Thu Apr 14 13:59:08 1994
From: drs at ccd.harris.com (Doug Snowden) (Doug Snowden)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 08:59:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Front to back ratio
Message-ID: <9404141259.AA319349 at rs2>
First of all, I don't pretend to know antennas from much more than a practical
point of view. It seems to me that if you just get a reasonable front to back
ratio on an antenna and then put it at a height for the DX area you want to
concentrate on, that is about the best you can do. Seems like height above
ground would have as much to do with rejection of USA qrm. My present tower is
only 45 feet high and it doesnt do squat for US rejection. Seems like this
(if true) would be a point in favor of more than one antenna for a band of
interest, at different heights.
---------------------------
| Doug Snowden |
| N4IJ |
| email: drs at ccd.harris.com |
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