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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">APRS operators with D7XX radios or D72’s are needed in VA, VT, NY and NH.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">We still have no volunteers for these mountain tops in 2 weeks for the 4 hour event:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">* Mt Washington, New Hampshire</p><p class="MsoNormal">* Mt Equinox, Vermont</p><p class="MsoNormal">* Sam’s Point state park, New York (or Slide Mountain)</p><p class="MsoNormal">* Hawksbill, VA on BR parkway</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday, 15 July we man-up 15 mountains<span style="color:#1f497d"> for four hours</span> from Maine to Georgia for the Annual Golden Packet attempt.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We still need operators on 4 peaks <span style="color:#1f497d">above</span> that are FULLY familiar with APRS operation from their APRS radios for the 4 hour event.<span style="color:#1f497d"> All you need is the radio, power and a vertical OMNI antenna.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">All of these are drive-up sites. For more info and all kinds of details, see: <a href="http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html">http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">This will be the 9<sup>th</sup> year to demonstrate cross-continent packet text-messaging over 2000 miles and 14 hops using no-prior infrastructure. This year we will operate at 9600 baud since last year it worked as well as 1200 but should allow double the message throughput.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">After getting your paltry 100 points at Field Day. Get some respect, and come have fun with packet radio!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">OR start up your own LONG-LINEAR packet test anywhere else in the country. Pacific Coast trail? Continental Divide Trail? Lewis&Clark Trail?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, WB4APR bruninga at usna dot edu</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>