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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here what W8AV and I should cover next weekend. It's not very aggressive, but with gas at $3 a gallon, I'm beginning to wonder if 12 hours on the road (in addition to 4+ hours from/to the home QTHs) really makes sense in this day and age. I am envisioning nightmares with Al Gore appearing in them the night before the contest. At least our gas mileage will be 50% better this year.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Starting on US23 at the OH/MI border, we head west until we turn north at Lake Michigan. We run two counties in the third from the bottom tier, and then return to the second from the bottom tier, going due east from Kalamazoo to Washtenaw, and then south on US23 towards the green pastures of home (green, that is, if last weekend's 27 inches of snow has melted.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MONR</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">LENA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HILL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">BRAN</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">STJO</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CASS</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">BERR</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">VANB</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ALLE</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">BARR</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">KALA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">CALH</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">JACK</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">WASH</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MONR (again)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">73 de Gary, AF8A </FONT>
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