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ARRL Headquarters Monitoring Progress of Hurricane Lane
ARRL Announces Director, Vice Director Candidates for Fall Election
Concern Rising within Amateur Radio Community over WWV Shutdown
Proposal
Kerala, India, Flooding: Radio Amateurs Assisted Rescue Operations
Earthquake Hits Venezuela, Net Activates
The Doctor Will See You Now!
Summer Section Manager Election Results Announced
Consent Decree Settles FCC Noncompliant Drone Transmitters Marketing
Case
US Coast Guard Warns of LED Lighting Interference to Marine Radios,
AIS Reception
Company Established by Inventor Nathan Cohen, W1YW, vances Cloaking
Technology
Shortwave Radio Reports May Offer Best Evidence of Amelia Earhart's
Fate, Group Believes
In Brief...
The K7RA Solar Update
Just Ahead in Radiosport
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
ARRL Headquarters Monitoring Progress of Hurricane Lane
ARRL Headquarters is in monitoring mode, as Hurricane Lane approaches
Hawaii, ARRL Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Corey, KI1U, said,
and Ham Aid Amateur Radio equipment is available for deployment.
Corey said the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) has a team on standby to
assist with communication between Hawaii and the mainland, if needed.
Amateur Radio at the National Hurricane Center in Miami is also
standing by to assist with communication between the Central Pacific
Hurricane Center and the National Hurricane Center. The Salvation Army
Team Emergency Network (SATERN) is also keeping an eye on the
situation, but has not activated. The VoIP Hurricane Net is also
monitoring the situation.
The ARRL Hawaii Section is engaged with Hawaii Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster (VOAD) and on standby to assist with shelter
operations, if necessary. Volunteers are also assisting the National
Weather Service and state emergency managers. At this time, no
personnel or equipment are needed. Corey asked those in the affected
area to alert ARRL of any communication issues that might evolve as
well as any key information that could be shared via Amateur Radio
networks. (This story was written at 1200 UTC and is still developing.
Visit the ARRL website for updates.)
ARRL Announces Director, Vice Director Candidates for Fall Election
The ARRL Board of Directors' Ethics and Elections Committee has
declared as eligible the candidates for the 2018 Board election cycle.
Incumbent Directors in four ARRL Divisions face challengers, as does
one Vice Director. Both chairs are open in the Northwestern Division.
In the Central Division, Incumbent Director Kermit Carlson, W9XA, is
being challenged for the seat by Valerie Hotzfeld, NV9L. Vice Director
Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA, is unopposed for re-election.
In the Hudson Division, Director Mike Lisenco, N2YBB, faces a
challenge from Ria Jairam, N2RJ. Vice Director Bill Hudzik, W2UDT, is
unopposed for re-election.
In the New England Division, Director Tom Frenaye, K1KI, is being
challenged for re-election by Fred Hopengarten, K1VR. Vice Director
Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF, has no opposition for re-election.
In the Roanoke Division, the incumbent Director and Vice Director face
challengers. Director James Boehner, N2ZZ, is being opposed for
re-election by George Hippisley, W2RU, while incumbent Vice Director
Bill Morine, N2COP, will be facing off against John Humphrey, W4IM, to
retain his seat.
In the Northwestern Division, both the Director's and Vice Director's
chairs are up for grabs, as incumbent Jim Pace, K7CEX, has opted not
to seek a new term on the Board. Incumbent Vice Director Bonnie Altus,
AB7ZQ, is in a three-way race for the Director's seat. The other two
candidates are Horace Hamby, N7DRW, and Mike Ritz, W7VO.
A three-way race also exists for the Vice Director's seat that Altus
is vacating in order to run for Director. The candidates are Delvin
Bunton, NS7U; Daniel Stevens, KL7WM, and Mark Tharp, KB7HDX.
Concern Rising within Amateur Radio Community over WWV Shutdown
Proposal
ARRL members and Amateur Radio clubs are expressing increased concern
over the inclusion of WWV and WWVH on a list of proposed cuts in the
White House's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. The proposed cuts, which only
recently came to light, would also include the Atomic Clock signal
from WWVB. Online petitions soliciting signatures include one
established by Tom Kelly II, W7NSS, of Portland, Oregon, who would
like to see funding for the stations maintained. The decision is up to
Congress.
"It is important to note that no changes to NIST services have
occurred, and if the proposal were to be implemented, public notice
would be provided," NIST said this week.
ARRL is suggesting that members of the Amateur Radio community who
value the stations for their precise time and frequency signals and
other information sign the petition and/or contact their members of
Congress promptly, explaining how the stations are important to them,
beyond government and military use. WWV is among the oldest radio
stations in the US and has broadcast the official time for nearly a
century.
According to the NIST Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget request, the
specific cut would come from the NIST Fundamental Measurement, Quantum
Science, and Measurement Dissemination budget and would amount to $6.3
million.
"NIST has a long-standing history of providing time and frequency
services through our radio stations and we appreciate that many people
use these services," NIST said in a statement. "WWV is the longest
continuously operating radio service in the US. At the same time, the
proposed NIST budget for FY 2019 required difficult choices about
budget priorities."
NIST said that it plans to eliminate "efforts that have been replaced
by newer technologies, measurement science research that lies outside
NIST's core mission space, and programs that can no longer be
supported due to facility deterioration."
The WWV campus in Fort Collins, Colorado.
WWV and WWVH broadcast 24/7. Announcements include time announcements,
standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a
BCD time code, geophysical alerts, and marine storm warnings.
Transmissions are broadcast from separate transmitters on 5, 10, 15,
and 20 MHz. An experimental 25 MHz signal is also currently on the
air. WWVB transmits standard Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) signals
on 60 kHz to appropriately equipped devices. Read more.
Kerala, India, Flooding: Radio Amateurs Assisted Rescue Operations
Radio amateurs in the flood-stricken Indian state of Kerala helped
with rescue operations there, in part by tracing stranded people
through their last mobile phone locations and sharing information with
officials. Most telecommunication services in Kerala remain down.
Accounts vary, but some 120 hams -- and perhaps as many as 300 -- were
involved in supporting official rescue operations.
"Kerala has been hit by the worst flooding and landslides in 100
years, with six districts and neighboring areas submerged in 7 to 15
feet of water that has spilled over from nearby rivers," Suwil Wilson,
VU2IT, told ARRL. "One million people are in relief camps, and more
than 300 people are dead. Power and mobile communication in the
affected areas are cut off."
Wilson said he coordinated the statewide Amateur Radio response, which
was managed by individuals without the involvement of any ham radio
organization in India.
"Hams gathered at the Thiruvananthapuram District ministration office,
where the District Emergency Operations Centre is functioning, and set
up an Amateur Radio emergency communication control center to work
with the District Disaster Management Authority to support rescue and
relief operations," Wilson said, adding that hams from all over Kerala
have been relaying reports of people stranded or in need of medical
aid. "So far, hams have reported the location and other details of
more than 15,000 victims stranded on roofs of houses and other
buildings as floodwaters rose to the second floor of buildings."
"At the control centre, we received messages relayed from other parts
of the state and took further actions that resulted in the rescue of
over 1,800 people," Wilson said. "In many cases, the first information
was relayed by hams, before any other agency did."
Earthquake Hits Venezuela, Net Activates
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northern Venezuela on August 21 at
21:32 UTC, some 12 miles north-northwest of Yaguaraparo. The YV5RNE
National Emergency Network of the Radio Club Venezolano activated on
7.088 MHz in the immediate aftermath. The US Coast and Geological
Survey (USGS) said the quake occurred at a depth of 76.5 miles. It was
felt as far away as Caracas, some 300 miles to the west, but caused no
casualties or major damage because of its depth.
Buildings in Caracas and elsewhere were evacuated after the powerful
earthquake hit, sending shock waves as far west as Bogotß, Colombia,
and as far east as Trinidad and Tobago. Jose Rafael Gomez, YV1GEC, who
lives on Isla de Margarita, reported that the earthquake felt strong,
but he said there had been no interruption of electric power or gas
service. Roberto Rey, HK3CW, President of La Liga Colombiana de Radio
Amadores, said the temblor was "very prolonged" in Bogotß. -- Thanks
to IARU Region 2 Emergency Coordinator Cesar Pio Santos, HR2P, for
some information
The Doctor Will See You Now!
"Dummy Loads" is the topic of the current (August 16) episode of the
"ARRL The Doctor is In" podcast. Listen...and learn!
Sponsored by DX Engineering, "ARRL The Doctor is In" is an informative
discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet,
or smartphone -- whenever and wherever you like!
Every 2 weeks, your host, QST Editor-in-Chief Steve Ford, WB8IMY, and
the Doctor himself, Joel Hallas, W1ZR, will discuss a broad range of
technical topics. You can also email your questions to
doctor@arrl.org, and the Doctor may answer them in a future podcast.
Enjoy "ARRL The Doctor is In" on Apple iTunes, or by using your iPhone
or iPad podcast app (just search for "ARRL The Doctor is In"). You can
also listen online at Blubrry, or at Stitcher (free registration
required, or browse the site as a guest) and through the free Stitcher
app for iOS, Kindle, or Android devices. If you've never listened to a
podcast before, download our beginner's guide.
Just ahead: "Antennas and Wind."
Summer Section Manager Election Results Announced
Two incumbent ARRL Section Managers have been declared re-elected in
balloted elections this summer, and two new Section Managers will
begin initial terms of office on October 1. Ballots were counted on
Tuesday, August 21, at ARRL Headquarters. In addition, six other
incumbent Section Managers were unopposed and will continue with new
terms of office.
In North Dakota, incumbent Section Manager Nancy Yoshida, KG0YL,
received 79 votes, and Dave Heintzleman, ND0CW, received 72 votes.
Yoshida, of Thompson, will begin a full 2-year term on October 1. She
had been appointed as Section Manager on January 1 to complete the
term of Lynn Nelson, W0ND, after his election as Dakota Division Vice
Director.
In Western New York, incumbent Section Manager Laura Mueller, N2LJM,
was re-elected, receiving 500 votes to 250 for challenger Elliott
Blauvelt, Jr., N2OJM. Mueller, of Falconer, has led the Western New
York Field Organization since 2014. She will begin her third term of
office this fall.
In Eastern Pennsylvania, George Miller, W3GWM, of Wyalusing, will
become the new Section Manager on October 1, filling an 18-month term
of office. Miller, who has been the Section Traffic Manager, was the
only nominee when nominations were re-solicited this past spring. Bob
Wiseman, WB3W, who has been the Eastern Pennsylvania Section Manager
since October 2016, decided not to run for a new term, but he
continued serving as SM for an additional 6 months after his regular
term had concluded at the end of March.
Southern Florida will welcome Barry Porter, KB1PA, as its new Section
Manager on October 1. Porter, of Delray Beach, has been an Assistant
Section Manager, Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator, and
Emergency Coordinator. He was the only nominee for the position after
Jeff Beals, WA4AW, announced that he would not seek a new term of
office after serving since 2014.
These incumbent Section Managers ran unopposed and will begin new
2-year terms of office in October: Chuck Motes, K1DFS (Connecticut);
Skip Jackson, KS0J (Minnesota); Scott Yonally, N8SY (Ohio); Kevin
O'Dell, N0IRW (Oklahoma); Oscar Resto, KP4RF (Puerto Rico), and Fred
Kleber, K9VV (Virgin Islands).
Consent Decree Settles FCC Noncompliant Drone Transmitters Marketing
Case
The FCC Enforcement Bureau has entered into a Consent Decree with
Horizon Hobby, LLC to resolve a case involving the marketing and sale
of noncompliant audio/video (A/V) transmitters intended for use on
drones. The Consent Decree was attached to an FCC Order released on
August 16. The Enforcement Bureau said the transmitters violated the
FCC's equipment marketing and Amateur Radio rules.
"These laws ensure that radio frequency devices comply with the
Commission's technical requirements and do not interfere with
authorized communications," the Enforcement Bureau said. "Because the
noncompliant A/V transmitters could operate in bands that are reserved
for important operations, including Federal Aviation ministration
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, they must not be marketed or operated
by anyone. Moreover, entities that rely on amateur frequencies in
operating compliant A/V transmitters must have an amateur license and
otherwise comply with all applicable laws for such operation."
In the Consent Decree, Horizon Hobby concedes that it marketed A/V
transmitters that did not comply with FCC equipment marketing rules.
The company has agreed to implement a compliance plan and to pay a
$35,000 civil penalty. Read more.
US Coast Guard Warns of LED Lighting Interference to Marine Radios,
AIS Reception
The US Coast Guard says it's received reports from crews, ship owners,
inspectors, and other mariners regarding poor reception on VHF
radiotelephone, digital selective calling (DSC), and automatic
identification systems (AIS) when in the vicinity of LED lighting
systems. This could include interior and exterior lighting, navigation
lights, searchlights, and floodlights found on vessels of all sizes.
"Radio frequency interference caused by these LED lamps [was] found to
create potential safety hazards," the Coast Guard said in an August 15
Marine Safety Alert. "For example, the maritime rescue coordination
center in one port was unable to contact a ship involved in a traffic
separation scheme incident by VHF radio. That ship also experienced
very poor AIS reception. Other ships in different ports have
experienced degradation of the VHF receivers, including AIS, caused by
their LED navigation lights. LED lighting installed near VHF antennas
has also shown to compound the reception."
ARRL has determined a wide range of interference-causing potential
from consumer lighting devices. "While some are relatively quiet,
other devices -- even those that meet the required FCC emissions
limits -- can still cause harmful interference," said ARRL
Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer Mike Gruber, W1MG. "My best
recommendation is to try LED lights before you buy, especially if
there is a possibility that the device will be used while you're
operating. Once you have determined that a particular LED device is
quiet, then purchase as many as you need from that same store."
Over the past few years, ARRL has provided the FCC with reports of LED
and other lighting systems that are not in compliance with FCC
regulations. In several instances, these devices greatly exceeded the
FCC's emissions limits, in one case by as much as 58 dB, creating as
much noise as 650,000 legal devices, Gruber said. "Several recent FCC
enforcement actions involving LED manufacturers have been
encouraging," he added. "These actions can and will make a
difference."
Gruber said ARRL remains committed to working with both the FCC and
manufacturers to help facilitate that positive difference in every
possible way. "It is possible for LED and other lighting technologies
to coexist with both amateurs and other users of the radio spectrum,"
he said. Read more. -- Thanks to gCaptain.com and Frank Smith, WS1MH
Company Established by Inventor Nathan Cohen, W1YW, vances Cloaking
Technology
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc., established by noted radio amateur and
inventor Nathan Cohen, W1YW, continues to stretch technological
boundaries of belief. In an August 15 news release, the firm confirmed
the issuance of its newest patents that will enable the next
generation of stealth-like invisibility and absorptive shielding. The
technology has both commercial and military applications. The firm
pioneered and invented invisibility cloaks and holds both the "source"
patent (8,253,639) and the related comprehensive intellectual property
portfolio. Recently issued patent 10,027,033 is a continuation of that
state-of-the-art innovation. It discloses a novel means of turning
invisibility cloaks on and off, by changing the characteristics of a
boundary layer.
Chip Cohen, W1YW, during a July 2018 visit to W1AW.
"The person or sensor inside the cloak is thus no longer blind," Cohen
said. He explained that not being able to sense the outside has
previously been the top impediment to the use of invisibility cloaks.
The newest patent (10,030,917) describes related technology, where
electromagnetic energy is absorbed by fractal-based metamaterials.
Called "fractal absorbers," the innovation uses evanescent waves to
divert such impinging energy off to the sides, where it is absorbed in
a resistive layer. Previously, absorbers relied on the thickness, not
the width, of materials to accomplish this. Now, these very thin
fractal absorbers accomplish the same result with dramatic reductions
in thickness and weight.
Fractal absorbers have been known and recognized as important for many
years, and Cohen is quick to remind where the technology originated --
with ham radio. "Did you know they started with very modest
circumstances on the ham bands with gear bought from the MIT ham radio
flea market?" he asked. Cohen said he overcame a lot of negativity
early on and now "hamming and fractals have led to a new evolution of
the antenna art."
He said his firm's new patent conclusively establishes fractal
absorbers as an American invention that pre-dates anyone else's
claims. Read more. -- Thanks to Business Wire for some information
Shortwave Radio Reports May Offer Best Evidence of Amelia Earhart's
Fate, Group Believes
The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR)
believes it has the key to unlock the decades-old mystery of what
happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan
in their planned circumnavigation of the globe in 1937. TIGHAR's The
Earhart Project analyzed dozens of radio transmissions received by
radio amateurs and other shortwave listeners during the frantic search
to locate Earhart's plane when she did make her scheduled arrival at
Howland Island. Many theories have sprung up over the years to explain
the mysterious disappearance, but a TIGHAR research paper entitled The
Post-Loss Radio Signals, published in July by The Earhart Project,
maintains that "the patterns and relationships emerging from the data
show that TIGHAR has answered the 81-year-old question: 'What really
happened to Amelia Earhart?'"
Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra
in 1937. [National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of
George R. Rinhart, in memory of Joan Rinhart]
The Earhart Project "is testing the hypothesis that Amelia Earhart and
Fred Noonan landed, and eventually died, on Gardner Island, now
Nikumaroro in the Republic of Kiribati," its website says.
In July 1937, a young teenager named Betty Klenck, listening to
shortwave bands on her family's radio, intercepted and transcribed
pleas for help that TIGHAR calls "a remarkable record of perhaps the
last communication" from Earhart and Noonan and "leave little doubt"
that the 15-year-old heard a genuine distress call from the pair,
transmitted from the aircraft Electra. Klenck's notebook, discovered
in 2000, inspired TIGHAR's effort to catalog all reception reports.
TIGHAR analyzed nearly 60 other reception reports made in the wake of
Earhart's failure to arrive on Howland Island. The vast majority,
TIGHAR said, came from government or commercial operators as well as
"licensed amateurs" working for the US Interior Department on Howland
and Baker Islands, listening on Earhart's primary, harmonically
related frequencies of 3,105 and 6,210 kHz. TIGHAR contends that
higher-order harmonics of the primary frequencies enabled the
"accidental" reception of Earhart's transmissions at greater
distances, because those higher-frequency signals would be more prone
to ionospheric propagation.
Reports came from the Pacific and the continental US, TIGHAR said,
with Earhart reporting her plane down "on an uncharted island" that
was "small, uninhabited." According to accounts, the radio
transmissions became progressively more desperate, with Earhart
reporting that Noonan was injured and subsequently delirious. The
commander of the US Coast Guard vessel Itasca, which was involved in
the search, discounted the contemporary radio reception reports,
saying that all available land areas had been searched. He expressed
doubt that Earhart and Noonan made any radio transmissions after their
plane disappeared on July 2, 1937. Read more.
In Brief...
The ARRL Contest Branch has announced a new ARRL Contests Portal. ARRL
Contest Branch Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ, calls it "a one-stop shop
for all of your ARRL contest interests, offering access to everything
from the starting bell of a contest to your post-event hard-fought
certificate of accomplishment." Use the navigation tabs on the left to
locate information about specific contests. Use the tabs at the top to
submit logs, manage club eligibility lists, download certificates, and
view other information for all contests. The new portal is still under
construction. Information on specific contests and other
contest-related content is being added every week.
The UN Amateur Radio Club's 4U1UN was back on the air briefly on
August 22, after a lengthy absence. Following completion of antenna
installation work, rian Ciuperca, KO8SCA, who has been helping to
restore the station to operation, was on 20 meters for a short time
(SSB only; a pirate was using the call sign on CW), generating a
pileup and working about 2 dozen callers. Once all is in place, 4U1UN
will operate from a remote operating position on the third floor of
the UN Headquarters. 4U1UN is the 34th most-wanted DXCC entity. --
Thanks to The Daily DX
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: The average daily sunspot number
over the past week was 13, up from 3.4 during the prior week, but
average daily solar flux declined from 68.7 to 67.5. The average daily
planetary A index rose from 6.9 to 10.1, and average mid-latitude A
index bumped up from 7.3 to 10.4.
Predicted solar flux is 68 on August 23-29; 67 on August 30; 66 on
August 31 - September 5; 67 on September 6-10; 68 on September 11-15;
67 on September 16-19; 66 on September 20 - October 1, and 67 on
October 2-6.
Predicted planetary A index is 5, 10, 12, 8, and 12 on August 23-27; 8
on August 28-29; 5 on August 30 - September 2; 12 and 8 on September
3-4; 5 on September 5-10; 15 on September 11-12; 12 on September
13-14; 12, 18, 15, 12, and 10 on September 15-19; 8 on September
20-21; 5 on September 22-29; 15 and 10 on September 30 - October 1; 5
on October 2-3; 8 on October 4, and 5 on October 5-6.
Sunspot numbers for August 16 - 22 were 12, 11, 11, 15, 15, 15, and
12, with a mean of 13. The 10.7-centimeter flux was 68.3, 67.3, 67.2,
66.8, 68, 67.8, and 66.9, with a mean of 67.5. Estimated planetary A
indices were 11, 13, 12, 8, 14, 7, and 6, with a mean of 10.1.
Estimated mid-latitude A indices were 11, 14, 11, 8, 15, 6, and 8,
with a mean of 10.4.
Send me your own reports or observations.
Just Ahead in Radiosport
August 25-26 -- Hawaii QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
August 25-26 -- ALARA Contest (CW, phone)
August 25-26 -- W/VE Islands QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
August 25-26 -- SCC RTTY Championship
August 25-26 -- YO DX HF Contest (CW, phone)
August 25-26 -- Kansas QSO Party (CW, phone, digital)
August 25-26 -- Ohio QSO Party (CW, phone)
August 25-26 -- CVA DX Contest (SSB)
August 25-26 -- 50 MHz Fall Sprint (CW, phone)
August 26 -- SARL HF CW Contest
See the ARRL Contest Calendar for more information. For in-depth
reporting on Amateur Radio contesting, subscribe to The ARRL Contest
Update via your ARRL member profile email preferences.
Upcoming ARRL Section, State, and Division Conventions
August 24-26 -- West Virginia State Convention, Weston, West Virginia
August 31-September 2 -- Roanoke Division Convention, Shelby, North
Carolina
September 1 -- Pennsylvania State Convention, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
September 7-9 -- New England Division Convention, Boxborough,
Massachusetts
September 7-9 -- Northwest APRS Convention, North Bend, Washington
September 8 -- Kentucky State Convention, Shepherdsville, Kentucky
September 8 -- Virginia Section Convention, Virginia Beach, Virginia
September 14-16 -- W9DXCC Convention, Schaumburg, Illinois
September 15 -- Wyoming State Convention, Rock Springs, Wyoming
September 16 -- Southern New Jersey Section Convention, Mullica Hill,
New Jersey
September 21-22 -- W4DXCC/SEDCO Convention, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
September 21-23 -- Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Albuquerque,
New Mexico
September 22 -- Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley,
Washington
September 28-29 -- Wisconsin State Convention, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 28-30 -- Mid-Atlantic States VHF Conference, Bensalem,
Pennsylvania
September 29 -- North Dakota State Convention, West Fargo, North
Dakota
October 7 -- Iowa Section Convention, West Liberty, Iowa
October 11-14 -- Microwave Update Convention, Fairborn, Ohio
October 12-13 -- Pacific Northwest VHF Conference, Seaside, Oregon
October 13 -- Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
October 19-20 -- New Mexico State Convention, Socorro, New Mexico
October 19-21 -- Pacific Division Convention, San Ramon, California
October 20 -- Tennessee State Convention, East Ridge, Tennessee
October 21 -- Connecticut State Convention, Meriden, Connecticut
Find conventions and hamfests in your area.
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