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DIGITAL MODES.  DEREK MODIFIED HIS RADIO BY HIMSELF AND CONNECTED AN
INTERFACE BOARD TO ENABLE THE NECESSARY CONTROL SIGNALS, WIRED UP A
HOMEBREW SOUNDCARD INTERFACE AND WAS THEN ABLE TO OPERATE DIGITAL MODES,
MEIER EXPLAINED.  HE NOW OPERATES PSK 31, RTTY, PSK 63, OLIVIA 250 AND EVEN
SSTV.  NOT BAD FOR A 14 YEAR OLD.  DEREK IS WORKING ON HIS CW SKILLS, AND
RECENTLY EARNED HIS DXCC AWARD HE ONLY NEEDS VERMONT TO COMPLETE HIS WORKED
ALL STATES AWARD.  HE ALSO ENJOYS OPERATING ON THE SATELLITE MODES, AS WELL
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AS DEVELOPING SOFTWARE FOR HIS LOCAL HSMM MESH.  MEIER SAID THAT DEREK
COMPETED WITH HIM AND HIS TEAM OF OPERATORS IN THE 2011 CQ WW SSB CONTEST.
WE OPERATED AS A MULTI/TWO ENTRY AND WERE FORTUNATE TO PLACE FIRST IN NORTH
AMERICA, HE SAID.  DEREK HAS ALSO OPERATED FROM HIS OWN HOME IN THE CQ WPX
SSB CONTEST, THE ARRL ROOKIE ROUNDUP AND SEVERAL OTHER CONTESTS.  DEREK IS
ALSO INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.  MEIERS WIFE, LAURIE MEIER,
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