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THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE AND SWITCH TO VHF.  THEY USE THIS TO
TAKE CALLS FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA, WHICH PROMOTES THE SCHOOL CLUB AS WELL
AS SCHOOL CLUB ROUNDUP, IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE.
THEY ALSO USE THIS RADIO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY ARC
WHEN NEEDED, BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY 3 MILES AWAY.  THE TWO STATIONS OFTEN
CAUSE INTERFERENCE TO EACH OTHER IF THEY USE THE SAME BAND AT THE SAME
TIME.  THIS WAY, THEY CAN COORDINATE WITH EACH OTHER.  THIS YEAR, THEY
OPERATED LATER INTO THE EVENING.  THE LOCAL ARES NET WAS AT 730 PM, WHILE
THE LOCAL SIMPLEX NET WAS AT 800 PM.  AFTER THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ARES
NET, THEY SWITCHED TO SIMPLEX AND TOOK CALLS FROM AREA HAMS UP UNTIL THE
START OF THE 800 SIMPLEX NET.  NOT ONLY DID THIS ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN SCR, BUT IT ALSO PIQUED INTEREST IN THE SIMPLEX NET THAT
FOLLOWED.  TAKING CALLS WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT GREATLY
INCREASED PARTICIPATION FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.  WHILE THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS
WAS NOT HUGE, IT SERVED ITS PURPOSE TO GENERATE INTEREST IN THE SCHOOL CLUB
AND THE ROUNDUP.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH
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