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   Sean,   
      
    SD> One of the reasons I got my Extra ticket is because of the   
    SD> extra bandwidth to work European staions in the lower end of   
    SD> 40, 75 and 80 meters.  Plus, if there's contesting going on and   
    SD> I am not participating in the contest, the extra bandwidth is a   
    SD> welcome respite.   
      
     That's where the juicy DX is. :)   
      
    SD> Also, for Nigel's reason of not worring about being out of my   
    SD> license bandwidth. XD   
      
     At least until the FCC changes the bandplans again. :P   
      
    SD> I won't lie: the Extra test was difficult for me but I did it.   
    SD> I'm still glad I did it though.   
      
     Agreed on both. I missed 13 when I took mine, but that was good   
   enough for a CSCE.   
      
     I upgraded not so much to work HF (the last time I did that was   
   on Memorial Day Weekend, 2011, on the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad   
   Memorial Day Troop Train)...but to become a Volunteer Examiner (VE),   
   and eventually a team leader. When I'm on the air (mainly for my nets),   
   I'm in the Technician Class privileges, as I enjoy them.   
      
   73,   
      
   Daryl, N5VLZ   
      
   ... NBAcious - Last ditch effort of a player as the buzzer goes off.   
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