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Okay, G700W here from Ham Radio Village.

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It's time to close out the village for this year.

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We're going to go open to our Discord voice channel.

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We'll get some shout out comments there and we will see you next year.

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Let's go to Discord.

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Everybody in Discord, I guess let's go to Justin first.

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Justin, what are our stats for testing this year?

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All right, well, yeah, no, this year has been a great testing.

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It's been great to work with GLARGVC to be able to roll out online testing from Friday, including today, as well as starting in 30 minutes.

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So, with day one and day two combined of testing, we had a total of 33 people either get their call signs or upgrade with a total of 38 elements passed.

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So, each element is one upgrade or one license.

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And we even had one person go from nothing at all to getting their extra.

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So, that's fantastic news.

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And then starting, like I said, in 30 minutes, we're going to have 72 people taking their Ham Radio license exams, which is just an amazing amount.

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And it's great to see so many people signing up for this test session.

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Excellent, excellent.

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What about our contacts, FTA and voice?

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You got stats on those?

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Oh yeah, you know we do.

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So, we were operating from Wednesday to Saturday at 11.59 p.m.

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We were operating underneath the call sign Kilo 3 Kilo K3K.

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And we made a total of 122, and then some more as well, confirmed contacts, like you said, on some digital modes like FTA and on voice as well.

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Some of the highlights were contacts from New Zealand, Argentina, Greece, even another special event call sign this weekend, Whiskey H Tango or W8T, which is the world's largest teapot in West Virginia.

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So, it was really great to hear all of those who have made contacts with us throughout the weekend and hope to hear other people this week or next year.

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Very cool, very cool.

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I just want to give a shout out to AIOJ, Eric, organizing everything, getting everything sorted out for this wonderful village this year.

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Shout out to all the presenters, anybody who contributed whatsoever to this year.

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It's been amazing, especially for being offline.

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Oh, I see Eric there.

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You got any closing remarks, Eric?

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Yeah, I mean, I think pretty much everything's been covered.

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But yeah, again, a solid thank you to all of our presenters, all of our attendees, of course, YouBlue for, you know, being co-pilot and all this.

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And, you know, super, super happy to see both the turnout, quantity and quality of all the content.

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And, you know, we're hoping to be back next year, whether it's virtual or in person remains to be seen, of course.

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But either way, I want to have at least twice as much content next year.

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So, got some high expectations, but I'm pretty confident in our group that we can get it done.

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And thanks, everybody.

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Thank you, everybody.

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Anybody have any closing shout outs before we conclude for the year?

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I would say thank you for the Goons to making this event such a success, especially having a guest that kind of learn a lot because it's their first time going online.

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But yeah, thanks to the entire Goon Squad.

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Very cool.

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Very cool.

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I was just amazed by the talks this year.

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We had everything from satellite operation to the ultimate van life.

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I want a van now.

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I want a news van and definitely radio telegrams.

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That is just a cool new world for me.

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So definitely shout out to everyone, though.

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And I guess seven threes.

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We're wrapping for the year.

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AIG7OOW is clear.

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Unless anyone else got some comments as we close out.

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AI0J clear.

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There we go.

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Thanks again, everybody.

