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ADDITION, A SIMPLE PYTHON PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO ENABLE TEXT TO SPEECH OVER
FM.  ALL OF THE CODE USED THROUGHOUT THE RACE IS AVAILABLE, WITH
EXPLANATIONS, AT WWW. GITHUB. COM/ N2WU/ APRSTT.  YOU CAN WATCH A VIDEO
EXPLANATION OF THE CODE AT HTTPS//YOUTU. BE/ JGIPIVZ 2TIE.  RESULTS THE
RACE HELD NEARLY 300 ATHLETES FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS.  DURING THE EVENT,
RADIO VOLUNTEERS COULD ACCURATELY RECORD POSITIONS, NUMBERS, AND ATHLETES
AS THEY TRAVELED.  BECAUSE VOLUNTEERS HAD TO TYPE IN THE BIB NUMBERS, MANY
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ATHLETES WERE MISSED AS THEY WHIZZED BY ON BICYCLES.  HOWEVER, ALL OF THE
RELEVANT INFORMATION WAS COMMUNICATED TO THE RACE DIRECTOR.  THE DIRECTOR
WAS ADEQUATELY INFORMED ABOUT WHERE THE LEAD AND LAST ATHLETES WERE, AND
WHAT SPECIAL CONDITIONS EXISTED ON THE COURSE.  VOLUNTEERS AT THE APRSTT
ENGINE FOUND THAT MOST PACKETS COULD BE CORRECTLY DECODED, BUT THEY ALSO
FOUND REPEATED ISSUES WITH USERS USING LOWER QUALITY BRANDS OF RADIOS.
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