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For the parade assembly we used 462.675 simplex since everyone was clustered in a 12 block area just to our left (the direction of the longer yagi antenna). For the parade itself we used our 462.700 repeater located at Northwestern University since we needed coverage in both directions as the parade began and spread out over 30 blocks. Counting myself as net control operator, we had one acting as the logging operator, and 15 others as "tags" assigned to specific Parade Marshals, police liason, fire dept liason, and four mobile operators; three on bicycles and one on a scooter to provide roaming rapid response to any incidents. NSEA has been providing this communications support for forty-six years. Although this was my first year, I'm already looking forward to next year! NOTA BENE: For the record, since I've been criticized elsewhere let me make it crystal clear that the pumps in the service station were shut down during the entire parade period, and did not resume operations until we'd completed our equipment teardown!