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WILDFIRE.  AS I LIKE TO TELL MY FRIENDS, BEING A FOREST FIRE LOOKOUT OFTEN
INVOLVES HOURS OF TRANQUILITY, PUNCTUATED BY MOMENTS OF CHOREOGRAPHED CHAOS
WHEN SMOKE IS SPOTTED.  TOWER OPERATIONS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A PUBLIC
SERVICE, BEING A VOLUNTEER FIRE LOOKOUT CAN BE EXCITING, AND ADDING HAM
RADIO IS THE ICING ON THE CAKE.  HAM RADIO OPERATIONS CANT BE MIXED WITH
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