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The Troy Strawberry Festival began in 1977, with June 2010 marking the 34th annual event. Fulton Farms, just outside of Troy, is the largest single producer of strawberries in the Midwest, making Troy the "Strawberry Capital of Ohio." The festival is held the first weekend of June and is a major celebration of early summer in southwest Ohio. Both the Miami County Amateur Radio Club (MCARC) amateurs and the Tipp City amateur radio operators volunteer each year to help coordinate the two-hour parade, which is broadcast live by a local television station in Dayton, WHIO TV. Amateur radio communications are made using either the Miami County Amateur Radio Club (MCARC) local repeater, 145.23 MHz, or the 147.330 MHz repeater. The 147.330 MHz repeater is owned and operated by David Robinson, WB8PMG. Digital packet communications are sometimes used to relay corrections of the parade unit order to the parade reviewing stand, where the WHIO TV parade commentators are located. |
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