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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lecontinue="2025-08-20 23:02:00+00|1195" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      </item>
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        <patrol cur="1219" prev="1218" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1203" ns="0" title="PDP11 Notes" pageid="118" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:22:45Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1218" prev="1217" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1202" ns="0" title="PDP11 Notes" pageid="118" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:22:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1217" prev="1216" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1201" ns="0" title="PDP11 Notes" pageid="118" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:20:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1216" prev="1215" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1200" ns="0" title="PDP11 Notes" pageid="118" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:19:59Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1215" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1199" ns="0" title="Main Page" pageid="1" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:19:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1214" prev="1198" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1198" ns="0" title="Retro Computers" pageid="117" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-11-05T15:18:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1213" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1197" ns="0" title="SDR Frontends (outdated)" pageid="3" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-08-21T05:39:55Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1212" prev="1184" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1196" ns="0" title="SDR Frontends" pageid="114" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="PA9TV" timestamp="2025-08-20T23:04:26Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1211" prev="1210" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>