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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K/A
                                Amendment No. 1

              ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]

                   For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

                        Commission File Number: 001-13891

                        HECTOR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

           Minnesota                                            41-1666660
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(State or other jurisdiction                               (Federal Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

                              211 South Main Street
                                  P.O. Box 428
                                Hector, MN 55342
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (320) 848-6611

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                               Title of each class
                          Common Stock, $.01 par value

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

Indicate by a check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ ]

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act).   Yes [  ]   No [X]

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant was approximately $54,586,000 based upon the closing sale price of
the Company's common stock on the American Stock Exchange on March 22, 2004.

As of March 22, 2004 there were outstanding 3,608,813 shares of the Registrant's
common stock.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: Portions of the Company's definitive proxy
statement for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 20, 2004 are
incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

Hector Communications Corporation is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 to clarify its
discussion of controls and procedures under Item 9A. Other than information set
forth in this amended report, the previously filed Form 10-K has not been
updated in this amended filing and the term "filing date" refers to the original
filing date of the Form 10-K.


Item 9A.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including
our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), we
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")). Based on that evaluation, our CEO
and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report,
our disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms and is accumulated
and communicated to our management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. During the period covered
by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there was no change in our internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the
Exchange Act) that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereto duly authorized.

                                              Hector Communications Corporation

                                         By  /s/Curtis A. Sampson
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                                             Curtis A. Sampson
Date:  September 9, 2004                     Chief Executive Officer

                                         By  /s/Charles A. Braun
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                                             Charles A. Braun
Date:  September 9, 2004                     Chief Financial Officer