[Fists] SKN Soapbox comments

[Larry Makoski W2LJ]

Guys,

Please ..... please ...... please ...... please !!!!!!

If you operate SKN (even if it's one tiny, measly QSO) PLEASE make sure 
you enter soapbox comments about your experience on the ARRL website! 

http://www.arrl.org/contests/soapbox/

I'm pretty sure you DO NOT need to be an ARRL member to post your comments.

In any event, please make sure you mention that you are a member of 
SKCC, NAQCC, or FISTS.  In 2002 they got 39 soapbox entries, in 2004 
there were 72, in 2005 there were 65 and in 2006 there were 86.  I'd 
like to see 86 from FISTS members alone!

With the removal of the CW requirement form the licensing procedure; 
I've been seeing a lot of peeing and moaning on all the CW related 
reflectors about "the end of CW".  Here's our chance to show everyone 
that CW is NOT dead!  Can you imagine over 100 comments from FISTS 
members alone ???  That, in addition to comments from SKCCers and 
NAQCCers who are not members of FISTS would be a pretty potent message 
to the League, indeed.

Don't worry about your writing skills, you don't have to be 
Shakespeare.  All you have to write, even if you have no idea what to 
say, is "I'm a member of FISTS and I enjoyed SKN.  I used (whatever key) 
and I had a real good time QSOing with ......"
You get the idea!

I can't think of any better way to make our voices heard by the League 
than by blowing them out with participation and letting them know WE 
STILL CARE by publicly telling about it.  They are giving us a forum.  
Let's make use of it!

73 - Happy New Year - Happy SKN de
Larry W2LJ

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