[nrv-hams] 2020 - The Year We Make Contact - CONTEST!!!

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Thank you I have the yeasu xt4 and a  won at the january dinner and a broken Chinese ht 2m/ 440 And need help Even hear I need a special computer cableBen said maybe he may have time to help I seem to be so slow and so much to learn Thank you RevGarland Linkous Linkousg45 at gmail.com. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Cam Coble <cam at doubleclickdata.com> Date: 2/28/20  16:46  (GMT-05:00) To: "NRV-Hams: A mailing list for members of the New River Valley (VA) Amateur Radio Club." <nrv-hams at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [nrv-hams] 2020 - The Year We Make Contact - CONTEST!!! Yes! It's time to warm those transmitters and start churning the ether.In support of our club goals to gain technical proficiency and to promotecommunication diversity, we're having a contest!If you have never participated in a QSO contest, now's your time to try!For those seasoned contestants, well, this is a marathon, and your othercontest entries will count for this one too!From March 1 to the end of the year, we want to count every QSO (contact)you have with another amateur radio operator, and give you bonuses forusing new bands and modes to stretch your skills! We'll tally each monthfor a monthly paper award, and at the end of the year, we'll have a grandprize (as yet to be determined, but it WILL be cool!).Send your logs to me via email, snail mail, or hand-off after each month,and we'll start calculating those numbers. I'm not good with big numbers,so make me get out that calculator!Go get more details and log sheets here:https://www.n4nrv.org/2020-the-year-we-make-contact/I know... it's a lot of reading, but *I* had to write it!Please read it before you ask questions, but if you aren't clear onsomething, ASK!There are no excuses not to participate!If you have problems with your equipment, email me and we'll get you somehelp.I want this to be FUN, so get out there and get our repeaters warmed uptoo! They're cold up on those mountains all by themselves.73, and hope to see me in your log!--Cam - W4XXV______________________________________________________________nrv-hams mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nrv-hamsHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:nrv-hams at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html