<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Everyone, I know by the raft of KC1 calls heard on our Net that there are some recent licensees in our Club. This weekend’s contest is for YOU if you’ve been licensed within the last two years. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">See the full rules at the link below. The exchange is not too complex but read carefully:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Exchange: </span></b><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Call sign of station worked, your call sign<b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </b>your first name, two-digit number of the year first licensed (“check”) and state, Canadian province, Mexican call area, or “DX”.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">So for, say, last night’s Net Control, it would be: “KA1GTT from KC1MJK, Doug, 19, Massachusetts.” Not too hard eh?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And of course longtime ops are supposed to grt on the air to work the Rookies too. I’ll have the rig on. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">See the rules including timeframe and suggested frequencies here:</div><div dir="ltr"><br><a href="http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup">http://www.arrl.org/rookie-roundup</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"></div></body></html>