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On 07/25/2025 12:37 PM EDT ARTHUR PIZER via bars <bars@w1hh.org> wrote:
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On 07/25/2025 11:05 AM EDT Juan Jiménez via bars <bars@w1hh.org> wrote:
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As Billy Crystal would say, that looks MAHVELLOUS! \U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f923\U0001f44d\U0001f44d\U0001f44d
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 09:51 Marla Wallace via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:
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On 07/24/2025 4:39 PM EDT Richard Heckbert via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Great job on the patch! Can I add one last final teensy-tiny nit?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Can the outer Billerica Amateur Radio Society text be rotated a few degrees clockwise? Every time I see it not being even I want to write but stop myself but if this is going to be permanent it should look its best.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Also, since I\u2019m making a mountain out of a molehill, the Billerica Massachusetts needs a similar rotation albeit smaller. Run the image below to the edge of your screen and you\u2019ll see what I men with both.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">I\u2019d try but I was apparently skipped when they were handing out creative genes!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;">From: </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;">bars <<a href="mailto:bars-bounces@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars-bounces@w1hh.org</a>> on behalf of Greg via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars@w1hh.org</a>><br><strong>Reply-To: </strong>Greg <<a href="mailto:wa1emg@yahoo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wa1emg@yahoo.com</a>><br><strong>Date: </strong>Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 4:28\u202fPM<br><strong>To: </strong>ham operator <<a href="mailto:ka1uln1@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ka1uln1@gmail.com</a>>, Christopher Lennon <<a href="mailto:kwaj.speedo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kwaj.speedo@gmail.com</a>><br><strong>Cc: </strong>David Marcucci via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars@w1hh.org</a>><br><strong>Subject: </strong>Re: [bars] Unofficial BARS Member Patch</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=9d3a686e-218d-4849-8298-b480188dc8ac&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail%26listing%3Demail_signature" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</span></a></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: #8473ff;">On Thursday, July 24, 2025, 15:39, ham operator via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please listen for my 10m CW beacon 28.2235</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">15m 21.045 SLOW CW NET </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SUNDAY NIGHT AT 4PM EST or 20:00 utc</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">we use <a href="http://netlogger.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">netlogger.org</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>when hear YL on FREQ: they take precedence! Take YL QSO first</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br>check out: <a href="http://KA1ULN.BLOGSPOT.COM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KA1ULN.BLOGSPOT.COM</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 9:30<span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">\u202f</span>AM Juan Jiménez via bars <<a href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bars@w1hh.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The two I see are the missing dot on the opposite side of BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS and the fact that MEMBER isn\u2019t curved but BARS is.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don\u2019t know if anyone has used AI to generate images but anytime you ask it to correct one mistake it makes another so my patience wore out.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted a logo for my QRZ page to show off my membership to BARS so I had AI create one for me. Feel free to use it if you like. I can't recall if attachments work here, so if it gets blocked, here is a share link from my cloud: <a href="https://yuno.marcucci.org/nextcloud/s/RSc2FjGw5afMPR6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://yuno.marcucci.org/nextcloud/s/RSc2FjGw5afMPR6</a></p>
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