Dear Fellow Ham,
Just a quick note to let you know about a very fun, short (4 hour) contest happening this weekend. It is the North American SSB Sprint contest, which takes place this Saturday evening, April 7th, 2018 (UTC: Sun April 8, 0000Z – 0359Z)
Door Prizes!
W.A.S. T-Shirt Award!
Certificates and Trophies!
73, Bob KW8N & NA SSB Sprint Contest Committee
https://www.ssbsprint.com
P.S. If you get a chance, please enter your planned activity at https://ssbsprint.com/planned-activity/my-planned-activity/ so that we can be sure that all States and Provinces will be on the air.
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