<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Guys, love getting the Club news emailings.  That said/written,
      is there a way to do this chatting on a social media venue....e.g.
      club Facebook account, etc?  Can only speak for myself.....I rely
      on my email inbox almost hourly for updates from the company
      because of the dynamic nature of things today.</p>
    <p>Great idea connecting with each other, though!</p>
    <p>Best,</p>
    <p>Brad, K9MHZ</p>
    <p>    <br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/20 12:24 PM, David Spoelstra
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAEKn9qYSBmh1hQuKFDR0EGGgju13ba8rJ7wQ49v3dxGJ6qV4Tw@mail.gmail.com">
      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
      <div dir="ltr">Do some contests. It's not unusual to get 600+ in a
        weekend.</div>
      <br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:14
          PM Wayne Michael <<a href="mailto:wrmichael@hotmail.com"
            moz-do-not-send="true">wrmichael@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
        </div>
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px
          0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
          <div lang="EN-US">
            <div class="gmail-m_4633429303499381698WordSection1">
              <p class="MsoNormal">Dave, </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">That is very impressive.  I am not
                sure how you do it.  </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">I use every spare moment on the air
                making contacts and I only managed to get 10,013
                contacts in 2019.
              </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Most of mine are FT8,  none of them
                “ROBOT” contacts.  For some reason believe we use robots
                in that mode.  I have som FT4, many SSB and maybe 2 CW. 
                This year I am on 70 contacts in CW but I don’t know the
                other counts.  Likely not as many. </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">I have an addiction to moving up the
                list on QRZ most confirmed QSO’s list…   I am sitting at
                about 385/384 usually..  hard to move up from here.
              </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for comparing notes.  It is
                good to know I am not the only addict.
              </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">de ac9hp</p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a
                  href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                  Mail</a> for Windows 10</p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt
                solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in">
                <p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From:
                  </b><a href="mailto:davids@mediamachine.com"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">David
                    Spoelstra</a><br>
                  <b>Sent: </b>Sunday, March 29, 2020 11:53 AM<br>
                  <b>To: </b><a href="mailto:ircnews@indyradioclub.org"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">IRC News</a><br>
                  <b>Subject: </b>Re: [IRCNews] The sun isn't helping
                  us during our "vacation"</p>
              </div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <div>
                <p class="MsoNormal">LOL, no, I'm not a member. I did
                  check my log since you were surprised how many QSOs I
                  made. Last year I made 12,921 contacts. That's
                  248/week for 52 weeks straight.
                </p>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                </div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">No, I'm not an SKCC member.
                    Sorry.</p>
                </div>
              </div>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
              <div>
                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:12 AM
                    Wayne Michael <<a
                      href="mailto:wrmichael@hotmail.com"
                      target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">wrmichael@hotmail.com</a>>
                    wrote:</p>
                </div>
                <blockquote
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt
                  solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in
                  6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
                  <div>
                    <p class="MsoNormal">Radio addicts anonymous.   </p>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                    </div>
                    <div>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Are
                        you a skcc member?  If so I need your # in my
                        log.   </p>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone</p>
                      </div>
                      <div>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><br>
                          <br>
                        </p>
                        <blockquote
                          style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                          <p class="MsoNormal"
                            style="margin-bottom:12pt">On Mar 29, 2020,
                            at 10:58 AM, David Spoelstra <<a
                              href="mailto:davids@mediamachine.com"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">davids@mediamachine.com</a>>
                            wrote:</p>
                        </blockquote>
                      </div>
                      <blockquote
                        style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt">
                        <div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                          <div>
                            <p class="MsoNormal">It's really not that
                              hard when you're on the air 12+ hours a
                              day. I'm doing SSB, CW, FT8, FT4, SSTV,
                              and a few RTTY.
                            </p>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">What's the RAA?</p>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                          <div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Mar 29, 2020
                                at 10:37 AM Wayne Michael <<a
                                  href="mailto:wrmichael@hotmail.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">wrmichael@hotmail.com</a>>
                                wrote:</p>
                            </div>
                            <blockquote
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt
                              solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in
                              6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
                              <div>
                                <div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal">673 QSOs --- in a
                                    WEEK?
                                  </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal">It has been a
                                    long time since I have seen anything
                                    close to that.
                                  </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Want to join me
                                    at the next RAA meeting?
                                  </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal">Sent from
                                    <a
href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.microsoft.com%2Ffwlink%2F%3FLinkId%3D550986&data=02%7C01%7C%7C49236825358c4a2e30e008d7d3f94f3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210940040957996&sdata=Ka54POERnMloAU2HT1Nr2J%2FAVDxTCuR%2FNMUSTmr4Bl4%3D&reserved=0"
                                      target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">
                                      Mail</a> for Windows 10</p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <div
style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt
                                    solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt
                                    0in 0in">
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:
                                      </b><a
                                        href="mailto:davids@mediamachine.com"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">David
                                        Spoelstra</a><br>
                                      <b>Sent: </b>Sunday, March 29,
                                      2020 10:36 AM<br>
                                      <b>To: </b><a
                                        href="mailto:ircnews@indyradioclub.org"
                                        target="_blank"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">IRC News</a><br>
                                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [IRCNews] The
                                      sun isn't helping us during our
                                      "vacation"</p>
                                  </div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, the low
                                      sunspots hasn't kept me off the
                                      bands. Last week I made 673 QSOs
                                      without a contest going! I just
                                      need 10m and 12m to open to finish
                                      my 9BWAS and 8BDXCC.
                                    </p>
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal">-David, N9KT</p>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                  <div>
                                    <div>
                                      <p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Mar
                                        29, 2020 at 10:22 AM Mel
                                        Crichton <<a
                                          href="mailto:kj9c@att.net"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true">kj9c@att.net</a>>
                                        wrote:</p>
                                    </div>
                                    <blockquote
style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt
                                      solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in
                                      0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt
                                      4.8pt">
                                      <div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="font-size:10pt">so
                                              make lemonade!
                                            </span></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="font-size:10pt">Forty
                                              meters has been great to
                                              Europe, and that's from
                                              here in Montana... I even
                                              worked DX on 40 SSB this
                                              weekend....</span></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="font-size:10pt"><br>
                                              Eighty and 75 meters are
                                              still good, although 160
                                              is getting tough from
                                              here.... but should still
                                              be good in Indiana</span></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                              style="font-size:10pt">And
                                              20 meters is about as good
                                              as always....</span></p>
                                        </div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                            style="font-size:10pt">You
                                            just need to get on and make
                                            some noise to put some DX
                                            into the log</span></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                            style="font-size:10pt">Mel
                                            9C</span></p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                      </div>
                                      <div>
                                        <div>
                                          <p class="MsoNormal">Well,
                                            2020 just set a new record.
                                            So far, 78% of the days have
                                            had no sunspots.</p>
                                        </div>
                                      </div>
                                    </blockquote>
                                  </div>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                                    style="margin-left:4.8pt">
_______________________________________________<br>
                                    IRCNews mailing list<br>
                                    <a
href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.indyradioclub.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fircnews_indyradioclub.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C49236825358c4a2e30e008d7d3f94f3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210940040968001&sdata=dDWbSwosxLbocgKgbAiy4hcPkRzvX%2BaVrT6k89xczgY%3D&reserved=0"
                                      target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org</a><br>
                                    If you need changes made in your
                                    email address, drop a note to <a
                                      href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net"
                                      target="_blank"
                                      moz-do-not-send="true">
                                      kj9b@arrl.net</a>.</p>
                                  <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                                </div>
                              </div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
                                IRCNews mailing list<br>
                                <a
href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.indyradioclub.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fircnews_indyradioclub.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C49236825358c4a2e30e008d7d3f94f3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210940040978012&sdata=D2AQqJptmVDkB40DNs64F9zVRtmfm8lwMXrbbSw0CCU%3D&reserved=0"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org</a><br>
                                If you need changes made in your email
                                address, drop a note to <a
                                  href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                  kj9b@arrl.net</a>.</p>
                            </blockquote>
                          </div>
                          <p class="MsoNormal">_______________________________________________<br>
                            IRCNews mailing list<br>
                            <a
href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.indyradioclub.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fircnews_indyradioclub.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C49236825358c4a2e30e008d7d3f94f3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210940040988017&sdata=Ww%2FJhDife%2Fq7uwcgAdyCbPaaRSX3SaPFpkcPQLsKDno%3D&reserved=0"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.indyradioclub.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fircnews_indyradioclub.org&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C257c4c2fa36b41a0888408d7d3f1a64b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210907141172754&amp;sdata=L5wT6zu19y0y2Cm%2FSj7mWe6bmHXh9U%2F1Ubc%2F9QAieD8%3D&amp;reserved=0</a><br>
                            If you need changes made in your email
                            address, drop a note to <a
                              href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net"
                              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                              kj9b@arrl.net</a>.</p>
                        </div>
                      </blockquote>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </blockquote>
              </div>
              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.8pt">_______________________________________________<br>
                IRCNews mailing list<br>
                <a
href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.indyradioclub.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fircnews_indyradioclub.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7C49236825358c4a2e30e008d7d3f94f3c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637210940040998028&sdata=FAm9Q4Q900UiKTqVtc%2FHY%2BBtK5cbzIUjPSnLaWtnPHk%3D&reserved=0"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org</a><br>
                If you need changes made in your email address, drop a
                note to <a href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net" target="_blank"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">
                  kj9b@arrl.net</a>.</p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
            </div>
          </div>
          _______________________________________________<br>
          IRCNews mailing list<br>
          <a
href="http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org"
            rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org</a><br>
          If you need changes made in your email address, drop a note to
          <a href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net" target="_blank"
            moz-do-not-send="true">kj9b@arrl.net</a>.<br>
        </blockquote>
      </div>
      <br>
      <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset>
      <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
IRCNews mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org">http://mail.indyradioclub.org/mailman/listinfo/ircnews_indyradioclub.org</a>
If you need changes made in your email address, drop a note to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kj9b@arrl.net">kj9b@arrl.net</a>.
</pre>
    </blockquote>
  </body>
</html>