Website Updates: Handbook Christmas Winners

What’s inside..

- Handbook Giveaway

- Straight Key Night – Plus More

- DMR

- Getting this Newsletter

- Upcoming Hamfests

- Got Questions

- Final - Final

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SPECIAL - HANDBOOK GIVEAWAY

Hey Gang..

Here's the winners for the Christmas Drawing..

Handbook winner

Bradley F Ruhberg, N3CZP

NPOTA Knit Cap (2 winners)

Joe Morgan, WA8CPT
Bruce A Rahn, K0BAR

Ohio Section Logo Hat (2 winners)

Theodore Ryan, W8SAI

Joseph C Schulte, WA8UET

Ohio Section Logo Mug (2 winners)

Nancy Brett, KD8QNY

Jim Ashman, W8ASH

Ohio Section Logo Mouse Pad (2 winners)

Douglas Gardner, KB8PHJ
Thomas O’Brien, WU8E

Don't forget that I'm going to give another Handbook out on New Years Day!!

If you enter before December 24th at midnight, you'll have a second chance at a Handbook!

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What's the catch? There isn't any.. If you live in Ohio, all you have to do to be entered is to fill out the form below..

You'll even be emailed a copy of the completed form back to you as your confirmation that you're entered. It won't cost you anything!! And no, you don't have to be an ARRL member to participate! A new drawing is held each month, and in order to be eligible, you do have to enter each month. You can't win if you don't enter.. So what have you got to loose!!

The next drawing for the 2nd Handbook will be announced on New Years Day. Each winner will be notified by email, so PLEASE use a valid email when completing the form, this is the only way I have of contacting you if you win.

If you've entered the drawing BEFORE the December 24th deadline, you're automatically entered for the end of the month drawing too!!

Please only hit the submit button once.. It will take the server several seconds to process the form. Once completed and accepted you'll be directed back to the main page of the website.

73, and good luck to all.. and have a Fantastic New Year!!

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Ring in the New Year with ARRL Straight Key Night and AMSAT CW Activity Day

Every day is a good day to operate on CW, but set some time aside on New Year’s Eve and Day to enjoy Straight Key Night (SKN) or to do some CW on the satellites during AMSAT CW Activity Day.

The annual SKN gets under way at 0000 UTC on January 1, 2017 (New Year’s Eve in US time zones). The 24-hour event is not a contest but a day dedicated to celebrating Amateur Radio’s CW heritage. Participants are encouraged to get on the air and simply enjoy conversational CW contacts, preferably using a straight (hand) key or a semi-automatic key (bug).

Activity traditionally centers on CW segments in the HF bands. There are no points or obligatory exchange. The only requirement is just to have fun! Send a SKN list of stations worked and your vote for “Best Fist” and “Most Interesting QSO” by January 31, 2017.

AMSAT CW Activity Day — formerly Satellite Straight Key Night — takes place on January 1, 2017 (UTC) and run for 24 hours. As with the old Straight Key Night, this is a fun event, not a contest, and there is no required exchange. All forms of CW are welcome, from straight keys, bugs, and keyers to keyboards and decoders. Working the same station on more than one satellite is permitted.

All participants are asked to post their results, including any “Soapbox” comments, to AMSAT-BB. Include the satellites you used and the number of CW contacts you make on each. Participants may post their full logs, although this is not required.

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DMR.. Have we gotten you to look into this new (old) mode yet? I’ve been busy propagating the website with lots and lots of information about DMR. Please, go take a look at the website and see if it isn’t something that really is gonna’ be FUN for you to do. Here’s the

link: http://arrl-ohio.org/digital/digital.html

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Heck, just send me an email: n8sy@n8sy.com and let me know that you want to be added.. It’s really just that easy. We have over 2,500 persons on our Ohio Section Mailing List now.

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Upcoming Hamfests in Ohio..