<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd59202b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div><span><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;">Hi Everyone - It was good to work some MIVUS members during the 2M sprint Monday! Just a reminder that the Central States VHF Society Sponsored 222 MHz Spring Sprint is coming up this coming Tuesday, 4/16/19 from 0700 – 1100 PM local. I hope you can get on and join the fun!</span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; margin-bottom: 10pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Contest Date and Time:</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;list-style-position: inside"><li class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">144 MHz Monday April 8, 2019 0700 - 1100 PM Local</span></li><li class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">222 MHz Tuesday April 16, 2019 0700 – 1100 PM Local</span></li><li class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">432 MHz Wednesday April 24, 2019 0700 – 1100 PM Local</span></li><li class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Microwave Saturday May 4, 2019 0800 AM – 0200 PM Local</span></li><li class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">50 MHz Saturday May 11, 2019 2300z through Sunday May 12, 2019 0300z</span></li></ol><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Remember the Spring Sprints are designed to drive activity so that all participants can have fun! You don’t have to be a contester to enjoy the increased activity for each of these events.</span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Rules and more information can be found here:</span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/home/2019-information" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">https://sites.google.com/site/springvhfupsprints/home/2019-information</span></a><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"></span></span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">73 and good luck!</span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">For the Central States VHF Society Spring Sprints Committee</span></p><p class="ydp1d026688yiv3233258379MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Kent O’Dell, KA2KQM, Mike Metroka, WB8BZK, Jon Platt, W0ZQ</span></p></span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd59202b8signature"><p><br></p><p>Dave DeVos</p><p>KF8QL - MIVUS</p></div></div></div></body></html>