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<div style="text-align: center;"><a
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<p
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style=" background: transparent;"><strong><img
src="https://packratvhf.com/images/sprints-ad.jpg"
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<p
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;">The
Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club is proud to sponsor the dates and
times for the upcoming 2024 Fall Sprints!</span></span></p>
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<p
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b>2.0
Contest Time and Date:</b></span></span></p>
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<td><span
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MHz:</span></td>
<td><span
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;">1800
UTC to 2200 UTC time on Saturday, August 10, 2024</span></span></td>
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<td><span
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">144
MHz:</span></span></td>
<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">7
PM to 11 PM local time on Monday, September 9, 2024</span></span></td>
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<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;">222
MHz:</span></td>
<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">7
PM to 11 PM local time on Tuesday, September 17, 2024</span></span></td>
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<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;">432
MHz:</span></td>
<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">7
PM to 11 PM local time on Wednesday, September 25,
2024</span></span></td>
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<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;">902
MHz and up:</span></td>
<td><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: times new roman, times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">8
AM to 2 PM local time on Saturday, October 5, 2024</span></span></td>
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<p
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;">Please
note the changes for this year’s running of the Fall VHF
Sprints:</span></span></p>
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<li style=" background: transparent;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b>The
50 MHz sprint will be held on Saturday afternoon from
1800 to 2200 UTC</b></span></span></li>
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;">We
hope this change will increase participation and take
advantage of the current solar cycle improved propagation
possibilities.</span></span></p>
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<ul
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<li style=" background: transparent;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;"><b>Stations
will be classified as either Single Op HP, Single Op LP
or Rover</b></span></span></li>
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<p
style=" font-size: 12.8013px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;">By
expanding the award categories, we hope to encourage more
participants to post their scores and be recognized for
their station and operating capabilities.</span></span></p>
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<p
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The
rules can be found here: <a
href="https://packratvhf.com/sprints/2024_Fall_Sprint_Rules_Final.pdf"
rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2024 Fall Sprint
Rules</a></span></p>
<p
style=" font-size: 12.8013px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A
printable announcement here: <a
href="https://packratvhf.com/sprints/Announcing_The_2024_Fall_Sprints.pdf"
rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2024 Fall Sprint
Announcement</a></span></p>
<p
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style=" background: transparent; font-size: 17px;">For
questions or comments please contact the committee at <span
id="ydp337269b6cloak9df043e7281a16cee0ab6dbfefe5900c"
style=" background: transparent;"><a
href="mailto:fallsprints@packratvhf.com"
rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">fallsprints@packratvhf.com</a></span>.</span></p>
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<p
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style=" background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: medium;">We
hope all of you enjoy the activity and have fun in the
Sprints!</span></span></span></p>
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<p
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you,</p>
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style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: small;">The
Pack Rats Fall Sprints Committee</span></span></span><span
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style=" background: transparent; font-size: small;">:</span></span></p>
<p
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style=" background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-family: Arial, serif;"><span
style=" background: transparent; font-size: small;">Phil
Miguelez WA3NUF, Allen Oldfield W9KXI, Jim Antonacci
WA3EHD, & Bill Schaffer WS3O</span></span></span></p>
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