[Fourlanders] Reminder: invitation to join the Fourlanders channel on Slack

[Bryan W3CP]

Hi all,

With just a little over a week before the June contest, now is a great time
to get signed up on Slack and start your test drive!

73,
Bryan

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bryan W3CP <w3cp at w3cp.info>
Date: Thu, May 21, 2020 at 8:45 AM
Subject: invitation to join the Fourlanders channel on Slack
To: Fourlanders <fourlanders at contesting.com>


Per the email discussion, I have set up a #fourlanders channel in the
VHF-Chat workspace on Slack for the club to use.  The VHF-Chat
workspace was created by several users in the Ping Jockey crowd that
were looking for a friendlier place to chat, and has since grown to
over 600 members now in all areas of VHF+ interests.

about Slack
===========
Slack is a commercial chat/collaboration platform targeted at
businesses, but they have a "free plan" with limited message history
(10,000), that is perfect for ham activities.  Slack can be used in a
web browser, with dedicated Windows or Mac apps, or with iPhone and
Android apps, so it is easy to keep up with the discussions wherever
you are.  In addition to text messages, you can send screenshots,
pictures, or file attachments.   Also, you can send direct (private)
messages to other users.

getting started
===============
If you do not yet have a Slack account, the first thing to do is
create a free account in the VHF-Chat workspace using this link:

https://join.slack.com/t/vhf-chat/shared_invite/zt-dgto6yqo-N23lOst_JFETokMHVGNoOQ

When creating an account, set your "Full name" to whatever you would
like, but set "Display name" to:

FirstName Call 6-digit-Grid State

For example, my profile settings are:

Bryan W3CP
Bry W3CP EM74ug GA

Joining the #fourlanders channel
================================
Once you are logged into the VHF-Chat workspace on Slack, you should
see a list of channels on the left side.  When you created your
account, you were automatically added to the default channels.
However, you must manually add the #fourlanders channel.  On the left
panel, look for the "+" icon to the right of the Channels heading.
This will open the Channel Browser, where you can locate #fourlanders
and click on it.   This will take you to the channel.  At the bottom
of hte page, you should see "You are viewing #fourlanders" and below
that a button "Join Channel".  Click this button, at which point you
should be all set.

You will likely see some other channels of interest there too, so feel
free to join them as well!  #flwss for example (still trying to get
more FLWSS users active there).

Please go head and get signed up now, well ahead of the contest, so
you can get familiar with it.  I think we will find this a great place
to hang out anytime we are active, not just during contests!

Let me know if you have any questions or need any help!

73,
Bryan W3CP
w3cp at w3cp.info
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