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Announcements: April 2004 |
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Announcements Radio-Active Ship Plying the Great Lakes – U.S. Naval Cadet training ship Pride of Michigan, located at its home port on the Clinton River, recently has become the operating center for The Noble Odyssey Foundation Radio Club, a newly formed amateur radio club named after the supporting foundation of the Great Lakes Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps. The cadet members are trained in the use of the VHF and HF radio equipment on board and encouraged to use it when not engaged in other duties while at sea. Most of the members have already passed the FCC tests required for an operator’s license and others are preparing for the test. Local ham Dick Arnold is the club trustee and has acquired the club callsign K8NOF, which is assigned to the station for use while operating the ship’s club equipment. New antennas in conjunction with the amateur gear will allow communications worldwide. “The Skirmish,” TARA’s Digital Prefix Contest – The Troy ARA is sponsoring this event on April 17 from 0000–2400Z on 160–6 meters (no WARC bands). Categories: PSK31, PSK63, MFSK, RTTY, Hell, Throb, Packet, ASCII, SSTV, and MT63. Exchange: Name & Prefix. Score: QSOs ¥ WPX Prefixes ¥ Power Multiplier. For more information, go to <http://www.n2ty.org/seasons/tara_dpx_rules.html>, or contact Chris Durbin, N8PSK, <skirmish-manager@n2ty.org>. Visalia International DX Convention – This year’s event will be held April 23–25 at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, Visalia, California. For more information go to <http://www.scdxc.org/visalia/>, and also see this month’s “DX” column.
• The following Special Event stations are
scheduled for late March and April: N9BQV, from aboard WW II Memorial Submarine USS Cobia AGSS-245, celebrating Memorial Submarine radio room reactivation weekend; USS Cobia Radio Club and Mancorad Radio Club of Manitowoc, WI; 1400Z April 24 to 2200Z April 25 on 7.243, 14.243, 21.343, 28.343 MHz (±25 kHz). For QSL send QSL and #10 SASE to Fred Neuenfeldt, W6BSF, 4932 So. 10th St., Manitowoc, WI 54220-9121. VE3HC, from 30th anniversary of the Fred Hammond Chapter 73 of QCWA, Hammond Museum of Radio, Guelph, ON, Canada; 1300– 2100Z April 24 & 25 on 3762.5, 3890, 7244, 14262, 21365, 28325 kHz. QSL to Hammond Museum of Radio VE3BJ, 595 Southgate Dr., Guelph, ON, N1G 3W6 Canada. (More info see <www.qcwa.ca>, or e-mail <ve3dwh@rac.ca>.)
• The following hamfests are slated for
April: Apr. 3, Lincoln Trail ARC Hamfest, Prichard Community Center, Elizabethtown, KY. Info: <ai4rg@hotmail.com>; <http://www.qsl.net/ ltarc>. (Talk-in 146.98; exams)
Apr. 4, Raleigh ARS Hamfest, NCS State
Convention, & Electronics Fleamarket, Jim Graham Bldg., NCS Fairgrounds,
Raleigh, NC. Contact Jeff Wittich, AC4ZO, 919-362-4787, e-mail: <ac4zo@arrl.net>.
(Exams contact WA4GIR, 919-387-9152) Apr. 18, Madison Area Repeater Assn. Hamfest/Swapmeet, Mandt Community Center, Stoughton Jr. Fairgrounds, Stoughton, WI. Contact Paul Toussaint, N9VWH, 608-245-8890; e-mail: <w9hsy@execpc.com>; <www.qsl.net/mara/>. (Talk-in 147.15 [123 Hz]; exams) Apr. 24, Valley of the Moon ARC ARRL Hamfest, Sonoma Valley Veteran’s Bldg., Sonoma, CA. Contact Darrel, WD6BOR, 707-996-4494; e-mail: <wd6bor@vom.com>. (Talk-in 145.35, –600, PL 88.5; exams, registration starting at 9 AM, exams at 10 AM) Apr. 25, Southington, CT ARA Fleamarket, Southington High School, Southington, CT. Contact Alex Joyce, KB7HCO, 860-214-3013; e-mail: <logic555@aol.com>; <http://www.chetbacon.com/sara.htm>. (Talk-in 145.170, 147.345, 444.250, 224.800 –PL 77; exams) Apr. 25, Moultrie Amateur Radio Klub Hamfest, Moultrie/Douglas County Fairgrounds, Arthur, IL. Information call 217-543-2178 (days), 217-873-5287 (evenings). (Talk-in 146.055/146.655 and 449.925/ 444.925 PL 103.5) Apr. 30, Baton Rouge Hamfest 2004, Baker Civic Auditorium, Baton Rouge/Baker, LA. Contact Ed Laughery, AD5JV, 225-686-1450; e-mail: <ad5jv@arrl.net>; <www.brarc.org>. (Talk-in 146.79–, exams) Click here to return to the March Highlights page. Click here to return to the April Highlights page Click here to return to the May Highlights page _______________ © Copyright 2004, CQ Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced or republished, including posting to a website, in part or in whole, by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher, CQ Communications, Inc. Hyperlinks to this page are permitted. |