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Announcements October 2004 |
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Announcements Old Mans International Sideband Society – According to Dennis, VE7IPU, this society is alive and well and has a web page, <www.omiss.net>. They is also a Worked All States and awards net on many bands. • The following Special Event stations are scheduled for October: W2LI, from the Tri-County Radio Assn. Platinum Jubilee, 70th Anniversary, Celebration, Westfield, NJ; 1200Z Oct. 9 to 2200Z Oct. 10 on 14.260, 28.260, 449.975 MHz. For QSL, send QSL and SASE to W2LI/AA2ZJ, 77 Persinf Ave., Iselin, NJ 08830. N4J, from Thomas Jefferson’s summer home, Forest, VA; 1400– 2200Z Oct. 9 on 7.265, 14.265, 21.365, 28.365 MHz. For QSL, send QSL and SASE to Ed Narwid, 1799 Otterhill Rd., Bedford, VA 24523. K5PAL, from Hot Pepper Festival, Palestine, TX; Palestine/Anderson County ARC; 1300–2200Z Oct. 23 on 7.263 and 14.260 MHz. For certificate, send QSL and SASE to K5PAL Special Event, c/o David Carnathan, N5XPC, 504 Micheaux, Palestine, TX 75801 (www.pacarc.org). W6CX, from Pacificon (see below)/Boy Scout Jamboree on the Air; Oct. 16–17 on 14.290, 21.360, 28.390, and activity on Echolink. For certificate send QSL and SASE to Mount Diablo ARC, P.O. Box 23222, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 (http://www.pacificon.org).
K8CY, from Ashtabula County Covered
Bridge Festival, Jefferson, OH; Ashtabula County ARC; 1400Z Oct. 8 to
2100Z Oct. 9 on 28.460, 21.360, 14.260 MHz. For certificate, send QSL and
#10 SASE to ACARC, 722 Lyndon Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004.
• The following hamfests, etc., are slated for October:
Oct. 2, Jacksonville (FL) Free
Hamfest, Jax Raceways, Jacksonville, FL. Contact Billy Williams, N4UF,
P.O. Box 9673, Jacksonville, FL 32208; e-mail:
<n4uf@nofars.org>; <www.nofars.org/hamfest.html>. Oct. 2, Ham Expo, Bell County Expo Center, Belton, TX. Contact Mike LeFan, WA5EQQ, 254-773-3590 (10 AM to 9 PM Central, Mon.– Sat.); e-mail: <expo@tarc.org>; <www.tarc.org>. (Talk-in 146.820–, PL 123.0; exams 1 PM) Oct. 8–10, Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society Convention, Clarion Hotel, Kill Devil Hills, the Outer Banks, NC. Contact Lee Graves, WA7OBH, 4341 Southeast Satinleaf Place, Stuart, FL 34997; <http://arlhs.com/convention2004/registration.pdf> Oct. 9, Northwest Ohio ARC Hamfest, at Fair Radio Sales, Lima, OH. Contact Gary Clements, KCØJDT, 419-227-6573; e-mail: <kc0jdt@fairradio.com> or <NWOARC@nicsweb.com>. (Talk-in 146.670; exams 10:30 AM) Oct. 10, Hall of Science ARC Hamfest, NY Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadow Corona Park, Queens, NY. Contact Stephen Greenbaum, WB2KDG, 718-898-5599; e-mail: <wb2kdg@arrl.net>; <www.qsl.net/hosarc>. (Talk-in 444.200, PL 136.5, 146.52 simplex; exams 10 AM, info contact Lenny Menna, W2LJM, 718-835-1548, e-mail: <w2ljm@verizon.net>) Oct. 10, Nutmeg Hamfest & ARRL Connecticut State Convention, Mountainside Resort, Wallingford, CT. Information, e-mail: <info@nutmeghamfest.com>; <www.nutmeghamfest.com>. (Exams, info contact Joel, N1JEO, 203-235-6932, e-mail: <vetest@nutmeghamfest.com>) Oct. 15–17, Pacificon 2004, San Ramon Marriott, San Ramon, CA. Information, go to: <http://www.pacificon.org>. (Exams Saturday) Oct. 17, RF Hill ARC Hamfest, Sellersville Firehouse, Sellersville, PA. Contact Cathy Soete, 215-723-7294; e-mail: <wa3ylq@comcast.net>; <www.rfhill.ampr.org>. (Talk-in 145.31–, PL 131.8; exams 10 AM to noon) Oct. 17, MIT Fleamarket, Albany & Main Streets, Cambridge, MA. For information, call 617-253-3776 (9–5 Mon.–Fri.). (Talk-in 146.52, 449.725/444.725, PL 114.8) Oct. 30, Southwest Missouri ARC Hamfest, Teamsters Local 245 Meeting Hall, Springfield, MO. Contact Roger Grable, 417-890-7036; e-mail: <reg@axs.net>; <www.smarc.org>. (Talk-in WØPM repeater, 145.19 negative offset; exams) Oct. 30, Tri-City ARC Auction, Senior Citizens Center, Waterford Municipal Complex, Waterford, CT. Contact Darryl DelGrosso, WA1DD, 860-443-7799; e-mail: <DDelgrosso@aol.com>. Oct. 31, Utica Shelby Emergency Communications Assn. Hamfest/Swap, American-Polish Century Club, Sterling Heights, MI. Contact Scott Madison, WN1B, 248-628-4756 e-mail: <wn1b@k8uo.com>; or Floyd Soo, W8RO, 248-431-7769, e-mail: <w8ro@k8uo.com>. (Exams) Oct. 31, Massillon ARC Hamfest & Auction, Stark County Fairgrounds, Canton, OH. Contact (for tables) Terry Russ, N8ATZ, 330-837-3091; e-mail: <hamfest@marcradio.org>; < http://www.marcradio.org>.
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