Hamfests and Events
Sunday, January 13 - Bethpage, NY
Ham Radio University 2008. Forums, displays
Live operating events, ARRL NYC/LI
Convention. Keynote: Gordon West, WB6NOA
Starts 9 AM, Briarcliff College, 1055 Stewart
Ave. http://www.hamradiouniversity.org
Diane Ortiz, K2DO, e-mail: K2DO@arrl.net
Sunday, January 27 - Odenton, MD
MMARC Post-Holiday Hamfest, 8 AM till Noon,
Odenton Vol FD Hall,
1425 Annapolis Rd (Rte 175),
Odenton. (146.205/146.805)
N3SEO 410-467-3335; n3seo@aol.com
Saturday, February 2: Richmond Frostfest
Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 East
Laburnum Ave. 146.88/R (PL 74.4), Lee Ann
Horton, W4QCO, http://www.frostfest.com
e-mail: chair@frostfest.com
NOTE NEW DATE, DAY and PLACE!!!
Sunday, February 24: Annandale, VA
Vienna Wireless Society's Winterfest, at
Northern VA. Community College (NOVA)
8333 Little River Turnpike. 146.91/R.
Jim, W4TJP, 703-392-0150.
ICOM D-Star digital radio demonstration!
http://www.viennawireless.org
Friday/Saturday, March 7-8: Kulpsville, PA
Winter SWL Fest. See previous page ....
Sat./Sun, March 29-30 - Timonium, MD
Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest
MD State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd.
146.67/R, 449.625/R ( PL 107.2) Doug Wittich,
N3VEJ 443-590-1145 Info2008@gbhc.org
Pedestrian mobile spans the globe
Despite the sunspot minimum, Blackpool amateur Dave Starkie, G4AKC, has managed two way pedestrian mobile contact with G7LPW/ZL3 in Christchurch, New Zealand. On 15 November they completed the 21,100km contact on 20 metres SSB. This was the result of two years work to improve and develop a high performance HF backpack which was used at both ends of the contact. [RSGB]
Absolute Zero [QST Editorial]
“Sunspot-wise, we seem to be stuck in a trough between Solar Cycles 23 and 24. Lately the W1AW propagation bulletins have been reporting zero sunspots, day after day. The level of solar activity was low throughout 2006 and 2007 and is not expected to begin to pick up until around March 2008 — months later than earlier predictions.”
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VE EXAMS
BARC VE EXAMS for 2008
12360 Owings Mills Blvd. Owings Mills
Register: 1:30 PM, Exams begin 2 PM.
No one admitted after exams begin
Saturdays: Feb 2, March 1, May 3,
Jun 7, Aug. 2, Sept. 6, Nov 2, Dec 1.
Sundays: Jan 6, April 6, July 6,
Oct. 5. n3wke@arrl.net (Thanks, N3YI)
2008 AERO VE EXAMS
Registration at 1 PM, Exams at 1:30.
Fee $14 ( ARRL VEC); All exams at
White Marsh Library, 8133 Sandpiper
Circle; January 19, March 15, May 31,
Sept. 27, Nov. 22. Pat Stone, AC3F,
ac3f@juno.com,
410-687-7209
Other Club Exams
2nd Saturday, 1 PM, Davidsonville, by AARC. Register 12 noon. Bob, AA3RR, 410-437-8193
3rd Saturday, 9 AM, Laurel, by LARC, 384 Main St. John Creel, WB3GXW, 301-572-5124.
4th Tuesday, 6 PM, Linthicum. At Historical Electronics Museum. Harold, WB4OGP, 410-757-0493(h);
410-712-6829(w)
BARC MINIFEST
Wednesday, January 23, 5-10 PM
Timonium Fairgrounds. It's free!
SKYWARN CLASS
Basics I
Tuesday, March 11, 7:00 PM
Baltimore County Public Safety Bldg.
700 East Joppa Rd. Towson, MD
Contact: Terri Brush
tbrush@baltimorecountymd.gov
(Thanks, KB3JQQ)
Longest Event Callsign?
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued what might be the longest special event callsign in the history of amateur radio. The Blue Mountains Amateur Radio Club has been granted the callsign VI 2 B M A R C 50, to commemorate the club’s 50th anniversary. VI2BMARC50 will be on-air from 18 to 28 January 2008.
Details of the operating schedule and QSL information will be posted on the club’s website at http://www.bmarc.org/.
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