SARCFEST
Sunday 7th August - Come along
Everyone is cordially invited to the Summerland ARC Hamfest ("SARCFEST"). at the clubrooms, 414 Richmond Hill Road, Richmond Hill. 11km east of Lismore, off the Bruxner Highway.
Gates open at 8am. Traders entry from 7 am.
Parking via Livotto Drive.
Entry is $2, or $5 for a family. What's on at SARCFEST 2011
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ARNewsline Report 1724 -- Aug. 27 2010:
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The following is a Q-S-T. The last suspects in the murder of Gary Haas, N5VGH, and his wife Linda are captured, more on ham radios role in the wake of massive flooding in Pakistan, India gives its hams access to 6 meters, baby monitors purchased in the United states are causing havoc to two way radio communications across Japan and Cody Anderson, KI4FUV is presented the 25th annual Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Year Award at the Huntsville Hamfest. Come join in the celebration on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1724 coming your way right now.
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Newsflash
| PVRC Lays Out Initial Sked For Contest Webinars |
| Taking the lead on internet presentations, the Potomac Valley Radio Club has set out an initial schedule for contest related webinars
in June, July and August of this year. Club leaders say it's
just the start of a series of web conferences geared towards contesting topics that will be open to anyone around the world. read full article |
| Ham Helps Out in Riverside County Desert Rescue |
| On the afternoon of Saturday, January 16, Christopher Walsh, KJ6BBS, of Irvine, California, was listening to radio traffic on 446.760 MHz, a channel used by the Los Angeles area-based Pocket Auto-Patch Association (PAPA) system -- an Amateur Radio network of 22 interlinked analog and digital D-STAR repeaters that provides extensive coverage of the Southern California region and beyond -- when he heard an emergency radio call break from Jose Hernandez, KI6PCK, of Thousand Oaks, California, reporting an injured male who had broken some ribs from an ATV-type accident. |
| WE3C Zeroing In On ARRL 10 Meter Contest Top Slot |
| With just about a week to get your log to the ARRL
for the 2008 10 Meter Contest, John Rodgers WE3C is the
man to beat, as he has a strong lead with a claimed
score of almost 450,000 points. Barring a log checking
disaster, that will likely stop the bid for a repeat
Mixed High Power victory by Scott Jasper NE9U, who ran
up 384k from W0AIH. read full article |
| 52 Year Losing Streak Likely To End In CQ WW SSB |
| It has been 52 years since the Single Operator World winner of the CQ WW SSB contest was from Europe, but it
looks like that losing streak may have been broken this year by the effort of Jeff Steinman
N5TJ from CR2X in the Azores. The last time the SOAB HP victor was from Europe was
when F8PI won in 1958. read full article |
| N5IA Rides VP6DX Into CQ 160 SSB Lead |
| Blocking VE3EY from a repeat single operator title, Milt Jensen N5IA seems headed for victory after his over one million point effort from the VP6DX Ducie Island DXpedition. Meanwhile, Team CN3A leads the world Multi battle as the CQ 160 SSB log deadline approaches at the end of March. read full article |
| European Hams Look For IARU HQ Station Rules Fix |
| With contesters still venting their frustrations over an ARRL move to scrap the HQ competition
in the IARU HF Contest, a group of European hams has started looking for ways to forge a rules
change that might be acceptable to the ARRL for the future. The group will evidently try to
hold meetings on the plan at the Friedrichshafen convention in Germany later this month. read full article |