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.

Map to SARCFEST Invitation

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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No Hams for Mumbai Disaster Management System
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Among the information required on an Indian ham radio licence application are things such as height, eye color, occupation and details of your Father, but not your Mother. India is one of the very few countries that insist radio amateurs pass a Morse ...


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Hometown Happenings 1201
Hernando Today
Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club meets at 7 pm the fourth Monday of the month at the Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club clubhouse, 6909 Tierra Verde St., Port Richey. All HAM radio operators and those interested in HAM radio and emergency communications are ...

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Tampa Bay Hamfest Dec. 3rd and 4th, 2011
Examiner.com
Amateur radio operators from all over the Tampa Bay area will be able to buy and sell equipment, parts, tubes, and exchange ham-talk for two days on Saturday and Sunday. Several regular commercial dealers will be set up inside the convention center ...


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Charlie Walton inventor of RFID SK
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
Radio Amateur Charlie Walton, the inventor of Radio Frequency Identification RFID, has passed away on November 6 at 89. Like many inventors Charlie grew up as a ham radio enthusiast. He worked at IBM's research labs in the 1960's and in 1970 he struck ...

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Hometown Happenings 1130
Hernando Today
Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club meets at 7 pm the fourth Monday of the month at the Gulf Coast Amateur Radio Club clubhouse, 6909 Tierra Verde St., Port Richey. All HAM radio operators and those interested in HAM radio and emergency communications are ...

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ARRL UHF, NAQP CW Top Schedule For US, Canada
While Europe focuses on the EU HF Championships, US and Canadian amateurs get to their choice of the ARRL UHF Contest or the North American QSO Party CW test. KM0T has won four straight Single Op titles in the ARRL UHF, while there will be no repeat winner in the August NAQP CW.
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2014 WRTC Qualifying Resumes With NAQP CW
Qualifying for the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship gets off to a fast start in the New Year, as the CW leg of the North American QSO Party comes this weekend, launching a busy schedule of WRTC qualifying in 2011. For hams in North America, NAQP CW is followed next weekend by NAQP SSB, both of which are worth 800 WRTC qualifying points.
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CQ WW SSB 2010 Starts WRTC 2014 Qualifying Process
The final claimed scores that will come in after the 2010 CQ WW SSB Contest will get more than a passing look for many top-flight contesters around the world, as this is the first chance to gain points to qualify for the 2014 World Radiosport Team Championship.
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Sun Gives Off Hope For Open Bands In CQ WW CW 2009
After several years of depressed conditions, the sun has been a bit more active since the CQ WW SSB Contest, giving some hope to contesters that the CW leg of CQ WW will be even more productive on 10 and 15 meters. See what radio-sport.net found as we continue our preview of CQ WW CW 2009!
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160 Heats Up With Stew Perry Topband Warmup
Once again this year, organizers of the Stew Perry 160 Top Band Distance Challenge will hold a second test, giving contesters around the world a chance to sample the conditions there and the opportunity to fine tune your antennas before the CQWW DX contests arrive.
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EME resources by DL4EBY
Operating Modes/EME
Several kinds of operational data needed for Amateur Radio moonbounce (EME, earth moon earth) communications, the technical challenge amongst the various propagation modes on VHF, UHF and microwaves