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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This Week in Amateur Radio: North America's Amateur Radio News Magazine. Articles on amateur radio and news stories in the media featured here.

FCC Issues Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order to Florida Man for Using Unauthorized Equipment

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Michael Perry, of Cross City, Florida, was issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $10,000 for operating a radio transmitter without the requisite FCC authorization. The FCC found that Perry 'willfully violated section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended and Sections 95.409 and 95.411 of the Commission’s rules.'
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Amateurs Assist with Communications in Aftermath of Rare October Nor’easter

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A rare October nor’easter brought historic snowfall and widespread damage and power outages from the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast United States. Up and down the Atlantic seaboard, radio amateurs provided various critical services to the National Weather Service through the SKYWARN weather spotter program, and provided communications support to local, state and federal emergency management and non-governmental organizations.
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99-year-old Ham radio operator still tuned in (Alaska)

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When Arlene 'Buddy' Clay says she spends every night on the 'net,' she doesn’t mean the Internet. She was 32 and World War II was raging when she came to Alaska in 1944 with her husband, Earl, to work with the Civil Aeronautics Administration in Nome.
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Local amateur radio club honours 150th birthday of Dr. James Naismith (Ontario)

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When Almonte's native son, Dr. James Naismith invented the sport of basketball in Massachusetts in 1891, radio had not yet been developed. This occurred nine years later (1900) when Reginald Fessenden - born in East Bolton (Canada's Eastern Townships) - transmitted speech by radio waves.
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Tower talk worries Ham operators (Alaska)

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With a vote scheduled for tonight that could end the years-long process of rewriting Mat-Su Borough codes for tall structures, a group of hobbyists say they are worried that the new rules might spell the end for their pastime.
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8P1A Tops in 2008 CQ WPX SSB Claimed Scores
Taking aim at his third straight Single Operator title in the CQ WPX SSB Contest, Tom Georgens W2SC again has the high claimed score this year, as he leads FG/OM3LA by a wide margin. Georgens was the only single op to break 20 million points this year in what was another tough weekend in terms of propagation.
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D4C, P40A Lead At WPX CW Log Deadline
At the log submission cutoff for the 2008 CQ WPX CW contest, D4C (LY2CY) is still the Single Op High Power leader, while the low power top spot is now owned by P40A (KK9A.) In the multi-op categories, CT9M has the top score, but now there's a new leader in Multi-Two.
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HC8A (N6KT) Holds Commanding Lead In 2009 CQ WW SSB
Already the most prolific single operator in the history of the CQ WW SSB Contest, Rich Smith N6KT is on his way to a second straight win in 2009, a record ninth overall, as he claimed just over 16 million points from HC8A in the Galapagos Islands. That gives Smith an almost insurmountable lead over his closest pursuers, 8P5A (W2SC), CR2X (OH2UA) and 4O3A (ES5TV).
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CQ WW RTTY Returns For Another Record Year
The record setting growth of RTTY contests will likely be on display this weekend as the CQ WW RTTY contest takes over the HF bands for a full 48 hours, kicking off the 2008 trifecta of CQ WW DX contests. The number of logs was up 14% in 2007 and that number is expected to grow even more in this 22nd running of this contest.
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N2IC Holds CW Sweeps Lead; K6LL Win Streak Ends
Steve London N2IC continues to hold the edge in the 2008 ARRL November Sweepstakes CW Contest, as the defending champ from 2007 has a 26 contact lead over Alexander Avramov LZ4AX, who claimed second place with an effort from WP3R in Puerto Rico. Other leaders include K0EU in Low Power and N6RO in Unlimited, who may have ended the seven year winning streak of Dave Hachadorian K6LL.
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