What's Happening at AARC

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Field Day was a tremendous success! Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to plan and run it and those who participated! Stay tuned for all the details here on the web and in the club newsletter.
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Check back to this blog often. It is frequently updated but not sent to your e-mail each time.

2nd and 4th Saturdays of the Month at 3PM - Club Station OPEN
Also open on dates when specific contests are scheduled. Elmers are available to assist club members, especially new hams, in getting on the air and operating the club's HF station.

License Exams every second Saturday of the Month - Check in at Noon - At the clubhouse

Thursday, July 2, 7:30 PM - Club Meeting
This meeting is right after Field Day and just before a holiday weekend so we will having a round table. Think of a story, project, anecdote, or something to share. Show-N-Tells and Mini- Presentations are welcome too. This is actually really fun, informative, and entertaining.

Thursday, July, 16, 7:30 PM - Presentation Meeting
Bruce Carpenter W3YVV - Bonding & Grounding for Lightning Protection and Electrical Safety

Thursday, August 6, 7:30 PM - Club Meeting
Field Day Wrap-up - Photos - Professional Video

Saturday, August 8 (noon until midnight) and Sunday August 9 (noon until 8PM)
Maryland QSO Party

Thursday, August 20, 7:30 PM - Presentation Meeting
N3YWZ Lee Flick - Generating Electricity from Landfill Gas

Saturday, September 26 - Club Picnic

73, Rick Creager - KK4GV - Club President

Maryland QSO Party

Mark your calendar for another fun radio event because
the Maryland QSO Party is just around the corner.

    Saturday, 8 August - Noon until midnight
    Sunday, 9 august - Noon until 8:00pm

We plan to operate several stations as KI3DS:

    2-3 Phone stations
    1 CW station
    1 Digital station

Initially, we'll operate a single phone station outside from Noon until about 3:00pm due to the regularly scheduled license exam sessions taking place at the clubhouse.

Field Day Photos

We need your help!

Were you at our Field Day event?
Did you take any digital photos?
Are you coming to the club meeting tonight?

If you answered yes to all three questions, please bring your camera or disc to the club meeting tonight so we can copy your photos for our Field Day 2009 Photo Album.

We will also use as many photos as possible as part of our Field Day wrap-up during the 6 Aug club meeting.

July Newsletter

Lots of Field Day Photos!

Field Day Results - Preliminary Report

Before you read any further, if you participated in this year's AARC Field Day operation we would like to hear your comments good and bad. If you think something needed to be done better or if we overlooked something, please let us know. We want to collect as many "lessons learned" as possible so we can pass them along to the next Field Day team. Please send them to: fd09@w3vpr.org

Wow!

First of all, Thank you for making our Field Day operation such a huge success!

After 24-hours, several things come to mind:

Newsletter-Better late than never

Voila!

I am back from Sunny California where we celebrated my father's 80th birthday.

Next month's issue should be chock full of field-day goodies!

73

Andrea/K3YLW

Interference

FYI... I will be up at the clubhouse about 9am this Saturday, June 6, investigating the interference issue we are having on HF.
Any and all assistance welcome!

-Mike.

Class!

Looking for instructors!
I am planning a techician class for Saturdays 9am-Noon, starting July 11. Please contact me if you are interested and available.
The plan is:
July 11... Intro.
July 18... The dreaded chapter 2!
July 25... Chapter 3.
Aug 1... Chapter 4.
Aug 8... Chapter 5 and 6!
Aug 15... Chapter 7 and Review.

-Mike.
WA3SKN
mbrenza@comcast.net

21 May Field Day **UPDATE**

Can you beleive June is approaching quickly. Here is the latest from The Field Day Team. Expect more announcements shortly from your Field Day Planning Committee!Contact fd09@w3vpr.org if you plan on attending Field Day (27-28 June 2009).

Remember, if you have questions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding Field Day or if you want to volunteer to help set-up/take down, operate, take pictures, or other stuff, please send an e-mail to: fd09@w3vpr.org

Here’s the most current Field Day video.

The fun is just beginning!

Field Day 2009 Update 07 May ++CLICK HERE++

Can you beleive it's May already, Here is the latest from The Field Day Team. Expect more announcements shortly from your Field Day Planning Committee!Contact fd09@w3vpr.org if you plan on attending Field Day (27-28 June 2009).

Remember, if you have questions, comments, suggestions, etc. regarding Field Day or if you want to volunteer to help set-up/take down, operate, take pictures, or other stuff, please send an e-mail to: fd09@w3vpr.org

Here’s the most current Field Day video.

The fun is just beginning!