One of our (AARC Jr.) top four radio events will take place this weekend - The Maryland QSO Party.

It's a pretty civilized event in that it takes a mandated 12-hour break. The contest starts at Noon on Saturday and stops at Midnight. The contest resumes on Sunday at Noon and stops at 8:00pm on Sunday.

In 2004 AARC Jr. took First Place in the Club Category. Since then the "professional" contesters decided jump in and they've won the category the last three years and we've placed 2nd twice and third once during that stretch.

Two large public service activities are just around the corner. The first is on Sunday morning, August 24, and is the Annapolis Ten Mile Run. We'll have simplex nets on 2 meters and 440 and will need lots of operators.

The second public service event is the second annual Annapolis Triathlon which, despite some rumors to the contrary, is slated to take place on Sunday morning, September 7. We'll probably have three nets running for this one, as we did last year.

It is not to late to join the Technician Class that is held at the AARC Club House on Saturday Mornings 9:00AM. Please send an email to Holly at n3mb@arrl.net The class is free, book purchase may be required.

AARC FIELD DAY – Another Request
Lisa Fairbank loaned the AARC a screen shelter for Field Day.
I put the shelter's pegs somewhere and someone else must have put them “away” BUT WHERE? Most of the pegs were “L” shaped & some were like nails. If you have any information about the pegs please contact me. Thank you.
Gerri Harlow, 410-867-8022, harlowg@comcast.net

AARC FIELD DAY

AARC FIELD DAY –Urgent request
Would the individual(s) who was taking photographs at AARC Saturday afternoon please get in contact with me. I would like to get copies of a couple of particular pics for the FD report. Thank you.
Gerri Harlow, 2008 FD coordinator, harlowg@comcast.net, 410-867-8022.

Here it is -- hot off the word processor. Lots of agreat FD stuff.

1. This year’s Field Day was very interesting on several levels:

A. Having a theme was a great idea and generated a lot of interest and excitement and injected additional fun into our Field Day event. (Thanks Tom!)

Here is the outline of the Extra Class License Manual.

Just like with the Technician (HRLM) and General (GCLM) there are additional on-line resources organized by chapter at: www.arrl.org/eclm/

Chapter 1 – Introduction (Non-testable)

1.1 The Extra Class License and Amateur Radio
1.2 Extra Class Overview
1.3 The Volunteer Testing Process

Chapter 2 – Operating Practices (3 questions on the exam from this chapter)

2.1 General Operating
2.2 Digital Mode Operating
2.3 Amateur Satellites