The Code Mentor aka Bob/AA3RR visited the orthopedic surgeon's office today (wed, 12 May) and was taken off the 10 Day disabled list and then promptly put on the six week disabled list. Ordinarily that might sound like a bad thing but here are the facts:

Bob had his stitches removed.
Bob can lift no more than 4 lbs with his left arm over the next six weeks.
This normal precautionary move is to let the incision fully heal.
The "one inch incision" turned out to he 2 1/2 inches long almost centered on the elbow bone.

On Saturday, May 8th the AARC VE Team conducted it's monthly amateur radio exam session at the AARC clubhouse. For this time of year we had an unexpectedly low turnout of three applicants.

We administered a total of three exams.

Two Technician (Element 3)
One Amateur Extra (Element 4)

Everyone passed their exam on the first try!

Thanks to the following VEs who helped make this exam session a success:

Holly/N3MB
Brenda/KB3ATI
Oscar/NV3G
Mike/KA2JAI
Chuck/AA3CS
Gene/KG7XD
Rob/N3HU
Chuck/K3ACT
Dick/WW3R
Steve/K3BAY

Voila! Happy May!

Greetings.

There are only 54 days until the start of Field Day at 2:00pm EDT on Saturday, 26 June.

Of course that means only 53 days left until we start setting up our ten station Field Day site at 2:00pm on Friday, 25 June.

HAVE YOU SIGNED UP FOR FIELD DAY YET?

If not, why not?

The Code Mentor aka Bob/AA3RR is currently on the disabled list for about 10 days or so. He was "put sleep" and got "fixed".

As of tomorrow (23 April)...

There are only 63 days until we start setting up our Field Day site!

Have you signed up?

We need the following:

Volunteers for set-up on Friday and Saturday (25 & 26 June)

Operators & loggers for six phone stations, 3 CW stations and 1 digital station (26 & 27 June)

Photographers, greeters, and volunteers to help with meal preparations (25, 26 & 27 June)

Volunteers for take-down (27 June)

To volunteer send an e-mail to: fieldday@w3vpr.org

This is the last call for participants in the General Class Licensing Course which starts next Saturday, 24 April at 0900.

You need to notify Rick/KK4GV right away so he can order some additional license manuals and arrange for you to pick yours up so you can read Chapter 3 prior to the class session on 24 April. kk4gv@w3vpr.org

Greetings.

Here's another excellent opportunity for all you new and relatively inexperienced hams (young and old) who have gotten your license after June 30th 2009!

On May 1st we will participate in TWO regional QSO Parties!

That's right - it's a TWO-FER and it's available only on Saturday, May 1st.

You don't want to miss this excellent opportunity to get on the air and make some contacts on HF and put all that angst behind you.

Greetings.

Here's an excellent chance for all you hams who have gotten your license after June 30th 2009!

The AARC is continuing its policy of providing training opportunities in preparation for Field Day (26-27 June).

Morse code training will resume on Saturday, April 17th.

Here is the schedule for the next few weeks:

17 April - 11:00-12:30 - We may play around in the Michigan QSO Party
24 April - 12:00-13:30 - We may play in the Florida QSO Party
1 May - 12:00-13:30 - Guest Instructor TBD (I have surgery on April 30th)
8 May - 3:00-4:30 - Guest Instructor TBD (I may still be recovering from the surgery)
15 May - 12:00-13:30

73
The Code Mentor