From jwasciuk at gmail.com Mon Feb 15 15:44:45 2016 From: jwasciuk at gmail.com (John Wasciuk) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:44:45 -0500 Subject: [Adrian ARC] Ann Arbor to Hamvention Message-ID: February 15, 2016 2878 Ticknor Ct Ann Arbor, MI 48104-6921 Dear Radio Amateur Club Members, Once again, it is that time of year when lots of hams around the world start thinking of the Dayton Hamvention. After all, with 25,000 attendees from all amateur radio interest areas, what?s not to like! Don?t you wish you were going? You?re not looking forward to that long drive? Don?t drive! Take the Arrow bus! It?s inexpensive and easy. As in years past, The Arrow Communication Association is sponsoring a bus trip from Ann Arbor to Hara Arena and back. The date is Saturday, May 21. We leave the park-and-ride at 4:30 am and get to the show at 8:00 am. We leave Hara at 5:30 pm and arrive back to our large park-and-ride site by 8:30 pm. A continental breakfast is included on board. Even if you come from out of town, you still relieve yourself of almost 8 hours of drive time! What more could you ask for? There is more. If you want to sell your stuff in the flea market, we have reserved a space there just for you! Every year, Arrow reserves a swap spot just for the bus trip crowd. You save $70.00. All we ask is that you keep your items to a reasonable limit and that you volunteer at least one hour of your time at the swap tables. (We just ask that you keep your amount of sale stuff reasonable, to give others room on the swap tables!) There is still more! As in the past several years, we are giving away *DOOR PRIZES*! In 2016, we have *OVER $500* in donations from Ham Radio Dealers around the U.S! Please see the list at the end of this email! The list is growing! *Not only that!* If anyone purchases their bus seat *BEFORE APRIL 1*, the ARROW club will be having a drawing to give away A HAMVENTION TICKET to TWO of these early birds on our April 13 meeting! The cost is $60.00 for the round trip. (This increases to $65.00 on or after April 1.) Please mail all applications to ARROW Communication Association, 3322 Yellowstone Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105. *Please note that this does not include the Hamvention ticket.* That one you?ll have to do yourself! You may also use the link below to purchase a seat using *PayPal.* We are trying to generate as much publicity as possible, which is why we are writing you. If you can, please share this information as widely as you are able. If you have a web page, please consider adding a paragraph about the trip and a link to http://www.w8pgw.org/activities/dayton-bus-trip/ or simply http://www.w8pgw.org. Talk it up on the air! If you check into a state wide or regional net, please mention it there, also. Feel free to include us in your publications. We at Arrow deeply appreciate your help in this matter and we thank you. 73, John Wasciuk, WA8TON / VO1TON Activities Coordinator, ARROW Communication Association Ann Arbor ? 2016 Dayton Bus Prize Donors (So Far?) Ham Radio Outlet DX Engineering Heil Audio MFJ Enterprises EAE Sales Pacific Antenna/QRP Kits (formerly, Hendricks QRP Kits) HamTestOnline Elecraft Five Dash Comet Antennas Far Circuits Fox Delta North Georgia QRP Club Borden Radio Company Mike?s Electronic Parts