[BCVHFA] California clubs' Field Day operation to honor Reagan

K8CM K8CM at qsl.net
Sun Jun 13 15:54:38 EDT 2004


 From the ARRL web site:

California clubs' Field Day operation to honor Reagan (Jun 10, 2004) -- On 
Field Day, the Ventura County Amateur Radio Society 
(<http://www.vcars.org/>VCARS) will join forces with the Conejo Valley 
Amateur Radio Club (<http://www.cvarc.org/>CVARC) to operate as N6R. The 
special event call sign this year will commemorate President Ronald Reagan, 
who died June 5 at the age of 93. "This is the first time that CVARC will 
operate along with VCARS at the <http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/>Ronald 
Reagan Presidential Library," said Pete Heins, N6ZE, a member of both 
clubs, He notes that 2004 marks the fourth year an N6R ("Nancy 6 Ronnie") 
special event has taken place at the Reagan Library --the previous three 
dedicated to the former first family. "This Field Day will remember 
President Reagan," he said. He also notes that Ventura County Radio Amateur 
Civil Emergency Services, of which he's a member, will provide 
communication support during the Friday, June 11, Reagan motorcade from 
Naval Air Weapons Station 
<http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/point-mugu.htm>Point Mugu 
to the Reagan Library, where the late former president will be buried in a 
private ceremony.



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