[Elecraft] OT: Announcing the Fort Tuthill Arizona 2011 QRP Conferenceand Campout!!

Tue Jul 26 10:50:23 EDT 2011

Hi All,

Hopefully with Eric's acceptance, I am forwarding an announcement by John 
Stevens regarding our upcoming QRP gathering at Ft. Tuthill.  It's this 
coming weekend!

Some of you may remember, or even have attended, what we used to have going 
annually at Ft. Tuthill.  It was a much larger hamfest, and the QRPer's 
(mainly enhanced by activities sponsored by the Arizona ScQRPions QRP 
group), had a great "event within and event", similar to FDIM but obviously 
smaller.  Nonetheless, we had a rapidly growing gathering until the other 
Arizona ham clubs botched everything by moving the big hamfest.

Anyway, the ScQRPions, for the last 3 years or so, have returned the QRP 
event to Ft. Tuthill.  We have camping, a big cookout, seminars, and 
generally a bunch of fun, albeit with a smaller crowd.  Everyone is welcome 
though, and if you don't camp, Flagstaff is loaded with motels.  And you 
don't have to be a QRPer to participate---it's only sponsored by QRPer's. 
We have a lot of fun, but we could always have even more if more people 
came.  Ft. Tuthill is a great venue for this sort of thing, and just a mile 
or two from the middle of Flagstaff.  You will find a bunch of Elecraft fans 
there too, of course.

I know it's a bit late to be telling you all this, but hey--just take a 
chance and come!  It's 7000 feet up, and in the pines!  Hopefully some of 
you, within driving distance, didn't have anything better to do this weekend 
anyway!  Hi.

Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Stevens" <jwsteven at concentric.net>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:11 PM
Subject: [qrp-l.org] Announcing the Fort Tuthill Arizona 2011 QRP Conference 
and Campout!!

My apologies.  I intended to send out the following updated Fort
Tuthill QRP Conference and Campout information, but did an old one
instead...   73  john

It's time again for the Arizona ScQRPions 2011 QRP Conference and
Campout at the Fort Tuthill campgrounds near Flagstaff Arizona on July
28, 29, and 30!! You don't have to be a QRPer as many of our programs
are of general interest. Our website at http://www.azscqrpions.com
has the details with links to maps to our activities.

Our lineup of presenters this year is:

Dan Butler (N7XQA) of Microchip with a PIC microcontroller Tutorial

Steve Galchutt (wG0AT - Goat hiker) Rooster and Peanut and their adventures

Bob Finch (W9YA) "What the Antenna Said"

Mark Brueggemann (K5LXP) ARRL Techinical Specialist – QRP/P K5LXP style!

Fred Maas (KT5X) with the presentation "SOTA - Do It With Less!"
combines Trail Running with operating Summits On The Air (SOTA) with
radios so small...

Early bird camping begins Thursday afternoon July 28th. Stake out
your territory at the campgrounds.

Steve (wG0AT), Rooster, Peanut, and Fred (KT5X) plan an early Friday
morning SOTA assault on Mt. Elden on the edge of Flagstaff. Get an
early start to avoid the heat and T-Storms and hike with the boys or,
for those of us less fit, drive up, meet them at the summit and do
some operating! Steve and Fred will cover 20m, but could use more ops
on VHF/UHF and other HF frequencies. Ops in Phoenix and other
surrounding cities should have no trouble working them. Be sure to
also listen for them on the trip down on Thursday from other SOTA
sites in NM and AZ.

Friday July 29th is also the day where YOU become the activities!!
This is your chance to show off what you like to do in your corner of
Ham Radio! BRING A DEMO. SHOW US WHAT YOU DO AND HOW IT WORKS! Do
satellites? What do you use for tracking software. Work a few birds
from the campground. Brag a little. Brag a lot! Built an
interesting new gadget? Bring it. Are you a weak signal guy?
Operate 6m Meteor Scatter and WSPR? Do just WSPR? JT65? Bring that
and show yourself on the Reverse Beacon Network running 2 mW output.
Remote control your radio? How does THAT work? Have a hot new
antenna design? Bring it and we'll put the Vector Network Analyzer on
it and see how it measures up. Anyway, you get the idea!!

Of course you can always visit with old friends and make new ones.
Bring some trading material for an informal swapmeet on Friday. Some
will set up stations and antennas to operate. This is your day. And
at the end of the day Friday, enjoy a group dinner at a local
restaurant just outside the park entrance South toward Sedona or
perhaps a little something from the Beaver Street Brewery...

Saturday, July 30th is the day for all the forums. You can see from
the list of presenters above, this will be an interesting day! Top it
all off with the Saturday night picnic and campfires. No rainouts
allowed as we have reserved a covered ramada for 250 happy hams just in 
case.

We are looking forward to seeing and meeting you all at 7500' in the
cool Ponderosa pines of Northern Arizona!

Y'all come!

73 john K5JS

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