[FARC] Fw: BARC HAMBOREE AND COMPUTERFEST TOMORROW

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Anyone from FARC going?  I'm going to try and make it on Saturday.
Wish I could be there Sunday, there are going to be some good AMSAT
talks.

Joe

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Jeff Fishman <ljfish1 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Subject: BARC HAMBOREE AND COMPUTERFEST TOMORROW
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>> Saturday and Sunday, March 27 & 28, 2010
>> Maryland State Convention (Greater Baltimore Hamboree
>> and Computerfest)
>> Baltimore Amateur Radio Club
>> Maryland State Fairgrounds
>> 2200 York Road
>> Timonium, Maryland
>> For more information, click:
>> <http://www.gbhc.org>
>> Talk-In: 146.67 - (PL 107.2)
>> Testing by the Laurel VEC will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday
>> morning starting at 9 am.
>>
>> ==> ARRL MARYLAND STATE CONVENTION AT BARC HAMBOREE
>>
>> This year the Baltimore Amateur Radio Club Hamboree in Timonium on
>> March 27 & 28 is host to the ARRL Maryland State Convention.  Forums
>> will be held in the Vista Room and are open to everyone.
>>
>> We are proud to host the first female President of the ARRL, Dr Kay
>> Craigie, N3KN for the ARRL Forum.  Also participating in the Forum will
>> be Atlantic Division Director Bill Edgar, N3LLR.
>>
>> Additionally, from HQ, we will have Harold Kramer, WJ1B,
>> the Chief Operating Officer who will host a forum.
>>
>> We are also pleased to have a presentation by Laura Smith, the new head
>> of enforcement at the FCC.
>>
>> Both days will have excellent presentations delivering a wealth of
>> knowledge on topics near and dear to our ham hearts.  Learn about
>> propagation in this phase of the sunspot cycle from an expert and major
>> contester, Frank Donovan, W3LPL.
>>
>> Can you really send a picture over your local repeater with just a
>> radio and a computer and no fancy, expensive interface?  Harry
>> Bloomberg, W3YJ, all the way from Pittsburgh will explain how with
>> Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS).
>>
>> There will also be an ARES/RACES Forum moderated by Steve Beckman,
>> N3SB.  Open to everyone, this will be a great place to exchange
>> information about what's going on in your jurisdiction and learn about
>> the upcoming digital exercise April 24.
>>
>> On Sunday morning there will be two presentations from AMSAT. The first
>> at 9 AM on how to make satellite contacts using simple (portable) FM
>> and SSB gear with (cheap but effective) homemade antennas.  Presented
>> by Richard Crow, N2SPI, from upstate New York and Dee Interdonato,
>> NB2F, from New Jersey.
>>
>> The second forum will be hosted by Rich Mitchell, N3III, and Pat
>> Kilroy, N8PK about microcontrollers (PIXAXE and Arduino types) and the
>> PICetSat balloon application, complete with a demo flight similar to
>> the one we had at our Mason-Dixon Hamfest last October.
>>
>> Are you thinking about dipping your toes into the digital
>> waters?  Bob Rampolla, W3RAR, will be explaining the
>> various digital modes.
>>
>> Finally, on Sunday we will wrap up with a presentation
>> on Airmail and Winlink.  Campers, boaters and emergency
>> communications enthusiasts won't want to miss this one.
>>
>> See below for the list of forums.
>>
>> Saturday:
>> 9 AM Propagation with well-known contester Frank Donovan W3LPL
>> 10 AM ARRL COO Forum with Harold Kramer WJ1B
>> 11 AM FCC Forum with Laura Smith
>> 1 PM ARRL Forum with Kay Craigie, Bill Edgar, Jim Cross
>> 2 PM NBEMS with Harry Bloomberg W3YJ
>> 3 PM ARES with SEC Steve Beckman N3SB
>>
>> Sunday:
>> 9 AM AMSAT with AMSAT Pres/VP
>> 10 AM AMSAT with Pat Kilroy N8PK and Rich Mitchell, N3III
>> 11 AM Digital Modes with Bob Rampolla W3RAR
>> 1 PM Airmail - Winlink
>>
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