[GCARC] Happy New Year

[Jim Wright]

To all our GCARC members,
Happy New Year 2015!

As we wake up to nurse our hang-overs, and settle in for a TV day of
parades and bowl games, just wanted to send out this email to let you know
that we're starting off the new year in busy form, once again!

The next regularly scheduled meeting of our club is this Wednesday January
7, 2015, 7:30 pm, at the usual location:  Pfeiffer Community Center, 301
Blue Bell Road, Williamstown, NJ 08094. Come on out, and hear about some of
the plans shaping up for this year. I don't think we've cancelled for
weather at any time in the last 4 years that I've been with the club, but
you can always check your email and our web page for any updates.

The first VE test session for getting a new license or attempting an
upgrade is the next evening, January 8, 2015, at 7pm at the Franklin
Township Public Library, 1584 Coles Mill Road, Franklinville, NJ 08322.
And for anyone who may be procrastinating in taking the General Class test,
just a note the current General Class question pool changes in June this
year.  Copies of all the questions (and answers) for both the current pool,
and the changed pool, are now posed on our web site (w2mmd.org) accessed
from the "Get Your Ham Ticket" tab on the left of our home page.

The first "Tech Saturday", as described in the January edition of our
Crosstalk magazine, will be at our new clubhouse starting around 9am on
Saturday January 10, 2015. If you've not been out to the clubhouse yet,
this might be a good opportunity. Location is on the left when enter
Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds at 235 Bridgeton Pike (Rt. 77), Mullica
Hill, NJ 08062.
At maps.google.com, just copy in location  39.716849, -75.209824 for the
location to search, and you'll see it.

On-air operating events going on now or this weekend include:
- CW Straight Key Night (underway now, through 2359 UTC today)
- PSKFest (digital modes fun!  Starting Friday night, Jan 3 0000 to 2400
UTC)
  (http://www.podxs070.com/o7o-club-sponsored-contests/pskfest)
- RTTY Round Up (more digital modes fun! This weekend, Jan 3 1800 UTC - Jan
4 2400 UTC)
  (http://www.arrl.org/rtty-roundup)

I'm looking forward to our club meetings, activities, and events this year!
Hope to see you there!

Once again,
Happy New Year!

Jim Wright, N2GXJ
President, GCARC