[HCRA] HCRA Meeting tonight, N1ND is the guest speaker; September is renewal month; HPM 140 Event

[gjcollins at cox.net]

And remember that ARRL Life Members can sign "/140" too.

kc1v

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim - KK1W" <kk1w at charter.net>
To: "'HCRA'" <hcra at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: [HCRA] HCRA Meeting tonight, N1ND is the guest speaker;September is 
renewal month; HPM 140 Event


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> Folks,
>
>
>
> The ARRL is celebrating Hiram Percy Maxim's 140th birthday anniversary 
> with
> an operating event. I urge any HCRA members that can sign /140 after their
> call (VE's are one group) to get on the air. Everyone else can work the 
> /140
> stations for a nice certificate.
>
>
>
> Here's the details: (from this week's ARRL letter)
>
>
>
> ==> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIRAM!
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 2, the League celebrated the 140th anniversary of 
> the
> birth of ARRL's co-founder and first President, Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW.
> Maxim -- born in 1869 -- decided a national organization for Amateur Radio
> was in order after he needed a "relay" station in Agawam, Massachusetts to
> pass a message he was sending from Hartford to Springfield, Massachusetts.
> In honor of The Old Man's (TOM) birthday, the ARRL is holding a week-long
> Special Event, where eligible amateurs may add /140 to their call signs. A
> complete list of who may add /140 can be found on page 20 of the September
> 2009 issue of QST. Hams who work at least 25 /140 stations can earn an
> attractive certificate; this certificate can be endorsed in increments of 
> 25
> QSOs, up to 100 <http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/08/17/11025/?nc=1>.
>
>
>
> Maxim was no stranger to technology. He entered the Massachusetts 
> Institute
> of Technology (Class of 1886) and graduated at the tender age of 16. 
> Through
> the activities of his son Hiram Hamilton Maxim, TOM became interested in
> Amateur Radio. In 1908, he filed for a patent for a firearms silencer
> <http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=dWJ-AAAAEBAJ>;
>
> the patent was granted the following year. Maxim used this technology to
> make silencers for guns, motor exhausts, safety valves and air releases.
>
> In all, Maxim received 59 patents, most of them in the field of mechanical
> engineering.
>
>
>
> In 1928, Maxim, along with other dignitaries of the day -- including 
> Thomas
> Edison -- attended a party at the home of George Eastman, the founder of
> Kodak. TOM was an avid film buff and was even involved in the early days 
> of
> motion pictures. Check out this video (available on
>
> YouTube) of a dapper Maxim at Eastman's party
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osqjdVZDxCg>.
>
>
>
> "I hope everyone enjoys our Special Event honoring Hiram Percy Maxim,"
>
> said ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ. "I know if TOM was
> alive today, he would be on the air, having a ball!" Maxim, together with
> Clarence Tuska, founded the ARRL in 1914. Maxim served as President of the
> ARRL from its inception until his death from complications stemming from a
> throat infection in 1936.  -- Thanks to Howie Lash, AE0KU, for bringing 
> the
> YouTube clip to our attention
>
>
>
>
>
> There's also a rumor of a few sunspots showing up as well. No better time
> than now to get on the air!
>
>
>
> Don't forget about tonight's meeting! Special guest speaker Dan Henderson,
> N1ND talking about the ARS and exploitation. September is renewal month as
> well, see you at the church tonight!
>
>
>
> '73.
>
>
>
> Jim, KK1W
>
>
>
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