[ILHam] WCRA Mid-Winter Hamfest

[Richard Bauer]

The 2011 WCRA Mid-Winter Hamfest will be held at the Kane County Fairgrounds
Exposition Center in St. Charles, Illinois on Sunday, January 23, 2011.
This is the same location as last year!  We're planning a great hamfest that
will include the usual flea market and commercial vendors but also several
interesting and informative breakout sessions, on-site VE Testing, hourly
prizes and more!  Hamfest hours are 8am to 1pm and there will be plenty of
*FREE* parking.

We're proud to announce that Mr. Joel Hallas, W1ZR, Technical Editor of QST
and author of "The Doctor Is In" column in QST will be presenting two forums
at the hamfest. The first will be a Question & Answer session similar to his
QST column.  The "Doctor is In" column in each issue of QST is very popular
with readers. It accepts Amateur Radio questions from readers and provides
short and, hopefully, helpful answers. A live "Doctor is In" session works
the same way. Bring your questions - technical ones are best - and the
"Doctor" will do his best to answer them on the spot.  Got a question for
the 'Doc'?  You can submit questions for Mr. Hallas by sending e-mail to:
mailto:askthedoc at w9ccu.org

In addition, Mr. Hallas will also present a program on A Comparative Look at
Multiband Antennas.  For some years following WW2, US amateurs had four HF
bands - 80/75, 40, 20 and 10 meters. A common antenna configuration in those
days was a separate half wave dipole for each band. Today we have nine HF
bands, plus a more usable MF band, with the departure of LORAN A from 160
meters.  While having a dipole for each band can work as well as it ever
did, most amateurs don't have enough trees, nor enough extra cash for all
the coax required for nine runs back to the station. There have been many
multi-band antenna designs proposed over the years as a solution to this
problem. Each offers benefits and limitations that may be important to
users. This presentation will focus on the most  popular multi-band wire
antenna designs and discuss the performance tradeoffs of each in comparison
to a half wave dipole.

Mr. Hallas' presentations will start at 9:30am and run until 11:15.
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Flea market tables may be reserved in advance and are $25, $35 with
electricity.  Day-Of tables, if available, will be $30, $40 with
electricity.  Everyone at your table must have a hamfest admission ticket.
Advance admission tickets are a bargain at $7 each and include four prize
stubs!  Day-Of tickets will be $9 and have only one prize stub.  Children
under 12-years of age are admitted free.  Advance tickets can be purchased
by mail.

Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope along with your name, address, call
and phone number...plus your check or money order made out to WCRA Hamfest
to:

WCRA Hamfest
PO Box QSL
Wheaton, IL 60187-1055

Your order must reach us no later than January 13, 2011 to ensure timely
delivery.

Hamfest talk-in will be on the club's 2-meter repeater:  145.310, 107.2 pl
OR 146.52 simplex.

Questions? Call us at (630) 604-0157 or via e-mail at mailto:info at w9ccu.org
or check our website at www.wheatonhamfest.org

Thanks and we hope to see you at the hamfest!

'73

Richard Bauer, N9DKO
Wheaton Community Radio Amateurs