[K3pzn-board] Board Meeting + Hiker Speaker

[Andy Leeds]

Yes Curt see if he's willing for the August meeting.

Andy
On 7/21/2010 17:42, Curt Milton wrote:
> I have an engagement with the spouse tonight so I will not be at the board meeting.  Yes I will try to arrange to participate at the tailgate fest, I could do parking or maybe some other duty.
>
> I suggested to the club that we consider arranging QST author K1YPP as a guest speaker - he says he will be traveling the east coast and willing to present at clubs -- so if there is board interest I was going to inform him of our next two meeting dates to see if we have a potential match.  His article on his adventure and radio operations is quite interesting!  Let me know what you think.  So far we have 4 yes responses and perhaps a bunch of yawns from our reflector on this suggestion.
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> 73 Curt
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> --- On Mon, 7/19/10, Curt Milton<wb8yyy at yahoo.com>  wrote:
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>    
>> From: Curt Milton<wb8yyy at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Fw: [QRP-L] ham hiker adventure: Three Hundred Zeroes author passing thru
>> To: "Carroll County Amateur Radio Club"<k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 12:36 PM
>> Just curious if anyone would be
>> interested in possibly having the guy who hiked/operated the
>> appalachian trail as a speaker.  He had a recent
>> article in QST about it.  OK its a dream, but you never
>> know!  Literally we tell him when our August meeting
>> is, and we can see where he might be.  Just a wild
>> ideal to explore.  I could imagine club expenses to be
>> modest.  See below.  Feedback appreciated. 
>>
>> I have a lot of respect for those that have
>> thru-hiked.  Maybe I have hiked 60 miles or so and
>> spent 4 or 6 nights along the trail, but I was in my 20's
>> when this happened.  I have been on the AT some the
>> last couple years without the burden of carrying gear. 
>>
>>
>> 73 Curt
>>   
>>
>> --- On Mon, 7/19/10, Dennis Blanchard<k1ypp at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> From: Dennis Blanchard<k1ypp at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [QRP-L] QRP hiker adventure: Three Hundred
>>>        
>> Zeroes finalist in book contest.
>>      
>>> To: "QRP List"<qrp-l at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 10:50 AM
>>> As many of you already know, I wrote
>>> a book about my hike on the Appalachian
>>> Trail that features my carrying a QRP rig on the hike.
>>>        
>> The
>>      
>>> book was a finalist
>>> in the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Contest.
>>>        
>> The
>>      
>>> book cover now
>>> proudly wears a medallion indicating this. Thanks to
>>>        
>> all
>>      
>>> those on this list that
>>> have already read the book.
>>>
>>> I'll be driving up and down the east coast for the
>>>        
>> next
>>      
>>> month or two. If your
>>> radio club would like me to stop in and do my slide
>>> presentation about the hike,
>>> let me know and we'll see if the schedule can be
>>> synchronized. The PowerPoint
>>> presentation has a number of images of the QRP station
>>>        
>> and
>>      
>>> locations along the
>>> trail that served as operating points. Just writing
>>>        
>> about
>>      
>>> it makes me wish I was
>>> back out there. In fact, I do plan to stop here and
>>>        
>> there
>>      
>>> and walk a few miles
>>> and set up the station now and then; I'll try to post
>>>        
>> a
>>      
>>> schedule at some point.
>>>
>>> 72'
>>>
>>> Dennis, K1YPP
>>>
>>> Author of: THREE HUNDRED ZEROES
>>> Three Hundred Zeroes Web site: http://threehundredzeroes.com
>>> Find it on amazon.com at http://tinyurl.com/248ymjg
>>>
>>>
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