[LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]

Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:12:55 -0600

One of the advantages of being an ARRL club is that a percentage of the ARRL
dues club members pay are given to the club.  There is some special way the
dues have to be paid, and I don't remember what it is, but hopefully Kevin
does.  Perhaps we need to remind our club members of this so they pay their
dues correctly and we get the money.

In my opinion, depending on your interest in amateur radio, the ARRL
membership is of more, or less, value to an individual.  If you like working
DX, the QSL bureaus can easily save you more than your membership dues with
the postage you save.  If you only use two meter FM, you may not get much
back from your investment.  If you have not seen QST in a few years, you
might want to pick one up.  They have been making changes, adding more items
of interest for the casual amateur.

If we can come up with people to man it, hopefully enough that people can
swap off during the day, a club table might be nice.  The club has some
miscellaneous items we might wish to sell.  Plus any club member with
something to sell could send it up to be displayed on the table.  Perhaps
something for the club to talk about next Tuesday.

I remember the nightly chats between WB9MKT, Greg; N9GA, Gary; K9EWK, O.
D.;W9NUP, Perky; and others.  I remember listening for months as they talked
about a Heath Kit transceiver one of them (O.D. ?) was building.  And of
course WB9SJF, Dale, was there to talk to someone virtually any hour of the
day.  I miss the last night talks with WD9HAP, Gene, and who every else
happened by in the wee hours of the morning.  And of course WB9NWR (I know
the Nasty Weather Report is correct, but the prefix may be wrong,) Joe
making his daily delivery to the local NAPA store.  Hopefully a few years
from now the topic on the repeater, and this reflector, will be memories of
the old days when no one was ever on the two meter repeater.

73 de Joe - AG9Y

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nissen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]

> See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
>
> Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a
dish to pass.
>
> Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
>
>
> Interesting Jay..
>
> Always made me think and now I will ask, what if any advantage to being an
> ARRL club? I am not a ARRL member for various reasons (used to be, years
> ago), dues are a bit high, many of the articles in QST are above my level
of
> expertise, and ARRL seems to want to run the whole show of amateur radio
> from time to time.
>
> On the other hand they seem to keep big brother (FCC) in check and no
doubt
> do a lot for the hobby. Perhaps I should reconsider.
>
> IMHO Princeton has become one, if not the best, "local" hamfests in the
> area. A club table might be nice. I know I have some things that would be
> far better off in the hands of someone else. And the cash in my pocket.
>
> Another note. At least twice now in the past few weeks I have been working
> K9HLT on the 2 meter repeater. During the course of our conversation I
have
> heard what sounds like some arcing and then the .06 machine goes dead. We
> went to the 440 machine and I checked it later and found it to be working
> properly again. Is it something that Ed and I said?? Or is it the
continued
> use for 30 minutes more than it could stand? I figure that it is because
> BTT, OKO, HZU, OH, and others have not been active that sometimes the .06
> machine goes to sleep. Sigh.. I fondly remember the "good old days" of the
> nightly rag chew on .440. IXE (SK), MSC (SK), KT9Z (SK) "the two Terrys",
> and the rest of the group. I remember when I was first a Novice and didn't
> have a 2 meter rig. Used to listen on a scanner to catch up on the news. I
> wonder how many of the new hams have never heard these calls.. Ah for the
> good old days.. Gone, but never forgotten.
>
> 73
> Dave de W9COP
> No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message.
> However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Hainline" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 7:49 PM
> Subject: [LeArc] [Fwd: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables]
>
>
> > See http://www.qsl.net/learc/ for club information.
> >
> > Annual Christmas meeting December 10, 2002.  Bring your appetite and a
> dish to pass.
> >
> > Please join us on Sunday Evenings for the
> > Lamoine Emergency ARC Sunday Evening Net.
> > Net time is 8:00 PM local time.
> >
> >
> > Received this message today and thought I would pass it along to the
> reflector.
> >
> > 73 Jay
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: SRRC W9MKS Hamfest Tables
> > Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:27:37 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Matthew S Weaver <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
> >
> > Dear fellow ARRL Clubs,
> >
> > We are sending this Email to all ARRL Clubs within 100
> > Miles of Princeton Illinois to invite you to the 2003
> > Starved Rock Radio Clubs Hamfest in Princeton
> > Illinois. Also we are offering ONE FREE indoor table
> > at the hamfest to all clubs whom reply to this
> > mailing. Tickets can be purchased for $5.00 in advance
> > or $7.00 at the gate. Additional tables can be
> > purchased for $10.00 in advance  or $15.00 at the
> > gate.
> >
> > This years Hamfest will be June 1st. 2003 at the
> > Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton Illinois.
> >
> > For more information go to www.qsl.net/w9mks, or
> >
> >    Matthew S Weaver  KB9VZH
> >    601 S. Division St. Apt.#3
> >    Ottawa, Illinois  61350
> >    [email protected]
> >    1-815-867-0044
> >
> > Please reply as soon as possible.
> >
> > Matthew Weaver  KB9VZH
> > Jesse Risley  KB9TMA
> > SRRC Hamfest CO.Chairman
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > 73's  QRV
> >
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> >
> > Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
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> >
> > Next meeting will be December 10, 2002.
> >
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> >
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> _______________________________________________
>
> Lamoine Emergency Amateur Radio Club
>
>     W9SSP  - 147.060 (103.5 tone)
>
>           WB9TEA - 444.300
>
> Meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.
> 7:00 PM at the American Red Cross Building in Macomb.
>
> Next meeting will be December 10, 2002.
>
> Hope to see you there.
>
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