[MIham] December Amateur Radio Events, Grand Rapids area

[Jack Amelar]

The following events are scheduled in the Grand Rapids area December 2004 and beyond. Anyone
interested are welcome at these events.
See note at end of listings to notify of corrections and ADDITIONS.

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The next meeting of the Grand Rapids Amateur Radio Association (GRARA) is Friday, December
3, 7PM, at the American Red Cross building, 1050 Fuller Ave NE between the Ford I-196
expressway and Leonard ST. Talk-in 147.26+(94.8Hz) http://www.w8dc.org/
mailto:grara_officer at w8dc.org

The W8DC ham shack at the Red Cross building is open for use Wednesdays 7:15PM to about 9 or
after. Be sure to have a copy of your license if you wish to operate.  mailto:n8dgd at w8dc.org

This Month's VE Amateur Radio license exams is Friday, December 10, 6:30PM, at the Red Cross
Building. All Walk-ins.
http://www.w8dc.org/ve.htm

Note: The "Linoleum Adventure originally scheduled for December 10 has been cancelled. Watch
for new date.
Enjoy the "Year End Hamfest" at Lowell High School Saturday, December 18. Details below.

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DAPR, the Downtown Amateur Packet Radio Group of Grand Rapids, meets for breakfast the
Saturday after the first Friday of each month, December 4, at 8AM. New Beginnings
Restaurant, 1455 Michigan St NE. Use the Fuller exit (turn south) off of  I-196 then go east
on Michigan.  "Talk-in" is on 146.760-(94.8Hz).  Anyone interested in digital modes is
invited to attend. Contact mailto:n8lrf at w8dc.org or mailto:w8ipn at w8dc.org for more
information.

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The monthly meeting of the Michigan Amateur Radio Alliance (MARA) is Wednesday December 8,
7:30PM, at the Steepletown building,SW corner of 5th St and Davis NW. Talk-in
145.23-(94.8Hz) http://www.w8usa.org  mailto:w8usa at arrl.net

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The monthly meeting of the Lowell Amateur Radio Club (LARC) is Saturday, December 11. 9AM
social, 10AM meeting at Lowell City Airport, 730 Lincoln Lake Ave SE just north of Lowell
between Main St (Hwy M-21) and Vergennes St. All are welcome. Talk-in 145.27-(94.8Hz)
http://www.qsl.net/w8lrc  mailto:w8lrc at k8sn.org

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Upcoming area hamfests:

Lowell. Year's End Hamfest, Lowell High School. Saturday, December 18. Sponsor: Amateur
Radio Group of Youth in Lowell (A.R.G.Y.L.).
General Admission 9AM - 1PM, $5, K-12 students free.
Setup Fri 7-10PM, Sat 6-9AM. 8 ft tables $8, 5 ft round tables $5. Info and table
reservations to Al Eckman WW8WW (616)987-2966 or (616)897-7659,
mailto:Aeckman at lowell.k12.mi.us or mailto:al.eckman at sbcglobal.net
VE Exams 10AM, walk-ins.
Talk-in K8LHS 146.62-(94.8Hz) or W9LRC 145.27-(94.8Hz)
http://www.argyl.org

Complete listing of Hamfests in North America can be found at
http://www.arrl.org/hamfests.html

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2004 PSK DeathMatch Contest, The Friendly Digital Dual

The Michigan DX Association is the home of the PSK DeathMatch. This premier digital contest
is in it's 3rd running. The PSK DeathMatch has been featured on Newsline and several amateur
radio contest sites.The PSK DeathMatch awards an actual Sword to the winner! The PSK
DeathMatch will again be held This December 18th  More information on the PSK DeathMatch can
be found on our web site http://www.mdxa1.org/deathmatch.html  The Sponsors of this years
DeathMatch are ComDaC Radio Equipment And Brian Pawloski W8BRI.

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WEEKLY HAM RADIO LICENSE CLASSES start Tuesday Jan 4th at the Red-X, and
finishes with the March 11th VE test session.  Cost is $25 and includes the
ARRL book "Now You're Talking".  Call the instructor Dave DeVos - KF8QL to
sign up at 616-698-7022, or email at kf8ql at yahoo.com.

Please put the word out - Thanks!

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West Michigan Traffic Net meets Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday nights at 9pm on
145.27. The purpose of this net is to handle NTS Traffic coming into West Michigan. All are
welcome to check in. We also are an inlet for outgoing traffic as well.
The other net is the informal 6mtr AM net that meets every Sunday  from 8-9am. This net
originates in Grand Rapids.

The Michigan DX Association (MDXA) 2 meter net that is held every
Tuesday evening, 9PM, on the 145.270-(94.8Hz) LARC/W8LRC repeater.

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I CANNOT PROMOTE EVENTS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. Send any event information, updates, or
corrections you have to mailto:jamelar at localnet.com?subject=AR_events

73 Jack NY8D
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